ESPN announces upcoming bowl schedule which features 16-day gap between CFP semifinals and title game
ESPN just announced its planned coverage for the upcoming bowl season and this year features an interesting quirk.
The network has the College Football Playoff semifinals in the middle of the schedule with a 16-day gap between those two games and the national championship game.
While we have no idea which teams will be filling these slots, we at least know what day and time these games are now set to be played and on which network they will air.
*All times listed below are Eastern Time
Friday, December 20
- Makers Wanted Bahamas Bowl, 2 p.m. on ESPN
- Frisco Bowl, 7:30 p.m. on ESPN2
Saturday, December 21
- Celebration Bowl, Noon on ABC
- New Mexico Bowl, 2 p.m. on ESPN
- Cheribundi Boca Raton Bowl, 3:30 p.m. on ABC
- Camellia Bowl, 5:30 p.m. on ESPN
- Mitsubishi Motors Las Vegas Bowl, 7:30 p.m. on ABC
- R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl, 9 p.m. on ESPN
Monday, December 23
- Bad Boy Mowers Gasparilla Bowl, 2:30 p.m. on ESPN
Tuesday, December 24
- SoFi Hawai’i Bowl, 8 p.m. on ESPN
Thursday, December 26
- Walk-On’s Independence Bowl, 4 p.m. on ESPN
- Quick Lane Bowl, 8 p.m. on ESPN
Friday, December 27
- Military Bowl Presented by Northrop Grumman, Noon on ESPN
- New Era Pinstripe Bowl, 3:20 p.m. on ESPN
- Academy Sports + Outdoors Texas Bowl, 6:45 p.m. on ESPN
- Cheez-It Bowl, 10:15 p.m. on ESPN
Saturday, December 28
- Camping World Bowl, Noon on ABC
- Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic, Noon on ESPN
- College Football Playoff Semifinal at the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl, 4 p.m. or 8 p.m. on ESPN
- College Football Playoff Semifinal at the PlayStation Fiesta Bowl, 4 p.m. or 8 p.m. on ESPN
Monday, December 30
- SERVPRO First Responder Bowl, 12:30 p.m. on ESPN
- Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl, 4 p.m. on ESPN
- Capital One Orange Bowl, 8 p.m. on ESPN
Tuesday, December 31
- Belk Bowl, Noon on ESPN
- AutoZone Liberty Bowl, 3:45 p.m. on ESPN
- Valero Alamo Bowl, 7:30 p.m. on ESPN
Wednesday, January 1
- Citrus Bowl, 1 p.m. on ABC
- Outback Bowl, 1 p.m. on ESPN
- Rose Bowl Game Presented by Northwestern Mutual, 5 p.m. on ESPN
- Allstate Sugar Bowl, 8:45 p.m. on ESPN
Thursday, January 2
- Birmingham Bowl, 3 p.m. on ESPN
- TaxSlayer Gator Bowl, 7 p.m. on ESPN
Friday, January 3
- Famous Idaho Potato Bowl, 3:30 p.m. on ESPN
Saturday, January 4
- Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl, 11:30 a.m. on ESPN
Monday, January 6
- Mobile Alabama Bowl, 7:30 p.m. on ESPN
Friday, January 13
- College Football Playoff National Championship, 8 p.m. on ESPN