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College football bowl season is here.

Despite several bowl games being canceled and many teams opting not to participate due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we bring you the best of the rest, from the Myrtle Beach Bowl through the College Football Playoff National Championship presented by AT&T on Jan. 11 (ESPN/ESPN App).

This is your go-to guide for analysis, predictions, big plays and the most memorable moments. And make sure to read these stories to ensure you sound smart on your family's holiday Zoom calls.

    Check back every day as this gets updated with each of the 28 bowl games and the national championship.

    Jump to a section: Must-see moments | Bowl Season MVP | Bowl game analysis | Upcoming schedule

    Upcoming bowl schedule

    Saturday's game

    Cure Bowl
    Liberty vs. Coastal Carolina
    Camping World Stadium (Orlando, Florida)
    Noon on ESPN and the ESPN App

    SERVPRO First Responder Bowl
    Louisiana vs. UTSA
    Gerald J. Ford Stadium (Dallas)
    3:30 p.m. on ABC and the ESPN App

    LendingTree Bowl
    Western Kentucky vs. Georgia State
    Ladd-Peebles Stadium (Mobile, Alabama)
    3:30 p.m. on ESPN and the ESPN App

    Must-See Moments

    A rockin' touchdown

    After getting wide open, how else was Khaleb Hood supposed to celebrate this score?

    Who can resist a fry bath?

    To celebrate winning the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl, Nevada players dumped french fries on head coach Jay Norvell before giving him a more traditional Gatorade bath.

    Beach brawl and ... a golden plunger?

    As most of them are, it was an interesting day in Myrtle Beach on Monday. Our beloved Marty & McGee were working the sidelines and enjoying the local flavor, while things got a little chippy on the field. In the end, North Texas was no match for Appalachian State and its, uh, unique sideline prop. Learn more about the plunger here.

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    Brawl breaks out after late hit on North Texas QB

    North Texas quarterback Jason Bean gets hit late by an Appalachian State defender, and a scuffle breaks out between the teams.

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    App State sideline breaks out golden plunger after People's huge TD

    The Appalachian State sideline waves their golden plunger after Camerun Peoples breaks free for a 62-yard touchdown.

    Bowl Season MVP so far

    BYU quarterback Zach Wilson

    Wilson was in the Heisman running for most of the season and showed why in the RoofClaim.com Boca Raton Bowl. The BYU quarterback threw for 425 yards and three touchdowns and also ran for two scores in the Cougars' 49-23 rout of UCF.

    Bowl game analysis

    Camellia Bowl (Dec. 25): Buffalo 17, Marshall 10

    Marshall and Buffalo delivered an edge-of-your-seat finish to the Camellia Bowl, as the Bulls won 17-10 despite missing leading rusher Jaret Patterson. Kevin Marks Jr. scored on a 2-yard run with 1:09 left to give Buffalo its second straight bowl win. Marshall quarterback Grant Wells got the Thundering Herd down to inside the 20 with a chance to tie the score, but the Buffalo defense registered a fourth-down sack to seal it.

    The Bulls struggled to get their run game going without Patterson, who did not play after sustaining a knee injury in the MAC championship game the previous week. Buffalo jumped out to a quick 10-0 lead, but the Bulls could not get anything going consistently on offense against the second-best rush defense in the nation until their final drive of the game. Marshall struggled itself on offense, as Wells threw for only 114 total yards. It was a disappointing end to the season for Marshall, which closed with three straight losses after a 7-0 start and a ranking that, at one point, had it as high as No. 15. -- Andrea Adelson

    New Mexico Bowl (Dec. 24): Hawai'i 28, Houston 14

    Hawaii jumped on Houston from the start, turning two early turnovers into touchdowns that led them to a 28-14 victory. Though the Cougars tried to mount a second-half comeback, closing the gap to 21-14 late in the third quarter, Hawaii's Calvin Turner returned the ensuing kickoff 92 yards for a score to put the game out of reach. Turner ended the game with 252 total yards and two touchdowns. First-year Hawaii coach Todd Graham won his 100th career game, as the Rainbow Warriors posted their third straight season with a winning record.

    As for Houston, this was as disjointed a year as any school had during the pandemic, with eight games postponed, canceled or rescheduled. But this was not a good performance, and Houston has gone 7-13 in Dana Holgorsen's first two years as head coach. Next year figures to be a pressure-filled one as he tries to get things headed in the right direction. -- Andrea Adelson

    R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl (Dec. 23): Georgia Southern 38, Louisiana Tech 3

    The Eagles came into the New Orleans Bowl on a tough stretch for a program that is typically one of the more competitive teams in the Sun Belt. After losing three of its past four, Georgia Southern had an easy time with Louisiana Tech. Quarterback Shai Werts led the way with 71 yards and three touchdowns on the ground, along with 126 yards passing and a touchdown.

    Georgia Southern brings out a sleek blue electric guitar for touchdowns, and it got plenty of use against the Bulldogs. Defensively, the Eagles' turnover chain got plenty of exposure after picking off the Bulldogs four times. -- Harry Lyles Jr.

    Montgomery Bowl (Dec. 23): Memphis 25, Florida Atlantic 10

    Memphis jumped out to an 18-0 lead, and it appeared for a moment that Florida Atlantic might make it a game with a field goal to make it 18-10 midway through the third quarter. But the Tigers held on to win the Montgomery Bowl, as the Owls were unable to get anything going on the ground. In total, Florida Atlantic ran the ball 39 times for just 139 yards, a 3.6 yards per carry average.

    Memphis quarterback Brady White got the first bowl win of his career in a great performance, completing 22 of his 34 passes with three touchdowns and just one interception. He finished his college career in the victory formation, and you can't do much better than that. -- Lyles

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    Zach Wilson flashes NFL potential in dominant win over UCF

    Zach Wilson throws for 425 yards and three touchdowns, while adding two more rushing touchdowns in BYU's 49-23 win over UCF.

    RoofClaim.com Boca Raton Bowl (Dec. 22): BYU 49, UCF 23

    Oh, what could have been. When BYU agreed to a last-minute game at Coastal Carolina earlier in the season, it did so knowing a loss would take away the team's nearly-locked-up spot in a New Year's Six bowl. And that's what happened. Instead, BYU settled for an appearance in the Roofclaim.com Boca Raton Bowl against UCF, where the Cougars added another lopsided win to a season already full of them.

    Quarterback Zach Wilson turned in another brilliant performance that showed why he generated Heisman buzz throughout the year. He completed 26 of 34 passes for 425 yards with three touchdowns, and running back Tyler Allgeier rushed for 173 yards and a touchdown on 19 carries.

    BYU went up 21-0 in the first quarter and 35-7 in the second to put the game away early. -- Kyle Bonagura

    Famous Idaho Potato Bowl (Dec. 22): Nevada 38, Tulane 27

    After losing in the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl last year to Ohio, Nevada bounced back with an impressive season that saw the Wolf Pack finish with the Mountain West's second-best winning percentage. Despite having a better record than Boise State, Nevada didn't advance to the Mountain West championship as a result of the conference's tiebreaker rules, setting up a return trip to the Potato Bowl. This time, Nevada got the job done, leading from start to finish in a 38-27 win.

    Nevada built a 26-7 lead by early in the second quarter and weathered a brief Tulane comeback as quarterback Carson Strong finished 22-of-28 for 271 yards with five touchdown passes. Both Devonte Lee (105 yards) and Toa Taua (102) rushed for over 100 yards.

    For Tulane, which won four of its final five games during the regular season, the bowl appearance was its third straight -- the first time it has done that in school history -- but the first that ended with a loss. -- Bonagura

    Myrtle Beach Bowl (Dec. 21): Appalachian State 56, North Texas 28

    Before the season, Appalachian State had its sights set on a New Year's Six bowl. Fresh off a 13-1 campaign that culminated with a Sun Belt title, the Mountaineers certainly looked the part. But in the year of COVID-19, few things went as expected, and App State lost its second game of the year, against Marshall, then spent the bulk of October dealing with virus concerns.

    But if the 2020 season never quite met expectations, the finale at least offered a reminder of how talented this team really was. The Mountaineers thrashed North Texas 56-28 in the Myrtle Beach Bowl, behind 502 yards on the ground, led by Camerun Peoples' 319 yards and five touchdowns.

    That UNT struggled wasn't a shock. A handful of starters opted out of the bowl game. But the extent to which Peoples and the Mountaineers' ground game ran roughshod over the UNT defense was still a sight to behold. App State now can turn its attention to 2021, with Shawn Clark comfortable in the head coach's office, and Peoples set for a return. -- David M. Hale