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Kick off: 35 bowl games in 19 days

There’s a flag on the play! Ten-yard penalty for roughing the viewers.

ESPN put out its schedule of 34 college football bowl games airing later this month — and it may seem like an instant replay by the time we reach the end of the post-season.

In a nutshell, the sports channel will carry a bowl game every night from Dec. 20 to Jan. 7 — excepting the three Sundays when the NFL plays.

The popularity of the college game has been growing every year in the last decade or so — and that schedule of bowl games has expanded quickly,

The climax of the bowl season is the national championship game on Jan. 7 (No. 1 Notre Dame vs. No. 2 Alabama).

But the high point is still New Year’s Day when ESPN will carry six games with two other games on rival channels CBS and Fox.