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Texas Tech running back Tahj Brooks (center) fights for yards against Cal. The Red Raiders would win the Radiance Technologies Independence Bowl in Shreveport, La., 34-14, on Saturday night on ESPN. (Photo by EMMA WILEY - THEFOOTBALLBEAT.COM)
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Tech overpowers Cal in Independence Bowl

EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the first of several bowl games that the staff at ETBLITZ.COM will cover this bowl season; look for photos by new ETBLITZ photographer EMMA WILEY to be added to this story on Sunday. By CLAYTON FLETCHER

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Texas Tech senior running back Tahj Brooks (center) has 2,957 career rushing yards and 27 touchdowns as a Red Raider. He's hoping to add more tonight, as Tech (6-6) takes on Cal (6-6) in the Radiance Technologies Independence Bowl, the prime-time game Saturday night on ESPN, an 8:15 p.m. kickoff. (Photo by ANNIE RICE, Courtesy of the LUBBOCK AVALANCHE-JOURNAL)
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It begins: seven bowl games on Saturday

The college bowl season is officially upon us today, with seven – 7! – bowl games scheduled for Saturday. Obviously, some of them overlap, but hey: we’re providing the kickoff times and previews for you right here, with help from

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LSU quarterback Jayden Daniels (above) poses with the 2023 Heisman Trophy, the school's third Heisman winner. (Photo courtesy of THE ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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As expected, LSU’s Daniels wins Heisman

His team lost three games. In a normal year, LSU quarterback Jayden Daniels wouldn’t even be considered for the Heisman Trophy. After all, isn’t it always the best (offensive) player on the best team? (Hello Matt Leinert, hello, Reggie Bush

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The official 2023-24 bowl schedule

ALL TIMES CENTRAL STANDARD TIME! SATURDAY, DEC. 16 MYRTLE BEACH BOWL (Brooks Stadium, Conway, SC) Georgia Southern (6-6) vs. Ohio (9-3), 10 a.m., ESPN _____ CRICKET CELEBRATION BOWL (Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Atlanta) Howard vs. Florida A&M, 11 a.m., ABC _____ R+L

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LSU, led by quarterback Jayden Daniels (above), puts their No. 14 ranking on the line Saturday in Oxford, Miss., against the Ole Miss Rebels. (Photo by JONATHAN BACHMAN / courtesy of GETTY IMAGES)
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Heisman finalists announced

The Heisman finalists are set, and there’s not a lot of controversy, unless maybe you thought Michigan quarterback J.J. McCarthy, or Georgia tight end Brock Bowers, or Alabama quarterback Jalen Milroe were all deserving of a trip to New York.

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Dillon Gabriel (8) has entered the transfer portal, opting to leave Oklahoma. The Sooners are scheduled to face Arizona in the Valero Alamo Bowl on Dec. 28, but won't have Gabriel or offensive coordinator Jeff Lebby, now the head coach at Mississippi State. (Photo courtesy of NEWSON6.com)
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Gabriel, McCord among transfer portal entries

Some eye-opening names entered the transfer portal this morning. How about Oklahoma quarterback Dillon Gabriel? Yep. In the transfer portal. Entered it Monday morning, according to several reports, this one from ESPN (Oklahoma starting QB Dillon Gabriel enters transfer portal).

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