Football Bowl Association Announces 2011-2012 FBS Bowl Schedule
The Football Bowl Association (FBA) today announced the 2011-2012 Bowl Schedule that includes a whopping 35 games.
The FBA certifies all of the postseason bowl games, including the Bowl Championship Series (BCS).
Last season's Big 12 Conference tie-ins were with the BCS, Cotton Bowl, Valero Alamo, Insight, Bridgeport Holiday, Texas, New Era Pinstripe & TicketCity Bowl. I wouldn't be surprised to see the Big 12 try to hold on to all of those games, but with only 10 teams in the conference, 80% of the conference will have to be bowl eligible to fill the slots.
Here is the complete schedule of games:
| Sat., Dec. 17 | 2 p.m. ET | New Mexico Bowl | Albuquerque, N.M. | ESPN |
| Sat., Dec. 17 | 5:30 p.m. ET | uDrove Humanitarian Bowl | Boise, Idaho | ESPN |
| Sat., Dec. 17 | 9 p.m. ET | R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl | New Orleans, La. | ESPN |
| Tue., Dec. 20 | 8 p.m. ET | Beef 'O'Brady's Bowl St. Petersburg | St. Petersburg, Fla. | ESPN |
| Wed., Dec. 21 | 8 p.m. ET | San Diego Co. Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl | San Diego, Calif. | ESPN |
| Thu., Dec. 22 | 8 p.m. ET | MAACO Bowl Las Vegas | Las Vegas, Nev. | ESPN |
| Sat., Dec. 24 | 8 p.m. ET | Sheraton Hawaii Bowl | Honolulu, Hawaii | ESPN |
| Mon., Dec. 26 | 5 p.m. ET | AdvoCare V100 Independence Bowl | Shreveport, La. | ESPN2 |
| Tue., Dec. 27 | 4:30 p.m. ET | Little Caesars Pizza Bowl | Detroit, Mich. | ESPN |
| Tue., Dec. 27 | 8 p.m. ET | Belk Bowl | Charlotte, N.C. | ESPN |
| Wed., Dec. 28 | 4:30 p.m. ET | Military Bowl presented by Northrop Grumman | Washington, D.C. | ESPN |
| Wed., Dec. 28 | 8 p.m. ET | Bridgepoint Education Holiday Bowl | San Diego, Calif. | ESPN |
| Thu., Dec. 29 | 5:30 p.m. ET | Champs Sports Bowl | Orlando, Fla. | ESPN |
| Thu., Dec. 29 | 9 p.m. ET | Valero Alamo Bowl | San Antonio, Texas | ESPN |
| Fri., Dec. 30 | 12 p.m. ET | Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl | *Dallas, Texas | ESPN |
| Fri., Dec. 30 | 3:20 p.m. ET | New Era Pinstripe Bowl | New York, N.Y. | ESPN |
| Fri., Dec. 30 | 6:40 p.m. ET | Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl | Nashville, Tenn. | ESPN |
| Fri., Dec. 30 | 10 p.m. ET | Insight Bowl | Tempe, Ariz. | ESPN |
| Sat., Dec. 31 | 12 p.m. ET | Meineke Car Care Bowl of Texas | Houston, Texas | ESPN |
| Sat., Dec. 31 | 2 p.m. ET | Hyundai Sun Bowl | El Paso, Texas | CBS |
| Sat., Dec. 31 | 3:30 p.m. ET | AutoZone Liberty Bowl | Memphis, Tenn. | ABC |
| Sat., Dec. 31 | 3:30 p.m. ET | Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl | San Francisco, Calif. | ESPN |
| Sat., Dec. 31 | 7:30 p.m. ET | Chick-fil-A Bowl | Atlanta, Ga. | ESPN |
| Mon., Jan. 2 | 12 p.m. ET | TicketCity Bowl | Dallas, Texas | ESPNU |
| Mon., Jan. 2 | 1 p.m. ET | Capital One Bowl | Orlando, Fla. | ESPN |
| Mon., Jan. 2 | 1 p.m. ET | Gator Bowl | Jacksonville, Fla. | ESPN2 |
| Mon., Jan. 2 | 1 p.m. ET | Outback Bowl | Tampa, Fla. | ABC |
| Mon., Jan. 2 | 5 p.m. ET | Rose Bowl Game presented by VIZIO | Pasadena, Calif. | ESPN |
| Tue., Jan. 3 | 8:30 p.m. ET | Allstate Sugar Bowl | New Orleans, La. | ESPN |
| Wed., Jan. 4 | 8 p.m. ET | Discover Orange Bowl | Miami Gardens, Fla. | ESPN |
| Thu., Jan. 5 | 8:30 p.m. ET | Tostitos Fiesta Bowl | Glendale, Ariz. | ESPN |
| Fri., Jan. 6 | 8 p.m. ET | AT&T Cotton Bowl | Arlington, Texas | FOX |
| Sat., Jan. 7 | 1 p.m. ET | BBVA Compass Bowl | Birmingham, Ala. | ESPN |
| Mon., Jan. 9 | 8:30 p.m. ET | Allstate BCS National Championship Game | New Orleans, La. | ESPN |
| TBA | TBA | GoDaddy.com Bowl | Mobile, Ala. | ESPN |
*The 2011 Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl, hosted in Fort Worth, Texas, is being played in Dallas due to stadium renovations.
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