College football bowl schedule: Friday, December 23
Bowl season moves along on Friday, and there’s another SEC game set to kickoff.
The Ragin Cajuns of Louisiana will meet Houston in the Independence Bowl in Shreveport, Louisiana at 3 p.m. ET on ESPN. Wake Forest will meet Missouri in the Gasparilla Bowl in Tampa, Florida at 6:30 p.m. ET on ESPN.
Louisiana-Lafayette is looking for a fourth straight bowl victory and a winning record in its first season since Michael Desormeaux took over as head coach following Billy Napier’s departure for Florida. Houston’s Nathaniel Dell has 1,354 yards and 15 TDs receiving, which led the nation in those categories for the regular season.
Missouri is looking for its first bowl win since the Gary Pinkel-coached Tigers beat Minnesota in the 2014 Capital One Bowl. WR Dominic Lovett, who led Missouri with 56 receptions and 846 yards, won’t play after entering the transfer portal and choosing to commit to Georgia.