Bad Boy Mowers Gasparilla Bowl
Temple (6-6) vs. Florida International (8-4)
8 p.m./ESPN
Everyone’s favorite eastern Pennsylvania team attained bowl eligibility, and get to take on the highly entertaining Florida International Panthers. The two teams get the primetime slot on Thursday all to themselves, plus it’s hard to top the bowl name.
Prediction: Temple - 28, FIU - 21
Friday, Dec. 22
Bahamas Bowl
Alabama-Birmingham (8-4) vs. Ohio (8-4)
12:30 p.m./ESPN
For two years, the UAB football team did not exist, and now the Blazers are in a bowl game for the first time in 13 years.