From player opt-outs to full-team bailouts, this season’s bowl slate delivers peak unpredictability plus plenty of bizarre matchups and postseason absurdity.

Although the main course of the postseason is the College Football Playoff, there are 35 more bowl games on the docket.

Bowl Season is here. For the second straight year, there are 35 bowls outside the 12-team College Football Playoff. It's an ...