Bowl Projections: Week 11

[00Dawg]

SBNation: Texas Bowl vs Texas^ (has SoCar in Citrus, LSU in Outback)
Sports Illustrated: Citrus Bowl vs Penn State
ESPN (David Hale): Citrus Bowl vs Virginia Tech
ESPN (Kyle Bonagura): Citrus Bowl vs Penn State
CBS: Citrus Bowl vs Ohio State
DieHards.com: Outback Bowl vs Michigan State (has LSU in Citrus)
CollegeSportsMadness.com: Outback Bowl vs Michigan State^ (has LSU in Citrus)
247 Sports: Citrus Bowl vs Ohio State
Saturday Down South: Citrus Bowl vs Ohio State^
CollegeFootballNews.com: Citrus Bowl vs Virginia Tech
Bleacher Report: Belk Bowl vs Louisville~ (has LSU in Outback, Auburn in Citrus)
Sporting News: Music City Bowl vs NC State (has TAMU in Outback, LSU in Citrus)
USA Today: Citrus Bowl vs NC State
GridironNow.Com: Outback Bowl vs Michigan State
Brett McMurphy: Citrus Bowl vs Northwestern
Athlon Sports: Citrus Bowl vs Virginia Tech
Yahoo Sports: Outback Bowl vs Michigan State
Orlando Sentinel (Brant Parsons): Due Thursday


*Denotes no change in bowl from previous week
^Denotes no change in bowl or opponent from previous week
~Denotes no change in opponent from previous week

Week 11 Plurality Prediction: Citrus Bowl
Week 10 Plurality Prediction: Outback Bowl
Week 9 Plurality Prediction: Texas/Music City/Outback/Belk
Week 8 Plurality Prediction: Texas Bowl
Week 7 Plurality Prediction: Texas Bowl/Liberty Bowl
Week 6 Plurality Prediction: Texas Bowl
Week 5 Plurality Prediction: Gator Bowl
Week 4 Plurality Prediction: Gator Bowl
Week 3 Plurality Prediction: Citrus Bowl
Week 2 Plurality Prediction: Liberty Bowl
Week 1 Plurality Prediction: Music City Bowl
Week 0 Plurality Prediction: Texas Bowl
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[BulldogBlitz]

Outback would be good. Side note...I hate secondary market for bowl tickets.

 

[57stratdawg]

Pretty solid list.

 

[Shamoan]

We would match up well with Michigan State.

 

[MSUDC11]

Auburn basically locked up a NY6 bowl on Saturday, meaning we don’t have to compete with them for a Citrus Bowl bid if we win out. LSU is our biggest competition, and they went to the Citrus Bowl last year and also lost to us by 30.

Unless we get upset the next two weeks, I really think it’s the Citrus Bowl.

 

[Duke Humphrey]

This

Unless we get upset the next two weeks, I really think it’s the Citrus Bowl.

We still have a lot to play for, and have not locked anything up

 

[gymdawg.sixpack]

Citrus vs osu and im doing THAT!

 

[00Dawg]

Consensus is in for this week: Citrus.

Assuming we win out, the only other options for Orlando appear to be:
1. A 9-3 LSU team we beat, but has a better SEC record than us. Also in our favor is the fact they were in Orlando last year.
2. South Carolina if, and only if, they can somehow manage to beat Clemson. Potentially in our favor if that does happen is the fact they were in Orlando in 2013 (as well as 2011), but who they've lost to this season should put us above them anyway.
3. A 9-3 Auburn that drops out of the CFP Top 10. I find that unlikely barring a blowout Iron Bowl loss and some other funny happenings outside the SEC.

Edit:
I'm afraid I need to add:
4. A 10-3 UGA that lays an egg versus Tech and then gets smoked in the SECCG.

 

[amcdan2000]

Well neither coach, if OSU, could be suprised by the other one.

 

[RocketDawg]

What if they get blown out by Alabama? I'm not sure they have New Year's Day locked just yet.

 

[DawgatAuburn]

FYI Stewart Mandel of The Athletic has us in the Citrus against Notre Dame.

 

[Drebin]

FYI Stewart Mandel of The Athletic has us in the Citrus against Notre Dame.

This is the matchup I want to see. They are a good matchup for our defense.

 

[Southern Law Dawg]

FYI Stewart Mandel of The Athletic has us in the Citrus against Notre Dame.

I'd love this match, just for the exposure, if anything. We've never played them before.

 

[HotMop]

Ohio State and Notre Dame have 2 of the largest fan bases in the nation. I'd love to beat either one of those on Jan 1.

 

[GloryDawg]

Auburn basically locked up a NY6 bowl on Saturday, meaning we don’t have to compete with them for a Citrus Bowl bid if we win out. LSU is our biggest competition, and they went to the Citrus Bowl last year and also lost to us by 30.

Unless we get upset the next two weeks, I really think it’s the Citrus Bowl.

We are four spots out of the top 12 if somehow we get moved into the top 12 there is a possibility. Obviously several things have to happen like us winning out big and four or five teams in front of us getting whipped.

 

[DAWGS1.sixpack]

Give me a NYD bowl game in Florida vs Ohio St, Penn St, one of the Michigan teams or NDame.
Much rather play these teams vs a UCF in the Peach or Ok State Friday night in the Cotton Bowl