FOOTBALL 2007-08 BOWL GAMES

Thursday

Poinsettia Bowl

At San Diego

Payout: $750,000

Utah (8-4) vs. Navy (8-4), late

Today

New Orleans Bowl

Payout: $325,000

Florida Atlantic (7-5) vs. Memphis (7-5), 8 p.m. (ESPN2)

Saturday, Dec. 22

PapaJohns.com Bowl

At Birmingham, Ala.

Payout: $300,000

Cincinnati (9-3) vs. Southern Miss (7-5), 1 p.m. (ESPN2)

New Mexico Bowl

At Albuquerque

Payout: $750,000

New Mexico (8-4) vs. Nevada (6-6), 4:30 p.m. (ESPN)

Las Vegas Bowl

Payout: $1 million

BYU (10-2) vs. UCLA (6-6), 8 p.m. (ESPN)

Sunday, Dec. 23

Hawaii Bowl

At Honolulu

Payout: $750,000

East Carolina (7-5) vs. Boise State (10-2), 8 p.m. (ESPN)

Wednesday, Dec. 26

Motor City Bowl

At Detroit

Payout: $750,000

Central Michigan (8-5) vs. Purdue (7-5), 7:30 p.m. (ESPN)

Thursday, Dec. 27

Holiday Bowl

At San Diego

Payout: $2.25 million

Arizona State (10-2) vs. Texas (9-3), 8 p.m. (ESPN)

Friday, Dec. 28

Champs Sports Bowl

At Orlando, Fla.

Payout: $2.125 million

Boston College (10-3) vs. Michigan State (7-5), 5 p.m. (ESPN)

Emerald Bowl

At San Francisco

Payout: ACC: $750,000; Pac-10: $825,000

Maryland (6-6) vs. Oregon State (8-4), 8 p.m. (ESPN)

Texas Bowl

At Houston

Payout: CUSA: $500,000; MWC: $750,000

Houston (8-4) vs. TCU (7-5), 8 p.m. (NFLN)

Saturday, Dec. 29

Meineke Bowl

At Charlotte, N.C.

Payout: $750,000

Connecticut (9-3) vs. Wake Forest (8-4), 1 p.m. (ESPN)

Liberty Bowl

At Memphis, Tenn.

Payout: $1.75 million

Mississippi State (7-5) vs. UCF (10-3), 4:30 p.m. (ESPN)

Alamo Bowl

At San Antonio

Payout: $2.225 million

Penn State (8-4) vs. Texas A&M (7-5), 8 p.m. (ESPN)

Sunday, Dec. 30

Independence Bowl

At Shreveport, La.

Payout: $1.1 million

Colorado (6-6) vs. Alabama (6-6), 8 p.m. (ESPN)

Monday, Dec. 31

Armed Forces Bowl

At Fort Worth, Texas

Payout: $750,000

California (6-6) vs. Air Force (9-3), 12:30 p.m. (ESPN)

Sun Bowl

At El Paso, Texas

Payout: $1.9 million

South Florida (9-3) vs. Oregon (8-4), 2 p.m. (CBS)

Humanitarian Bowl

At Boise, Idaho

Payout: $750,000

Fresno State (8-4) vs. Georgia Tech (7-5), 2 p.m. (ESPN2)

Music City Bowl

At Nashville, Tenn.

Payout: $1.6 million

Florida State (7-5) vs. Kentucky (7-5), 4 p.m. (ESPN)

Insight Bowl

At Tempe, Ariz.

Payout: $1.25 million

Indiana (7-5) vs. Oklahoma State (6-6), 6 p.m. (NFLN)

Chick-fil-A Bowl

At Atlanta

Payout: $2.9 million

Clemson (9-3) vs. Auburn (8-4), 7:30 p.m. (ESPN)

Tuesday, Jan. 1

Outback Bowl

At Tampa, Fla.

Payout: $3.1 million

Wisconsin (9-3) vs. Tennessee (9-4), 11 a.m. (ESPN)

Cotton Bowl

At Dallas

Payout: $3 million

Missouri (11-2) vs. Arkansas (8-4), 11:30 a.m. (FOX)

Capital One Bowl

At Orlando, Fla.

Payout: $4.25 million

Michigan (8-4) vs. Florida (9-3), 1 p.m. (ABC)

Gator Bowl

At Jacksonville, Fla.

Payout: $2.25 million

Virginia (9-3) vs. Texas Tech (8-4), 1 p.m. (CBS)

Rose Bowl

At Pasadena, Calif.

Payout: $17 million

Southern California (10-2) vs. Illinois (9-3), 4:30 p.m. (ABC)

Sugar Bowl

At New Orleans

Payout: $17 million

Hawaii (12-0) vs. Georgia (10-2), 8:30 p.m. (FOX)

Wednesday, Jan. 2

Fiesta Bowl

At Glendale, Ariz.

Payout: $17 million

West Virginia (10-2) vs. Oklahoma (11-2), 8 p.m. (FOX)

Thursday, Jan. 3

Orange Bowl

At Miami

Payout: $17 million

Kansas (11-1) vs. Virginia Tech (11-2), 8 p.m. (FOX)

Saturday, Jan. 5

International Bowl

At Toronto

Payout: $750,000

Rutgers (7-4) vs. Ball State (7-5), Noon (ESPN2)

Sunday, Jan. 6

GMAC Bowl

Mobile, Ala.

Payout: $750,000

Tulsa (9-4) vs. Bowling Green (8-4), 8 p.m. (ESPN)

Monday, Jan. 7

BCS National Championship

At New Orleans

Payout: $17 million

Ohio State (11-1) vs. LSU (11-2), 8 p.m. (FOX)

Saturday, Jan. 12

Hula Bowl

At Honolulu

Aina (East) vs. Kai (West), 8 p.m.

Saturday, Jan. 19

East-West Shrine Classic

At Houston

East vs. West, 7 p.m. (ESPN2)

Saturday, Jan. 26

Senior Bowl

At Mobile, Ala.

North vs. South, 4 p.m. (NFLN)

THURSDAY’S BASKETBALL SCORES

MEN

EAST

Assumption 78, Queens, N.Y. 68

Carnegie-Mellon 83, Christopher Newport 63

Charleston, W.Va. 121, Ohio-Eastern 57

Long Island U. 67, St. Peter’s 62

Penn 67, Elon 64

Pittsburgh 65, Duke 64, OT

Shepherd 63, Mercyhurst 58

SOUTH

Briar Cliff 62, Webber 52

Clemson 90, Puerto Rico-Mayaguez 73

Georgia Southern 82, Asbury 51

Miami 85, North Florida 63

Mississippi 69, DePaul 63

New Orleans 81, Louisiana Tech 72

S. Carolina St. 81, Allen 57

MIDWEST

Kent St. 72, IPFW 70

Malone 96, Ohio State-Marion 46

Miami (Ohio) 61, Illinois 58, OT

Muskingum 72, Washington & Jefferson 55

Rio Grande 83, Cincinnati Christian 60

SOUTHWEST

Oral Roberts 74, Oklahoma St. 59

FAR WEST

N. Arizona 68, Furman 56

Women

EAST

Cornell 63, St. Francis, NY 51

Drexel 60, Penn 41

George Washington 66, Texas A&M 65, OT

Georgetown 75, Loyola Marymount 49

Jacksonville 63, Niagara 59

La Salle 66, Appalachian St. 62

Michigan St. 73, Providence 35

Oakland, Mich. 73, Siena 58

St. Bonaventure 43, Fairleigh Dickinson 41

SOUTH

Alabama 63, Hampton 60, OT

Charlotte 84, Charleston Southern 55

Chattanooga 86, W. Carolina 81

Coastal Carolina 60, Alabama St. 45

Duquesne 61, William & Mary 60

Furman 64, Stetson 55

Georgia Southern 66, Presbyterian 35

Louisville 80, Kentucky 65

Maryland 71, James Madison 65

Mississippi St. 94, McNeese St. 52

Nicholls St. 86, Centenary 54

North Carolina 93, W. Kentucky 60

Northwestern St. 80, Jackson St. 57

Old Dominion 70, Delaware St. 28

Radford 73, ETSU 67

SE Missouri 83, Jacksonville St. 71

Samford 62, Murray St. 60

Tennessee St. 63, Lipscomb 52

UCF 76, UNC-Greensboro 73

UNC Wilmington 67, East Carolina 60

Virginia 83, Davidson 68

MIDWEST

Bradley 70, Chicago St. 44

Butler 70, IPFW 55

DePaul 102, Northwestern 64

Indiana 66, Cincinnati 59

N. Dakota St. 67, Wis.-Milwaukee 64

N. Kentucky 78, Wayne, Mich. 60

Wis.-Green Bay 81, Arizona 59

SOUTHWEST

Ark.-Little Rock 70, Louisiana Tech 60

Oklahoma 121, Cent. Arkansas 48

Prairie View 66, Stephen F.Austin 63

Rice 66, Rider 65

Texas-Arlington 80, Elon 58

TOURNAMENT

Fla. Gulf Coast Holiday Classic

First Round

Florida Gulf Coast 74, Texas-Pan American 40

Memphis 86, Loyola of Chicago 79

Lady Rebel Christmas Classic

First Round

Liberty 68, Ball St. 56

Tulane Doubletree Classic

First Round

Robert Morris 82, Tulane 71

Women of Troy Classic

First Round

Portland St. 78, Hawaii 72