Charlotte’s first bowl game. Buffalo is looking for its first bowl win in its fourth appearance.

Frisco is in the far northern suburbs of Dallas. Which might be the most interesting thing you’ll read about this snoozer

This will be the third time these two teams have met in the five-year history of the Celebration Bowl.

The Chippewas made the biggest turnaround in the nation, from one win in 2018 to eight wins and a MAC title this year.

Georgia Southern runs an interesting triple-option that Liberty is likely to have diffculty finding a way to stop.

Florida Atlantic hired Florida State coach Willie Taggart — who was fired Nov. 3 — to replace departing Lane Kiffin.

High-scoring Arkansas State goes up against FIU, which faced an easy schedule — until they defeated Miami, that is.

This will be Chris Peterson’s final game as coach of the Huskies — and it’s against his previous team, Boise State.

The Mountaineers take on the Conference USA champs without coach Eli Drinkwitz, who departed already for Missouri.

Under head coach Doc Holliday, Marshall is 6-0 in bowl games. Marshall beat South Florida 38-20 in last year’s Gasparilla Bowl.

This will be the 18th year they’ve held the Hawaii Bowl. and this will be the University of Hawaii’s ninth appearance in it.

Miami lost to both Florida International and Duke this season. Yet, the Hurricanes received a bowl bid. Go figure.

Eastern’s third bowl appearance in four seasons will be against the nation’s No. 11 pass defense and No. 3 in sacks.

First-year Temple coach Rod Carey took his previous school, Northern Illinois, to six bowl games ... and gathered six losses

The Spartans will be without preseason All-American LB Joe Bachie, who tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs.

A&M hasn’t beaten a ranked team all season. Here’s one more chance — and against a former Big 12 rival.

A rematch of the 2002 Orange Bowl. Coach Kirk Ferentz and his Hawkeyes are coming off their third straight bowl win.

Air Force has not been terribly effective in stopping the pass this year. How sad for them ...

The Irish could be in for a fight: Four of ISU’s five losses were by one possession. And two were one-point defeats.

Memphis will be without head coach Mike Norvell, who departed for Florida State.

QB Jalen Hurts goes up against LSU once again... except this time, he’s playing for Oklahoma instead of Alabama.

Battle of the undefeated. This time, though, there will be no Woody Hays to slug a Clemson player after a key interception.

Last year’s First Responder Bowl — Boise State vs. Boston College — was canceled in the first quarter because of lightning.

Presumably, Louisville won’t have a player run around on all fours and pretend to pee in the end zone after a touchdown.

This is practically a home game for California: Levi’s Stadium is just 48 miles from its Berkeley campus.

Florida outscored opponents 119-23 in its last three games. The Cavaliers would appear to be a bit outclassed here.

This will be Tech’s 27th consecutive bowl appearance. Tech and Kentucky haven’t faced each other since 1987.

This will be the aforementioned Mike Norvell’s head coaching debut at Florida State.

Look for a fast game with a lot of running. K-State’s defense against the run, however, has been outstanding.

Alexa: Please wake us up when this game is over.

Mack Brown ended his coaching career at Texas in the 2013 Alamo Bowl with a 30-7 loss to Oregon. Now, he’s baaaack ...

Only the fifth meeting between Michigan and Alabama and the first bowl meeting in 19 seasons.

The Gophers put their enormous offensive line up against the Tiger's enormous defensive line.

Wisconsin has won five straight bowl games, but will it be enough against the high-flying Ducks? Probably not.

Georgia’s Bulldogs are looking to redeem themselves after a 37-10 loss to LSU in the SEC championship game.

BC coach Steve Addazio has departed for Colorado State. The frontrunner to replace him? Cincinnati’s Luke Fickell.

Indiana played a weak schedule this season — no bowl opponents — and the Vols have season-ending momentum.

Ohio’s Bobcats are coming off two straight bowl wins, including a 27-point shutout of San Diego State last year.

Both teams ended their seasons on low notes. Southern Miss played the weaker schedule, so advantage Tulane. Perhaps.

Louisiana has a high-powered offense. Miami scores just enough to get by. Seems like a bit of a mismatch.

Clemson has played in this game four of the last five seasons. None of the other three playoff teams have made it this far.