2025 BOWL CONTEST! | Enter the ETBlitz.com College Bowl Contest!
Well, here it is.
Here’s your official invitation to join ETBlitz.com’s College Bowl Contest.
To enter, it’s simple, but it’ll take you a minute, because you need to fill out the complete list: all the bowl games and the complete College Football Playoff bracket, from the very first bowl game through the bitter end, where you’re asked where the two teams are that will make the national championship game and what your tiebreakers will be.
Circle your winners in each bowl game and the playoff games, fill out your complete list and put your name, cell phone number and a good working email on your list. Take pictures of your list and send them as if you were sending photos in a text to a friend to ETBlitz.com here at (903) 812-7796, or email them to jlucas@etblitz.com.
That’s it. You’re entered. Here’s the catch: the first bowl game is this Saturday morning. You can see the schedule below. So the deadline for entry needs to be Friday at noon. We’ll need any entry by Friday at noon.
What happens if you win?
Well, you’ll get a really cool prize package — last year, that included a tailgate package from Clower Meats in Kilgore and Dr. Pepper, and was won by Billy Chrisman, who won the right to join our ETBlitz crew and the picks panel for the 2025 season. We’ll do that again. If you win the College Bowl Contest, you get the opportunity to join the panel for the ’26 season, and… well, the prize package will be something special once again. It’s under construction, we’ll say.
So, Clower Meats.
Clower Meats is an institution in Kilgore. Heck, Clower Meats is an institution in East Texas.
And if you’ve never heard of Clower Meats, maybe you should be PUT in an institution.
Nah, just kidding.
Clower Meats is located at 2705 Highway 42 North in Kilgore (near the intersection of 42 and Highway 31. Since 1969, the Clower family has been providing East Texas with the very best meats, from steaks and hams to cube steak and even beef jerky. And they’re the home of “Oilfield Sausage.” Clower Meats: the best meats in Texas for 56 years and STILL owned by the Clower family to this VERY day!
Here’s the 2025-26 ETBlitz.com College Bowl Contest entry form. Each bowl game has a link to the ESPN page to help you read up on each game a little bit for some preparation. Good luck! And remember, the deadline is this Friday, Dec. 12, at noon. By the way — take note that the College Football Playoff actually starts on Dec. 19 with Alabama at Oklahoma.
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2025-26 ETBLITZ BOWL PICK-OFF
Complete bowl season schedule
Saturday, Dec. 13
Cricket Celebration Bowl
South Carolina State vs. Prairie View A&M
Mercedes-Benz Stadium (Atlanta)
11 a.m., ABC
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Bucked Up LA Bowl
Boise State vs. Washington
SoFi Stadium (Inglewood, California)
7 p.m., ABC
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Tuesday, Dec. 16
IS4S Salute to Veterans Bowl
Troy vs. Jacksonville State
Cramton Bowl (Montgomery, Alabama)
8 p.m., ESPN
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Wednesday, Dec. 17
StaffDNA Cure Bowl
Old Dominion vs. South Florida
Camping World Stadium (Orlando, Florida)
4 p.m., ESPN
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68 Ventures Bowl
Louisiana vs. Delaware
Hancock Whitney Stadium (Mobile, Alabama)
7:30 p.m., ESPN
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Thursday, Dec. 18
Xbox Bowl
Missouri State vs. Arkansas State
Ford Center at The Star (Frisco, Texas)
8 p.m., ESPN2
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Friday, Dec. 19
Myrtle Beach Bowl Presented by Engine
Kennesaw State vs. Western Michigan
Brooks Stadium (Conway, South Carolina)
10 a.m., ESPN
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Union Home Mortgage Gasparilla Bowl
Memphis vs. NC State
Raymond James Stadium (Tampa, Florida)
1:30 p.m., ESPN
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Monday, Dec. 22
Famous Idaho Potato Bowl
Washington State vs. Utah State
Albertsons Stadium (Boise, Idaho)
2 p.m., ESPN
Tuesday, Dec. 23
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Bush’s Boca Raton Bowl
Toledo vs. Louisville
Flagler Credit Union Stadium (Boca Raton, Florida)
2 p.m., ESPN
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New Orleans Bowl
Western Kentucky vs. Southern Miss
Caesars Superdome (New Orleans)
5:30 p.m., ESPN
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Scooter’s Coffee Frisco Bowl
UNLV vs. Ohio
Ford Center at The Star (Frisco, Texas)
9 p.m., ESPN
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Wednesday, Dec. 24
Sheraton Hawai’i Bowl
California vs. Hawaii
Clarence T.C. Ching Athletics Complex (Honolulu)
8 p.m., ESPN
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Friday, Dec. 26
GameAbove Sports Bowl
Central Michigan vs. Northwestern
Ford Field (Detroit)
1 p.m., ESPN
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Rate Bowl
New Mexico vs. Minnesota
Chase Field (Phoenix)
4:30 p.m., ESPN
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SERVPRO First Responder Bowl
Florida International vs. UTSA
Gerald J. Ford Stadium (Dallas)
8 p.m., ESPN
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Saturday, Dec. 27
Go Bowling Military Bowl
Pittsburgh vs. East Carolina
Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium (Annapolis, Maryland)
11 a.m., ESPN
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Bad Boy Mowers Pinstripe Bowl
Penn State vs. Clemson
Yankee Stadium (Bronx, New York)
Noon, ABC
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Wasabi Fenway Bowl
UConn vs. Army
Fenway Park (Boston)
2:15 p.m., ESPN
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Pop-Tarts Bowl
Georgia Tech vs. BYU
Camping World Stadium (Orlando, Florida)
3:30 p.m., ABC
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Snoop Dogg Arizona Bowl
Miami (OH) vs. Fresno State
Arizona Stadium (Tucson, Arizona)
4:30 p.m., CW Network
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Isleta New Mexico Bowl
North Texas vs. San Diego State
University Stadium (Albuquerque, New Mexico)
5:45 p.m., ESPN
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TaxSlayer Gator Bowl
Virginia vs. Missouri
EverBank Stadium (Jacksonville, Florida)
7:30 p.m. ABC
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Kinder’s Texas Bowl
LSU vs. Houston
NRG Stadium (Houston)
9:15 p.m., ESPN
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Monday, Dec. 29
JLAB Birmingham Bowl
Georgia Southern vs. App State
Protective Stadium (Birmingham, Alabama)
2 p.m., ESPN
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Tuesday, Dec. 30
Radiance Technologies Independence Bowl
Coastal Carolina vs. Louisiana Tech
Independence Stadium (Shreveport, Louisiana)
2 p.m., ESPN
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Liberty Mutual Music City Bowl
Tennessee vs. Illinois
Nissan Stadium (Nashville, Tennessee)
5:30 p.m., ESPN
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Valero Alamo Bowl
USC vs. TCU
Alamodome (San Antonio)
9 p.m., ESPN
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Wednesday, Dec. 31
ReliaQuest Bowl
Iowa vs. Vanderbilt
Raymond James Stadium (Tampa, Florida)
Noon, ESPN
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Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl
Arizona State vs. Duke
Sun Bowl Stadium (El Paso, Texas)
2 p.m., CBS
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Cheez-It Citrus Bowl
Michigan vs. Texas
Camping World Stadium (Orlando, Florida)
3 p.m., ABC
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SRS Distribution Las Vegas Bowl
Nebraska vs. Utah
Allegiant Stadium (Las Vegas)
2:30 p.m., ESPN
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Friday, Jan. 2
Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl
Rice vs. Texas State
Amon G. Carter Stadium (Fort Worth, Texas)
Noon., ESPN
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AutoZone Liberty Bowl
Navy vs. Cincinnati
Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium (Memphis, Tennessee)
3:30 p.m., ESPN
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Duke’s Mayo Bowl
Wake Forest vs. Mississippi State
Bank of America Stadium (Charlotte, North Carolina)
7 p.m., ESPN
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Trust & Will Holiday Bowl
Arizona vs. SMU
Snapdragon Stadium (San Diego)
7 p.m., Fox
COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYOFF
First-round games (at campus sites)
Friday, Dec. 19
No. 8 Oklahoma vs. No. 9 Alabama
Oklahoma Memorial Stadium (Norman, Oklahoma)
8 p.m., ABC, ESPN
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Saturday, Dec. 20
No. 10 Miami vs. No. 7 Texas A&M
Kyle Field (College Station, Texas)
Noon, ABC, ESPN
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No. 11 Tulane vs. No. 6 Ole Miss
Vaught-Hemingway Stadium (Oxford, Mississippi)
3:30 p.m., TNT
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No. 12 James Madison vs. No. 5 Oregon
Autzen Stadium (Eugene, Oregon)
7:30 p.m., TNT
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CFP quarterfinals
Wednesday, Dec. 31
CFP Quarterfinal at the Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic
Miami-Texas A&M winner vs. No. 2 Ohio State
AT&T Stadium (Arlington, Texas)
6:30 p.m., ESPN
Thursday, Jan. 1
CFP Quarterfinal at the Capital One Orange Bowl
James Madison-Oregon winner vs. No. 4 Texas Tech
Hard Rock Stadium (Miami Gardens, Florida)
11 a.m., ESPN
CFP Quarterfinal at the Rose Bowl Game Presented by Prudential
Alabama-Oklahoma winner vs. No. 1 Indiana
Rose Bowl (Pasadena, California)
3 p.m., ESPN
CFP Quarterfinal at the Allstate Sugar Bowl
Tulane-Ole Miss winner vs. No. 3 Georgia
Caesars Superdome (New Orleans)
7 p.m., ESPN
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CFP semifinals
Thursday, Jan. 8
CFP Semifinal at the Vrbo Fiesta Bowl
State Farm Stadium (Glendale, Arizona)
7:30 p.m., ESPN
Friday, Jan. 9
CFP Semifinal at the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl
Mercedes-Benz Stadium (Atlanta)
7:30 p.m., ESPN
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Monday, Jan. 19
CFP National Championship Presented by AT&T
Hard Rock Stadium (Miami Gardens, Florida)
7:30 p.m., ESPN