College Bowl Season Kicks Off Tonight With Utah vs. Navy (Bowl schedule follows)

Number 1 nationally rated rushing attack

Pointsetta Bowl (9:00 EST, ESPN)

Rece Davis (play by play), Mark May (color) and Lou Holtz (analyst), Rob Stone sideline reporting.

Utah 8-4 (9-3 all time in bowls) Head Coach Kyle Whittingham (3rd year 23-14) vs.

Navy 8-4 (6-6-1 all time in bowls) Head Coach Ken Niumantalolo (1st game as a head coach)
First match up between the schools

The Utes, coached by Kyle Whittingham, have won their last 6 bowls (5 straight appearances) dating back to 1999. Their current run is the 2nd longest streak in the nation. The Utes’ #2 nationally rated pass defense will be tested to stop Navy’s prolific triple option offense which led the nation in rushing. Louie Sakoda, the Mountain West Conference special teams player of the year–second straight–is the Utes most decorated player (punter, place kicker). The offense is led by tailback Darrell Mack (1128 yds. rushing and 13 total tds).

The Midshipmen are coached by longtime Navy assistant and 1st year head coach Ken Niumatalolo–the first Samoan head coach on any collegiate level. Niumatalolo replaces Paul Johnson who left Navy for Georgia Tech. Navy averages a shade under 40 points a game and an astounding 351 yards on the ground–which explains why they outscore their opponents by 40 points in the fourth quarter. The rushing attack features a ridiculous 7 runners over 470 yards–led by qb Kaheaku-Enhada, Kaip with 854 yds. and 11 tds.

Navy picks up the yards, but Utah gets the win 35-30.

(Matt Slocum/AP)

Celebrating last years 25-13 win over Tulsa in Armed Forces Bowl

Other game capsules will be provided on game days.

The 2007-08 bowl schedule (all times Eastern):

2007-08 College Football Bowl Schedule
San Diego Co. Credit Union Poinsettia	Dec. 20 9 p.m.	San Diego, Calif.	Utah vs. Navy	ESPN
R&L Carriers New Orleans	Dec. 21 8 p.m.	New Orleans, La.	Florida Atlantic vs. Memphis	ESPN2
PapaJohn’s.com	Dec. 22 1 p.m.	Birmingham, Ala.	Cincinnati vs. Southern Miss	ESPN2
New Mexico	Dec. 22 4:30 p.m.	Albuquerque, N.M.	New Mexico vs. Nevada	ESPN
Pioneer PureVision Las Vegas	Dec. 22 8 p.m.	Las Vegas, Nev.	BYU vs. UCLA	ESPN
Sheraton Hawaii	Dec. 23 8 p.m.	Honolulu, Hawaii	East Carolina vs. Boise State	ESPN
Motor City	Dec. 26 7:30 p.m.	Detroit, Mich.	Purdue vs. Central Michigan	ESPN
Pacific Life Holiday	Dec. 27 8 p.m.	San Diego, Calif.	Texas vs. Arizona State	ESPN
Champs Sports	Dec. 28 5 p.m.	Orlando, Fla.	Boston College vs. Michigan State	ESPN
Texas	Dec. 28 8 p.m.	Houston, Texas	TCU vs. Houston	NFL
Emerald	Dec. 28 8:30 p.m.	San Francisco, Calif.	Maryland vs. Oregon State	ESPN
Meineke Car Care	Dec. 29 1 p.m.	Charlotte, N.C.	Wake Forest vs. Connecticut	ESPN
AutoZone Liberty	Dec. 29 4:30 p.m.	Memphis, Tenn.	UCF vs. Mississippi State	ESPN
Alamo	Dec. 29 8 p.m.	San Antonio, Texas	Penn State vs. Texas A&M	ESPN
Petro Sun Independence	Dec. 30 8 p.m.	Shreveport, La.	Colorado vs. Alabama	ESPN
Bell Helicopter Armed Forces	Dec. 31 12:30 p.m.	Fort Worth, Texas	Air Force vs. California	ESPN
Sun	Dec. 31 2 p.m.	El Paso, Texas	South Florida vs. Oregon	CBS
Humanitarian	Dec. 31 2 p.m.	Boise, Idaho	Georgia Tech vs. Fresno State	ESPN2
Gaylord Hotels Music City	Dec. 31 4 p.m.	Nashville, Tenn.	Kentucky vs. Florida State	ESPN
Chick-fil-A	Dec. 31 7:30 p.m.	Atlanta, Ga.	Auburn vs. Clemson	ESPN
Insight	Dec. 31 TBA	Tempe, Ariz.	Indiana vs. Oklahoma State	NFL
Outback	Jan. 1 11 a.m.	Tampa, Fla.	Wisconsin vs. Tennessee	ESPN
AT&T Cotton	Jan. 1 11:30 a.m.	Dallas, Texas	Missouri vs. Arkansas	FOX
Gator	Jan. 1 1 p.m.	Jacksonville, Fla.	Virginia vs. Texas Tech	CBS
Capital One	Jan. 1 1 p.m.	Orlando, Fla.	Michigan vs. Florida	ABC
Rose presented by Citi	Jan. 1 4:30 p.m.	Pasadena, Calif.	USC vs. Illinois	ABC
Allstate Sugar	Jan. 1 8:30 p.m.	New Orleans, La.	Hawaii vs. Georgia	FOX
Tostitos Fiesta	Jan. 2 8 p.m.	Glendale, Ariz.	Oklahoma vs. West Virginia	FOX
FedEx Orange	Jan. 3 8 p.m.	Miami, Fla.	Virginia Tech vs. Kansas	FOX
International	Jan. 5 12 p.m.	Toronto, Canada	Rutgers vs. Ball State	ESPN2
GMAC	Jan. 6 8 p.m.	Mobile, Ala.	Tulsa vs. Bowling Green	ESPN
BCS National Championship	Jan. 7 8 p.m.	New Orleans, La.	Ohio State vs. LSU	FOX