Let the bowls begin! Your weekend bowl open thread

Yeah, yeah, yeah, I know what you are going to say.  Our beloved California Golden Bears narrowly missed being bowl-eligible and I am exacerbating your pain by giving you a bowl open thread. But we all know you will watch.  We are college football fans! And we love the bowls, amirite?

Our wise overlords at SB Nation have given us a handy dandy bowl schedule graphic.  Look at it below: pretty snazzy, huh?

For your edification, I have given you the ENTIRE bowl schedule. Plan your bowl season.  But for now, this is your open thread for today's bowls. Most notably, our Pac-12 rooting interests are drawn to the Las Vegas Bowl, where the Utah Utes take on Colorado State. The New Orleans, New Mexico, Famous Idaho Potato, and Camellia Bowls are also on today's slate.

Enjoy the games! Talk about them here.

Sat, Dec 20, 2014
11:00 AM ET ESPN	Louisiana-Lafayette	vs. (New Orleans Bowl)	Nevada
2:20 PM ET ESPN	UTEP	vs. (New Mexico Bowl)	Utah State
3:30 PM ET ABC	Colorado State	vs. (Las Vegas Bowl)	(22) Utah
5:45 PM ET ESPN	Western Michigan	vs. (Famous Idaho Potato Bowl)	Air Force
9:15 PM ET ESPN	Bowling Green	vs. (Camellia Bowl)	South Alabama
Mon, Dec 22, 2014
2:00 PM ET ESPN	Memphis	vs. (Miami Beach Bowl)	BYU
Tue, Dec 23, 2014
6:00 PM ET ESPN	Marshall	vs. (Boca Raton Bowl)	Northern Illinois
9:30 PM ET ESPN	San Diego State	vs. (Poinsettia Bowl)	Navy
Wed, Dec 24, 2014
12:00 PM ET ESPN	Western Kentucky	vs. (Bahamas Bowl)	Central Michigan
8:00 PM ET ESPN	Rice	vs. (Hawai'i Bowl)	Fresno State
Fri, Dec 26, 2014
1:00 PM ET ESPN	Illinois	vs. (Heart of Dallas Bowl)	Louisiana Tech
4:30 PM ET ESPN	North Carolina	vs. (Quick Lane Bowl)	Rutgers
8:00 PM ET ESPN	UCF	vs. (Bitcoin Bowl)	NC State
Sat, Dec 27, 2014
1:00 PM ET ESPN	Cincinnati	vs. (Military Bowl)	Virginia Tech
2:00 PM ET CBS	Duke	vs. (Sun Bowl)	(15) Arizona State
3:30 PM ET ABC	Miami (FL)	vs. (Independence Bowl)	South Carolina
4:30 PM ET ESPN	Boston College	vs. (Pinstripe Bowl)	Penn State
8:00 PM ET ESPN	Nebraska	vs. (Holiday Bowl)	(24) USC
Mon, Dec 29, 2014
2:00 PM ET ESPN	West Virginia	vs. (Liberty Bowl)	Texas A&M
5:30 PM ET ESPN	(17) Clemson	vs. (Russell Athletic Bowl)	Oklahoma
9:00 PM ET ESPN	Texas	vs. (Texas Bowl)	Arkansas
Tue, Dec 30, 2014
3:00 PM ET ESPN	Notre Dame	vs. (Music City Bowl)	(23) LSU
6:30 PM ET ESPN	(21) Louisville	vs. (Belk Bowl)	(13) Georgia
10:00 PM ET ESPN	Maryland	vs. (Foster Farms Bowl)	Stanford
Wed, Dec 31, 2014
12:30 PM ET ESPN	(6) TCU	vs. (Peach Bowl)	(9) Mississippi
4:00 PM ET ESPN	(20) Boise State	vs. (Fiesta Bowl)	(10) Arizona
8:00 PM ET ESPN	(12) Georgia Tech	vs. (Orange Bowl)	(7) Mississippi State
Thu, Jan 1, 2015
12:00 PM ET ESPN2	(18) Wisconsin	vs. (Outback Bowl)	(19) Auburn
12:30 PM ET ESPN	(5) Baylor	vs. (Cotton Bowl)	(8) Michigan State
1:00 PM ET ABC	(25) Minnesota	vs. (Citrus Bowl)	(16) Missouri
5:00 PM ET ESPN	(2) Oregon	vs. (Rose Bowl playoff semifinal)	(3) Florida State
8:30 PM ET ESPN	(1) Alabama	vs. (Sugar Bowl playoff semifinal)	(4) Ohio State
Fri, Jan 2, 2015
12:00 PM ET ESPN	Houston	vs. (Armed Forces Bowl)	Pittsburgh
3:20 PM ET ESPN	Iowa	vs. (Taxslayer Bowl)	Tennessee
6:45 PM ET ESPN	(11) Kansas State	vs. (Alamo Bowl)	(14) UCLA
10:15 PM ET ESPN	Oklahoma State	vs. (Cactus Bowl)	Washington
Sat, Jan 3, 2015
12:00 PM ET ESPN	East Carolina	vs. (Birmingham Bowl)	Florida
Sun, Jan 4, 2015
9:00 PM ET ESPN	Toledo	vs. (GoDaddy Bowl)	Arkansas State
Mon, Jan 12, 2015
8:30 PM ET ESPN	TBD	vs. (National championship game)	TBD