College Football’s Bowl season is almost here and with that comes the first year of the 12-team playoff.
This year’s Bowl Pick-Em Challenge will look a little bit different, with the new college football postseason format.
You will have to pick the teams you think will move through the bracket and make their way to the National Championship Game.
In addition, you will also pick who you think will win the smaller Bowl games that will be played over the next few weeks.
The College Football Play-off Committee will be selecting the play-off teams and telling us where they will be seeding and who will have first round byes on Sunday, Dec. 8th.
Currently, the Post- season schedule is as follows: Dec. 14th Celebration Bowl in Atlanta, Georgia, and Camellia Bowl in Montgomery, Alabama.
Dec 17th Frisco Bowl in Frisco, Texas. Dec. 18th Boca Raton Bowl in Boca Raton, Florida and LA Bowl in Inglewood, Calif.
Dec. 19th New Orleans Bowl, New Orleans, Louisiana. Dec. 20th Cure Bowl in Orlando, Fl.; Gasparilla Bowl in Tampa, Fl. and CFP First Round Game, TBD.
Dec. 21st CFP First Round Game, TBD, CFP First Round Game, TBD and CFP First Round Game, TBD.
Dec. 23rd Myrtle Beach Bowl in Conway, S.C. and Potato Bowl in Boise, Id.
Dec. 24th Hawaii Bowl in Honolulu, Hawaii. Dec. 26th Detroit Bowl in Detroit, Michigan; Guaranteed Rate Bowl in Phoenix, Ariz. and 68 Ventures Bowl, Mobile, Ala.
Dec. 27th Birmingham Bowl in Birmingham, Ala.; Armed Forces Bowl in Fort Worth, Texas; Liberty Bowl in Memphis, Tenn. and Las Vegas Bowl in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Dec. 28th Fenway Bowl in Boston, Mass.; Pinstripe Bowl in Bronx, N.Y.; New Mexico Bowl in Albuquerque, N.M.; Pop Tarts Bowl in Orlando, FL.; Arizona Bowl in Tucson, Ariz.; Military Bowl in Annapolis, Md.; Alamo Bowl in San Antonio, Texas, and Independence Bowl in Shreveport, La.
Dec 30th Music City Bowl in Nashville, Tenn.
Dec. 31st ReliaQuest Bowl in Tampa, FL.; Sun Bowl in El Paso, Texas; Citrus Bowl in Orlando, FL.; Texas Bowl in Houston, Texas, and Fiesta Bowl in Glendale, Ariz.
Jan. 1st Peach Bowl in Atlanta, Georgia; Rose Bowl in Pasadena, Calif. and Sugar Bowl in New Orleans, La.
Jan 2nd Gator Bowl in Jacksonville, FL. Jan. 3rd First Responder Bowl in Dallas, Texas, and Duke’s Mayo Bowl in Charlotte, N.C.
Jan. 4th Bahamas Bowl in Nassau, Bahamas.
Jan. 9th Orange Bowl in Miami Gardens, FL. Jan. 10th Cotton Bowl in Arlington, Texas. Jan. 20th National Championship in Atlanta, Georgia. TBD Holiday Bowl in San Diego, Calif.
Each of the lower tier Bowl games will be worth one point; the First Round play-off games will be worth five points; second round play-off games will be worth five points, Semi-Final Games will be worth 10 points each and the National Championship game will be worth 20 points.
The bracket and list of Bowl games will be printed in the Wednesday, Dec. 11th edition of the Leader-News.
With Bowls starting on Saturday, Dec. 14th, contests will have to be turned into the office by 4 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 13th.
If you would like to be a sponsor for this contest contact Grata Reber at the Lamb County Leader-News at (806) 385-4481.