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CBS Sports' Week #8 bowl game projections for SEC/OU/Texas
Posted on 10/25/21 at 4:24 pm
Posted on 10/25/21 at 4:24 pm
Liberty Bowl
Projected matchup: Mississippi State vs. Kansas State
Birmingham Bowl
Projected matchup: Tennessee vs. UAB
Alamo Bowl
Projected matchup: Texas vs. Arizona State
Texas Bowl
Projected matchup: Florida vs. Baylor
Citrus Bowl
Projected matchup: Michigan vs. Texas A&M
Outback Bowl
Projected matchup: Penn State vs. Kentucky
Gator Bowl
Projected matchup: Wake Forest vs. Auburn
Music City Bowl
Projected matchup: Arkansas vs. Wisconsin
NEW YEAR'S SIX
PEACH BOWL
Projected matchup: Iowa vs. Pittsburgh
FIESTA BOWL
Projected matchup: Ole Miss vs. Notre Dame
ROSE BOWL
Projected matchup: Michigan State vs. Oregon
SUGAR BOWL
Projected matchup: Oklahoma State vs. Alabama
COTTON BOWL - PLAYOFF SEMIFINAL
Projected matchup: No. 2 Ohio State vs. No. 3 Oklahoma
ORANGE BOWL - PLAYOFF SEMIFINAL
Projected matchup: No. 1 Georgia vs. No. 4 Cincinnati
Projected matchup: Mississippi State vs. Kansas State
Birmingham Bowl
Projected matchup: Tennessee vs. UAB
Alamo Bowl
Projected matchup: Texas vs. Arizona State
Texas Bowl
Projected matchup: Florida vs. Baylor
Citrus Bowl
Projected matchup: Michigan vs. Texas A&M
Outback Bowl
Projected matchup: Penn State vs. Kentucky
Gator Bowl
Projected matchup: Wake Forest vs. Auburn
Music City Bowl
Projected matchup: Arkansas vs. Wisconsin
NEW YEAR'S SIX
PEACH BOWL
Projected matchup: Iowa vs. Pittsburgh
FIESTA BOWL
Projected matchup: Ole Miss vs. Notre Dame
ROSE BOWL
Projected matchup: Michigan State vs. Oregon
SUGAR BOWL
Projected matchup: Oklahoma State vs. Alabama
COTTON BOWL - PLAYOFF SEMIFINAL
Projected matchup: No. 2 Ohio State vs. No. 3 Oklahoma
ORANGE BOWL - PLAYOFF SEMIFINAL
Projected matchup: No. 1 Georgia vs. No. 4 Cincinnati
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Posted on 10/25/21 at 4:29 pm to JetDawg
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FIESTA BOWL
Projected matchup: Ole Miss vs. Notre Dame
Yes please
Posted on 10/25/21 at 4:30 pm to Grateful Reb
Fiesta Bowl probably won’t take a 3 loss team.
Posted on 10/25/21 at 4:32 pm to JetDawg
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Citrus Bowl
Projected matchup: Michigan vs. Texas A&M
Posted on 10/25/21 at 4:36 pm to Aliasau
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Fiesta Bowl probably won’t take a 3 loss team.
What 2 losses do you think ND picks up?
Posted on 10/25/21 at 4:36 pm to JetDawg
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FIESTA BOWL
Projected matchup: Ole Miss vs. Notre Dame
Hey, Sharkbear, that’s a nice bowl projection you’ve got there.
Would be a shame if someone were to take it.
Posted on 10/25/21 at 4:39 pm to JetDawg
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ORANGE BOWL - PLAYOFF SEMIFINAL
Projected matchup: No. 1 Georgia vs. No. 4 Cincinnati
Georgia's first real test.
Posted on 10/25/21 at 4:42 pm to JetDawg
We've got a murderer's row coming up consisting of Baylor, Iowa St, Kansas, West Virginia, and Kansas St, but I have confidence in our team. All we gotta do is win out and then lose to OU in the Big 12 championship game and we'll be on our way to whooping on Bama in the Sugar Bowl. I imagine even if we win we'll get an At Large invite anyways.
So that's your Longhorn Lock of the week. Hook em.
So that's your Longhorn Lock of the week. Hook em.
This post was edited on 10/25/21 at 4:46 pm
Posted on 10/25/21 at 4:49 pm to JetDawg
Dumb list; did they just forget about the Duke's Mayo Bowl being higher on the pecking order than the Birmingham Bowl? It's literally impossible for the SEC to send a team to Birmingham without sending one to Charlotte.
Posted on 10/25/21 at 4:53 pm to MackDaddyBrown
quote:They should just rename the Alamo Bowl the UTA Bowl because the sips are a permanent fixture
We've got a murderer's row coming up consisting of Baylor, Iowa St, Kansas, West Virginia, and Kansas St, but I have confidence in our team. All we gotta do is win out and then lose to OU in the Big 12 championship game and we'll be on our way to whooping on Bama in the Sugar Bowl. I imagine even if we win we'll get an At Large invite anyways.
So that's your Longhorn Lock of the week. Hook em.
This post was edited on 10/25/21 at 4:54 pm
Posted on 10/25/21 at 4:56 pm to ColoradoAg
quote:Texas has beat more top 10 teams in that bowl game than Jimbo Fisher's a&m teams have in any bowl game thus far
They should just rename the Alamo Bowl the UTA Bowl because the sips are a permanent fixture
Posted on 10/25/21 at 5:00 pm to Krampus
Happy to play Michigan, not happy to play in the Citrus.
That said this assumes Ole Miss wins out (beating A&M) and Bama wins out (losing to UGA in the SECCG). That's possible I guess but that could go a lot of different ways.
Oh, and Bama vs Oklahoma State? Bama wins that by 50 if they decide to show up.
I also think OU is going to lose at least one game, they have been playing with fire all year against really bad teams. Someone with a pulse is going to execute against them and win.
I could also see the B1G screwing itself by beating each other up over the next few weeks. Ohio State Penn State, Michigan State, and Michigan are all about to start playing each other. It's just a schedule quirk they are all in the same division but none have played each other.
Iowa is going to have trouble overcoming that loss to Purdue even if they end up winning the West (they still have Wisconsin and Minnesota) and winning the Big 1G. I'm not convinced anyone is going to stand out and run the table out of all of them.
In the Pac they only have Oregon that can make it and they could easily lose another game as they haven't played Washington, WSU, or Oregon State which are the other best teams in the North.
The ACC is looking grim with Wake Forest undefeated but I certainly wouldn't put money on them running the table. The other team is Pitt at 6-1 but I don't know how they can wash off a loss to Western Michigan even if they find a way to win out. With Clemson down the ACC looks like a G5 Conference.
Cincy could definitely break through this year, who knows?
Still in the end a lot of folks aren't really looking at what's ahead and the impact of the schedule. SEC teams are going to get at least a 1 Loss curve in the end and a lot of these 0 and 1 loss teams are going to start falling and falling fast in the next few weeks as they play each other or simply teams with a pulse.
That said this assumes Ole Miss wins out (beating A&M) and Bama wins out (losing to UGA in the SECCG). That's possible I guess but that could go a lot of different ways.
Oh, and Bama vs Oklahoma State? Bama wins that by 50 if they decide to show up.
I also think OU is going to lose at least one game, they have been playing with fire all year against really bad teams. Someone with a pulse is going to execute against them and win.
I could also see the B1G screwing itself by beating each other up over the next few weeks. Ohio State Penn State, Michigan State, and Michigan are all about to start playing each other. It's just a schedule quirk they are all in the same division but none have played each other.
Iowa is going to have trouble overcoming that loss to Purdue even if they end up winning the West (they still have Wisconsin and Minnesota) and winning the Big 1G. I'm not convinced anyone is going to stand out and run the table out of all of them.
In the Pac they only have Oregon that can make it and they could easily lose another game as they haven't played Washington, WSU, or Oregon State which are the other best teams in the North.
The ACC is looking grim with Wake Forest undefeated but I certainly wouldn't put money on them running the table. The other team is Pitt at 6-1 but I don't know how they can wash off a loss to Western Michigan even if they find a way to win out. With Clemson down the ACC looks like a G5 Conference.
Cincy could definitely break through this year, who knows?
Still in the end a lot of folks aren't really looking at what's ahead and the impact of the schedule. SEC teams are going to get at least a 1 Loss curve in the end and a lot of these 0 and 1 loss teams are going to start falling and falling fast in the next few weeks as they play each other or simply teams with a pulse.
Posted on 10/25/21 at 5:01 pm to MackDaddyBrown
Posted on 10/25/21 at 5:02 pm to XWing atAliciousness
quote:You must be mistaken. The Alamo bowl is for mediocre teams like the sips ... no T10 teams allowed
Texas has beat more top 10 teams in that bowl game than Jimbo Fisher's a&m teams have in any bowl game thus far
Posted on 10/25/21 at 5:04 pm to Aliasau
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Fiesta Bowl probably won’t take a 3 loss team
Who do you see The Irish losing to?
Posted on 10/25/21 at 5:07 pm to JetDawg
quote:I've already seen this movie.
Outback Bowl
Projected matchup: Penn State vs. Kentucky
Posted on 10/25/21 at 5:08 pm to JetDawg
I think the biggest missing pieces to how this all falls out is how the SEC West shakes up:
Ole Miss at Auburn
Auburn at Texas A&M
Texas A&M at Ole Miss
I feel like all 3 of these games could go any way.
Auburn is also capable of beating Bama at home.
Mississippi State is capable of beating Ole Miss at home.
Depending on how these games turn out, a team could go from the Sugar Bowl all the way down to the Texas Bowl. It's just far too early to know.
My gut tells me the final SEC West Standings look like this:
6-2 Auburn (losses to UGA & A&M)
6-2 Alabama (losses to A&M and AU)
6-2 Ole Miss (losses to AL, AU)
5-3 Texas A&M (losses to Arky, MSU, OM)
5-3 Arkansas (losses to AU, AL, OM)
3-5 LSU (losses to AU, AL, OM, A&M, Arky)
3-5 MSU (losses to AU, AL, OM, Arky, LSU)
I think Bama is the best team, but if the West is on the line Auburn doesn't lose Iron Bowls at home. I think they lose to A&M in College Station though.
Ole Miss at Auburn
Auburn at Texas A&M
Texas A&M at Ole Miss
I feel like all 3 of these games could go any way.
Auburn is also capable of beating Bama at home.
Mississippi State is capable of beating Ole Miss at home.
Depending on how these games turn out, a team could go from the Sugar Bowl all the way down to the Texas Bowl. It's just far too early to know.
My gut tells me the final SEC West Standings look like this:
6-2 Auburn (losses to UGA & A&M)
6-2 Alabama (losses to A&M and AU)
6-2 Ole Miss (losses to AL, AU)
5-3 Texas A&M (losses to Arky, MSU, OM)
5-3 Arkansas (losses to AU, AL, OM)
3-5 LSU (losses to AU, AL, OM, A&M, Arky)
3-5 MSU (losses to AU, AL, OM, Arky, LSU)
I think Bama is the best team, but if the West is on the line Auburn doesn't lose Iron Bowls at home. I think they lose to A&M in College Station though.
Posted on 10/25/21 at 5:11 pm to BHMKyle
I'm very interested to see the next three weeks in the West. We will have a much clearer picture of where things stand before the last couple of weeks
Posted on 10/25/21 at 5:13 pm to JetDawg
Ohio State will drop 50 on Georgia
Posted on 10/25/21 at 5:16 pm to ColoradoAg
quote:Texas beats No. 10 Utah
You must be mistaken. The Alamo bowl is for mediocre teams like the sips ... no T10 teams allowed
That's funny. Texas won that game and then finished ahead of Jimbo's aggies. I guess you root for a team that's below mediocre?
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