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Full 2022-23 Big Ten bowl game and College Football Playoff schedule

Here is the entire Big Ten bowl schedule for the 2022 season.

The Big Ten officially confirmed a good number of kickoff times for throughout the duration of the 2022 college football season. Nestled in the release was a reminder about the Big Ten’s bowl lineup for the upcoming season that includes eight direct bowl tie-ins and the possibility of more bowl spots for the conference if things go well this season.

The Big Ten will take part in three New Years Day bowl games, which due to the NFL schedule will actually take place on January 2. The crown jewel of the Big Ten’s bowl lineup, of course, is the Rose Bowl Game, which remains in its traditional timeslot while the Sugar Bowl was forced to move to a noon kickoff to avoid a scheduling conflict with the NFL’s Monday Night Football programming. Yes, the Rose Bowl will serve as a leading for Monday Night Football to help ring in 2023.

The Big Ten will remain a part of the new year tradition with spots in the Tampa Bay Bowl and the Citrus Bowl in addition to the Rose Bowl.

Each of the Big Ten’s bowl games will be played after Christmas, although the possibility of a surplus of bowl teams could allow for a Big Ten team to play prior to Christmas if a bowl is in need of filling a spot.

The College Football Playoff is also once again playing its national semifinal games on New Year’s Eve, on Saturday, Dec. 31. This year’s playoff games will be held in the Peach Bowl and the Fiesta Bowl. The College Football Playoff national championship game is scheduled for Monday, Jan. 9 to bring a close to another season of college football.

Which of these bowl games will Penn State be playing in? We’ll have to wait and see. For now, here is the full Big Ten bowl lineup, plus the playoff schedule.

Outback Bowl no more? Penn State has officially played in the last Outback Bowl

Penn State played in the last Outback Bowl in college football history.

Penn State started the 2022 calendar year by losing to Arkansas in the Outback Bowl. It will, officially, go down as Pen State’s last appearance in the Outback Bowl. But don’t worry, the bowl game itself isn’t going anywhere. It will just sport a new name going forward.

On Friday, the Tampa Bay Bowl Association announced it will rebrand the January 1 bowl as the Tampa Bay Bowl, complete with a new logo to go with the new name. The bowl game will continue its existing partnership with the Big Ten, SEC, and the ACC, along with media partner ESPN.

“We are thrilled about our new Tampa Bay Bowl logo and name which is a reflection of our 36-year relationship with the vibrant Tampa Bay region as one of the most exciting and hospitable destinations of any college bowl game,” Tampa Bay Bowl Chair Rita Lowman said in a released statement. “We look forward to continuing the Tampa Bay Bowl’s positive impact on college football and the Tampa Bay community, both economically and by showcasing our region nationally and internationally.”

In the age of sponsored bowl names, however, it would be a pretty good guess to say this bowl game will not keep this name for too long. The fact the name is the Tampa Bay Bowl now suggests the bowl game’s organization wasn’t able to secure the kind of sponsorship deal it may have been hoping to get and is still holding out hope it will one day receive.

Simply put, there is too much money to be passing up to have a bowl game without some sort of corporate sponsor, whether it is as a presenting sponsor or taking over the namesake of the bowl. But given the game has adopted the name Tampa Bay Bowl, it may be more likely the game attaches or has a presenting sponsorship lined up, but details on that will be made available later.

Hopefully, we all enjoyed the free bloomin’ onions and fried shrimp while we could. And maybe Outback Steakhouse will attach itself to another bowl game as a sponsor to keep that tradition alive.

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