Holiday Bowl

Texas vs. Arizona State

Dec. 27, ESPN, 8 p.m.

Longhorns play in this game more often than Mack Brown would want recruits to realize.

Champs Sports Bowl

Boston College vs. Michigan State

Dec. 28, ESPN, 5 p.m.

Eagles are set up nicely to keep their streak of bowl wins alive.

Sun Bowl

Oregon vs. South Florida

Dec. 31, Channel 13, 2 p.m.

Intriguing. Also known as the That’s Why They Don’t Make The Bowl Assignments the First Week of November Anymore Bowl.

Music City Bowl

Kentucky vs. Florida State

Dec. 31, ESPN, 4 p.m.

Don’t automatically circle the Seminoles in your pool until you remind yourself this isn’t 1994.

Cotton Bowl

Arkansas vs. Missouri

Jan. 1, FOX, 11:30 a.m.

I’m really, really hoping Darren McFadden leaves school, fails the Wonderlic test and slides down in the draft to wherever the Patriots’ pick from the 49ers winds up.

Capital One Bowl

Florida vs. Michigan

Jan. 1, Channel 8, 1 p.m.

Probably enough of a mismatch to ensure that Tim Tebow isn’t subject to the Heisman jinx.

Sugar Bowl

Georgia vs. Hawaii

Jan. 1, FOX, 8:30 p.m.

Enough of these TV posers cramming it up our nose: “Oh, you’ve got to see Hawaii play. You’ve got to see Hawaii play.” I’ve seen them play. They were called the Houston Oilers. And they couldn’t beat a good team in January to save their lives.

Fiesta Bowl

Oklahoma vs. West Virginia

Jan. 2, FOX, 8 p.m.

Sooners return to the scene of last year’s mugging. But the Mountaineers are no Boise State.

Orange Bowl

Virginia Tech vs. Kansas

Jan. 3, FOX, 8 p.m.

At least it isn’t one of those match-ups you feel like you’ve seen a hundred times before.

BCS Title Game

Ohio State vs. LSU

Jan. 7, FOX, 8 p.m.

By the time we’ve watched the Big 10-SEC teasers in the Outback and Capital One bowls, this will be a foregone conclusion.