Summary: <p>It’s bowl season! <a href="https://football.fantasysports.yahoo.com/bowl/group/8077/invitation?key=2364e104af062247">Join our bowl pick ’em</a> and if you win, you’ll get a $10 Amazon gift card. All throughout bowl season we’ll be previewing the bowls (yes, allllll of them) so be sure to check back in.</p> <p>Heisman candidates announced [<a href="http://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/18212989/2016-heisman-trophy-lamar-jackson-baker-mayfield-jabrill-peppers-deshaun-watson-dede-westbrook-named-finalists">ESPN</a>]</p> <p>Earlier Monday, Baker Mayfield was announced as the first two-time winner of the Burlsworth Trophy, given annually to college football’s top player that began his career as a walk-on. Mayfield was the winner in 2015, as well.</p> <p>It’s only the fifth time in history and first time since 2004 that multiple teammates have been invited to the event.</p> <p>Louisville handing out red light bulbs to show support for Jackson’s Heisman candidacy.</p> <p>Geoff thinks Jabrill Peppers has a chance to de-throne Lamar Jackson (he already won the Big 10 Defensive POY), but it’s not likely. </p> <h2>Bowl Movements</h2> <p>Who chooses all of these bowl games anyway:<br> – contractual ties to specific conferences<br> – If any slot cannot be filled by a contracted conference at all, then the spot becomes open, and the bowl can offer the slot to any eligible team.<br> – The contracts specify that the respective bowl committees receive a certain choice of teams.<br> – Example: Big 10 – Bowls submit preferences to conference, and conference actually assigns schools to bowls. Other than the Rose Bowl, all Big Ten bowls have agreed to have at least five different schools in their bowl over the 2014-19 contract cycle. Also, no school will appear in same bowl back-to-back years.</p> <h2>How’d We Do Last Week</h2> <p>Marathon MAC Football Championship. at Ford Field, Detroit, MI – Friday, 7:00 – ESPN2<br> #17 Western Michigan – 29 vs. Ohio – 23<br> J – Western Michigan G – Western</p> <p>PAC-12 Championship Game presented by Dr. Pepper. At Levi’s Stadium, Santa Clara, CA – Friday, 9:00 – FOX<br> #8 Colorado – 10 vs. #4 Washington – 41<br> J – Colorado G – Washington</p> <p>American Athletic Conference Championship. At Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium, Annapolis, MD – Saturday, 12:00 – ABC<br> Temple- 34 vs. #19 Navy – 10<br> J – Temple G – Navy</p> <p>Dynacraft Conference USA Championship Game. at L.T. Smith Stadium, Bowling Green, KY – Saturday, 12:00 – ESPN<br> Louisiana Tech- 44 vs. Western Kentucky – 58<br> J – La Tech G – Hilltoppers</p> <p>SEC Championship Game. at Georgia Dome, Atlanta, GA – Saturday, 4:00 – CBS<br> #1 Alabama – 54 vs. #15 Florida – 16<br> J – Florida G – Alabama</p> <p>Mountain West Championship Game. at War Memorial Stadium, Laramie, WY – Saturday, 7:45 – ESPN<br> San Diego State – 27 vs. Wyoming – 24<br> J – Wyoming G – San Diego State</p> <p>Dr. Pepper ACC Championship Game. at Camping World Stadium, Orlando, FL – Saturday, 8:00 ABC<br> #3 Clemson – 42 vs. #23 Virginia Tech – 35<br> J – Va Tech G – Clemson</p> <p>Big Ten Championship Game. at Lucas Oil Stadium, Indianapolis, IN – Saturday, 8:00 – FOX<br> #6 Wisconsin – 31 vs. #7 Penn State – 38<br> J – Penn State G – Wisconsin</p> <p>De Facto Big 12 Championship Game. Bedlam Series. Memorial Stadium, Norman, OK – Saturday, 12:30 – FOX<br> #10 Oklahoma State – 20 AT #9 Oklahoma – 38<br> J – OSU G – Oklahoma</p> <p>J- 2-3, 2-3, 4-1, 4-1, 2-3, 1-4, 5-0, 3-2, 2-3, 4-1, 1-4, 2-3, 1-4, 3-6 = 36-38 (1-6)<br> G- 3-2, 5-0,</p>
