College Bowl Schedule Features an Unmistakable California Flavor

The sense of accomplishment, as well as the enthusiasm level, might vary greatly from one campus to another, but five college football teams from California are nonetheless preparing to appear in bowl games later this month. Three of the games are set for Dec. 16. Fresno State will take on New Mexico State in the New Mexico Bowl in Albuquerque (2:45 p.m., ESPN). UCLA will face Boise State in the LA Bowl at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California (4:30 p.m., ABC), and Cal will play Texas Tech in the Independence Bowl in Shreveport, Louisiana (6:15 p.m., ESPN). A week later, on Dec. 23, San Jose State will meet Coastal Carolina in the Hawaii Bowl in Honolulu (7:30 p.m., ESPN). The last of this year’s bowl games involving a California team will be the Dec. 27 Holiday Bowl at San Diego’s Petco Park that matches USC and Louisville (5 p.m. FOX)....