No bowl games on Jan.1

The college football bowl schedule was released with 35 games over 23 days.

The bowl seasons begins on December 17 with three bowls and ends on January 9 with the BCS national championship game in New Orleans.

Due to a scheduling quirk there will be no games on January 1, because it falls on a Sunday. Barring a lockout, a full schedule of NFL games are set for that day. The Rose, Sugar, Orange and Fiesta Bowl will run January 2 though Jan 5.