Well folks...we have five....yes count 'em...five bowl games today. There will be two parts today in looking at the games. The first part we will preview the first three games; The Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl, The Brut Sun Bowl, and The Texas Bowl.
The first set of teams that will face off in The Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl will be the Houston Cougars vs the Air Force Falcons. The Cougars finished (10-3, 6-2) which placed them in 1st place in the C-USA while The Falcons finished (7-5, 5-3) which placed them 4th in the MWC.
The second two teams that will go head-to head in The Brut Sun Bowl will be the (7-5, 5-3) Oklahoma Sooners who finished 4th in the Big 12- South against the # 21 ranked (8-4, 6-3) Stanford Cardinal who also finished 4th in the Pac 10. Both teams have their work cut out for them; particularly the Cardinal who will most likely be playing without freshman quarterback Andrew Luck.
And finally the third set of teams will be play in The Texas Bowl will be the (9-4) Navy Midshipmen versus the (8-4, 4-4) Missouri Tigers. The Midshipmen finished 1st overall as an Independent while the Tigers finshed 2nd in the Big 12- North.
Below the jump, we will take a look at some of the key players to watch in these games...
HOUSTON COUGARS VS AIR FORCE FALCONS
# 21 STANFORD CARDINAL VS OKLAHOMA SOONERS
NAVY MIDSHIPMEN VS MISSOURI TIGERS
THE BELL HELICPOTER ARMED FORCES BOWL PREVIEW (Click here for more)
AIR FORCE FALCONS
Key players to watch for the Falcons:
Jared Tew RB
Asher Clark RB
Savier Stephens RB
Anthony Wright DB
HOUSTON COUGARS
Key players to watch for the Falcons:
Case Keenum QB
Bryce Beall RB
Charles Sims RB
James Cleveland WR
Tyron Carrier WR
Patrick Edwards WR
Jamal Robinson DB
Brandon Brinkley DB
WHEN: 12:00 PM ET, 9:00 AM PST
WHERE: AMON G. CARTER STADIUM, FORT WORTH, TEXAS
TV: ESPN, ESPN-HD, ESPN360
SATELITE: SIRIUS
THE BRUT SUN BOWL PREVIEW (Click here for more)
STANFORD CARDINAL
Key players to watch for the Cardinals:
Toby Gerhart RB
Ryan Whalen WR
Chris Owusu WR
OKLAHOMA SOONERS
Key players to watch for the Sooners:
Landry Jones QB
Chris Brown RB
DeMarco Murray RB/ WR
Ryan Broyles WR
Gerald McCoy DT
Brian Jackson DB
WHEN: 2:00 PM ET, 11:00 AM PST
WHERE: EL PASO, TEXAS
TV: CBS
SATELITE: SIRIUS
THE TEXAS BOWL (Click here for more)
MISSOURI TIGERS
Key players to watch for the Tigers:
Blaine Gabbert QB
Derrick Wahington RB
Danario Alexander WR
Jared Perry WR
Sean Weatherspoon LB
NAVY MIDSHIPMEN
Key players to watch for the Midshipmen:
Ricky Dobbs RB
Vince Murray RB
Marcus Curry RB
Ram Vela LB
WHEN: 3:30 PM ET, 12:30 PM PST
WHERE: RELIANT STADIUM, HOUSTON, TEXAS
TV: ESPN
SATELITE: SIRIUS