CFN's latest bowl projections are up

[UPitt '89]

http://collegefootballnews.com/2016/college-football-playoff-bowl-projections-week-13

here's the ACC projections:

Fiesta Bowl (CFP): Clemson vs. Ohio State

Orange Bowl: Florida State vs. Michigan

Taxslayer: Miami vs Georgia

Citrus: Virginia Tech vs Florida

Sun: Pitt vs Stanford

Belk: North Carolina vs Kentucky

Russell Athletic: Louisville vs WVU

Pinstripe: Georgia Tech vs Northwestern

Military: NC State vs Houston

Independence: Wake Forest vs South Carolina

St. Pete: Boston College vs South Florida

 

[President Stache]

That would be an awesome game

 

[Sean Miller Fan]

If the Citrus takes VT instead of Louisville, and I kinda doubt they will, that really helps Pitt's Russell Athletic chances to play WVU. Louisville's fanbase is demoralized and I think more Pitt fans make the Orlando trip than Louisville fans.

Mine:

Fiesta: Clemson
Orange: FSU
Citrus: Louisville
Russell Athletic: Virginia Tech

Tier 1
TaxSlayer: Miami
Belk: Pitt
Pinstripe: UNC
Sun: GT

The Pinstripe will never take Pitt. I think the Belk would want UNC but their players would choose to get away to NYC since they play in Charlotte often and were in the 2013 Belk Bowl.

I think the Belk takes Pitt over GT since I think Pitt would sell more tickets despite being 3 hours further away.

 

[PA_Panther]

Why will the Pinstripe never take Pitt?

 

[CaptainSidneyReilly]

May I Augment, these will be updated today or tomorrow:

UPDATED TODAY:
Dave Miller, Campus Insiders: NOV 20
Military Bowl PITT TEMPLE
Russell Athletic WVU MIAMI
Outback Bowl PENN STATE TEXAS A&M
LINK:
https://campusinsiders.com/news/college-football-bowl-projections-week-14-11-27-2016/

Jerry Palm, CBS Sports: UPDATED TODAY
Pinstripe Bowl
Dec. 28 New York, N.Y. ACC vs. Big Ten Pittsburgh vs. Northwestern
Alamo Bowl
Dec. 29 San Antonio, Tex. Big 12 vs. Pac-12 West Virginia vs. USC
Cotton Bowl
Jan. 2 Arlington, Texas Western Michigan (At-large) vs. Penn State (At-large)
LINK:
http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootball/bowls/predictions

Mark Schablach, ESPN: NOV 22
New Era Pinstripe Bowl Pittsburgh vs. Northwestern
Military Bowl McMurphy: Pittsburgh vs. Temple
Russell Athletic Bowl Virginia Tech vs. West Virginia
Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic Western Michigan vs. Penn State
LINK:
http://www.espn.com/college-footbal...football-bowl-projections-2016-season-week-13

Bill Bender, Sporting News: NOV 21
Camping World Independence Bowl: Pittsburgh vs. Georgia
Russell Athletic Bowl: Virginia Tech vs. West Virginia
Goodyear Cotton Bowl: Western Michigan vs. Penn State
LINK:
http://www.sportingnews.com/ncaa-fo...-clemson-washington/rm1q5y0go8v01f5s9pokzijm0

Jason Kirk, SB Nation: NOV 22
SUN BOWL PITT-STANFORD
RUSSELL ATHLETIC WVU-FSU
COTTON PSU-WESTERN MICHIGAN
LINK:
http://www.sbnation.com/college-foo...ons-2016-college-football-playoff-predictions

Colin Becht, Sports Illustrated: NOV 21
PINSTRIPE PITT NORTHWESTERN
HOLIDAY BOWL PENN STATE STANFORD
ALAMO WVU UTAH
LINK:
http://www.si.com/college-football/2016/11/21/bowl-projections-college-football-playoff-predictions

Stewart Mandel, Fox Sports: NOV 22
Pinstripe Bowl: Pittsburgh vs. Northwestern
Russell Athletic Bowl: Miami vs. West Virginia
Cotton Bowl: Penn State vs. Western Michigan
LINK:
http://www.foxsports.com/college-fo...chigan-ohio-state-texas-week-12-mandel-112216

Kevin Trahan, VICE Sports: NOV 21
PINSTRIPE PITT NORTHWESTERN
RUSSELL ATHLETICS WVU VT
ORANGE PENN STATE ULOU
LINK:
https://sports.vice.com/en_us/highlight/your-week-13-college-football-bowl-projections

College Sports Madness 2016: NOV 20
Belk Bowl PITT-KENTUCKY
Russell Athletic Bowl WVU-ULOU
Rose Bowl PSU-COLORADO
LINK:
http://www.collegesportsmadness.com/football/bowl-projections

 

[Piranha]

Unlikely, but I'd love to play FL or UGA in 1 of the bowl games in FL.

 

[steel_curtain]

Unlikely, but I'd love to play FL or UGA in 1 of the bowl games in FL.

-Beating up on an overrated team would be great. Personally, I still would like to get a ranked Nebraska and blow them out. But Florida, West Virginia, those are fine too because neither is all that good and they are ranked.

 

[steel_curtain]

-And please, no midmajor team this year. Get a game vs a P5

 

[runthewildcat]

If the Citrus takes VT instead of Louisville, and I kinda doubt they will, that really helps Pitt's Russell Athletic chances to play WVU. Louisville's fanbase is demoralized and I think more Pitt fans make the Orlando trip than Louisville fans.

Mine:

Fiesta: Clemson
Orange: FSU
Citrus: Louisville
Russell Athletic: Virginia Tech

Tier 1
TaxSlayer: Miami
Belk: Pitt
Pinstripe: UNC
Sun: GT

The Pinstripe will never take Pitt. I think the Belk would want UNC but their players would choose to get away to NYC since they play in Charlotte often and were in the 2013 Belk Bowl.

I think the Belk takes Pitt over GT since I think Pitt would sell more tickets despite being 3 hours further away.

Leave it to rest. We are not playing in the Russell athletic bowl nor wvu.

 

[PitterPanther]

I want two things out of a bowl bid, warm weather and a win.

 

[runthewildcat]

The last bowl I want to go to is the pinstripe. It'll be cold as hell and we'll be playing an awful weak10 team.
Sunbowl would be ok if we play a quality opponent. Highly doubt it'll be Stanford. They'll be in a bigger bowl than that.
This is very unlikely, but the belk bowl wouldn't be bad.

 

[steel_curtain]

The last bowl I want to go to is the pinstripe. It'll be cold as hell and we'll be playing an awful weak10 team.
Sunbowl would be ok if we play a quality opponent. Highly doubt it'll be Stanford. They'll be in a bigger bowl than that.
This is very unlikely, but the belk bowl wouldn't be bad.

Winning 9 games is more important than playing the best opponent possible. Remember the damage caused last year when Pitt lost to Navy? I can't fathom playing Temple and getting upset by a midmajor. If we can't get an overrated big name team, I'll take a beat down vs a team like northwestern.

 

[runthewildcat]

Winning 9 games is more important than playing the best opponent possible. Remember the damage caused last year when Pitt lost to Navy? I can't fathom playing Temple and getting upset by a midmajor. If we can't get an overrated big name team, I'll take a beat down vs a team like northwestern.

What damage did losing to a great navy team last year cause?

 

[HailtoPitt]

What damage did losing to a great navy team last year cause?

None. Nobody remembers or cares.

 

[crosbymalkin8771]

Wonder if a matchup with Iowa in the Pinstripe is possible. Because you know they're gonna be ranked ahead of Pitt despite a blowout loss to a team we beat and a loss to an FCS team, what since they're Big Ten and all.

So I'd like to see who's really better. Also avenge last year's loss.

 

[steel_curtain]

What damage did losing to a great navy team last year cause?

-Are you kidding me? All off season that was the talk. How Navy, a midmajor team, scored at will and had 600 + yards of offense or whatever it was against Pitt. We got zero preseason hype because of that loss when we should have started in the preseason top 25. Even the beat pitt sports writers wouldn't stop talking about navy

 

[SVPanther]

http://collegefootballnews.com/2016/college-football-playoff-bowl-projections-week-13

here's the ACC projections:

Fiesta Bowl (CFP): Clemson vs. Ohio State

Orange Bowl: Florida State vs. Michigan

Taxslayer: Miami vs Georgia

Citrus: Virginia Tech vs Florida

Sun: Pitt vs Stanford

Belk: North Carolina vs Kentucky

Russell Athletic: Louisville vs WVU

Pinstripe: Georgia Tech vs Northwestern

Military: NC State vs Houston

Independence: Wake Forest vs South Carolina

St. Pete: Boston College vs South Florida

If Pitt and Stanford draw 25 fans combined, I'll be impressed.

 

[Swervin27]

you guys overestimate the importance of these bowl games. They are exhibitions, more of a reward to the program than a 13th game.. Half the time you are playing younger players getting ready for next year.. They are played a month after your last game, no momentum to be carried over from the last game..

Look at these for what they are, exhibition games with very little, if any, meaning..

 

[Slick Manager of Champs]

If Pitt and Stanford draw 25 fans combined, I'll be impressed.

Narduzzi has already equaled your hero's best regular season in his first 2 years.

 

[perchance]

So attendance is what impresses you?

 

[UPitt '89]

If Pitt and Stanford draw 25 fans combined, I'll be impressed.

the Sun is one of the rare bowls in which the locals buy 75% of the tickets. They dont need the teams to bring a bunch of fans.

and Pitt had about 1000 at the Sun bowl in 2008, so you're wrong anyway.

 

[Slick Manager of Champs]

the Sun is one of the rare bowls in which the locals but 75% of the tickets. They dont need the teams to bring a bunch of fans.

and Pitt had about 1000 at the Sun bowl in 2008, so you're wrong anyway.

SVP is a huge troll who still has a hard on for Walt.

 

[Pitt79]

Why will the Pinstripe never take Pitt?

Yeah, why? The Pinstripe is probably a location, like Annapolis, where more Pitt fans might travel to.

I saw a projection of Pitt/Northwestern in the Pinstripe. I'd like that, NYC and a team I think we'd beat. that matters to me, I'd rather go 9-4 than go to some bowl and play the 4th place SEC team and get rolled.

 

[steel_curtain]

Yeah, why? The Pinstripe is probably a location, like Annapolis, where more Pitt fans might travel to.

I saw a projection of Pitt/Northwestern in the Pinstripe. I'd like that, NYC and a team I think we'd beat. that matters to me, I'd rather go 9-4 than go to some bowl and play the 4th place SEC team and get rolled.

-The ACC has rolled the SEC all year. Clemson, Florida State, and Georgia Tech are 6-0 vs the SEC this year. Most of those games were blowouts.

 

[Pitt79]

-Are you kidding me? All off season that was the talk. How Navy, a midmajor team, scored at will and had 600 + yards of offense or whatever it was against Pitt. We got zero preseason hype because of that loss when we should have started in the preseason top 25. Even the beat pitt sports writers wouldn't stop talking about navy

LOL, who was talking about that? Navy beats power 5 teams ALL THE TIME, they are AAC, the best non-P5 league, winning against teams like Pitt is common for them.

 

[Pitt79]

-The ACC has rolled the SEC all year. Clemson, Florida State, and Georgia Tech are 6-0 vs the SEC this year. Most of those games were blowouts.

Maybe, but who has a I-AA, D3 level pass D like Pitt. LOL

 

[Piranha]

Yeah, why? The Pinstripe is probably a location, like Annapolis, where more Pitt fans might travel to.

I saw a projection of Pitt/Northwestern in the Pinstripe. I'd like that, NYC and a team I think we'd beat. that matters to me, I'd rather go 9-4 than go to some bowl and play the 4th place SEC team and get rolled.

We would beat the the 4th place team in the SEC. Heck - we would win the SEC East. I would love to play FL. A big name opponent in a good bowl game.

 

[steel_curtain]

Maybe, but who has a I-AA, D3 level pass D like Pitt. LOL

-Pitt is averaging 60 points per game the last 3 games, with a road win at Clemson. Georgia Tech didnt have a problem beating Georgia down in Athens Georgia this weekend. Nor Did Florida State have a problem annihilating Florida.

 

[Gep Dawg]

I can't believe Iowa is ranked and Pitt is only 3rd among teams receiving votes

 

[DC_Area_Panther]

I can't believe Iowa is ranked and Pitt is only 3rd among teams receiving votes

Well, it matches Sagarin's computer (Pitt =#28).

If we beat a decent P5 opponent in a bowl and finish 9-4 we will make the top 25.

 

[Pitt79]

Pitt's #24 in the AP, I always just choose whatever poll ranks Pitt highest to believe that week.

 

[drp1tt]

http://collegefootballnews.com/2016/college-football-playoff-bowl-projections-week-13

here's the ACC projections:

Fiesta Bowl (CFP): Clemson vs. Ohio State

Orange Bowl: Florida State vs. Michigan

Taxslayer: Miami vs Georgia

Citrus: Virginia Tech vs Florida

Sun: Pitt vs Stanford

Belk: North Carolina vs Kentucky

Russell Athletic: Louisville vs WVU

Pinstripe: Georgia Tech vs Northwestern

Military: NC State vs Houston

Independence: Wake Forest vs South Carolina

St. Pete: Boston College vs South Florida

I would like the Russell Bowl versus West Virginia on New Year Eve.

 

[Swervin27]

I would like the Russell Bowl versus West Virginia on New Year Eve.

you'd like that, really? Talk about an understatement, I'd take off my pants and run around my neighborhood screaming on the top of my lungs. Of course I do that now already but at least I'd have a good reason this time..

 

[yourhired]

I'm sure the ACC & Bowls will be having discussions on who is going where this week.

 

[upj87]

http://collegefootballnews.com/2016/college-football-playoff-bowl-projections-week-13

here's the ACC projections:

Fiesta Bowl (CFP): Clemson vs. Ohio State

Orange Bowl: Florida State vs. Michigan

Taxslayer: Miami vs Georgia

Citrus: Virginia Tech vs Florida

Sun: Pitt vs Stanford

Belk: North Carolina vs Kentucky

Russell Athletic: Louisville vs WVU

Pinstripe: Georgia Tech vs Northwestern

Military: NC State vs Houston

Independence: Wake Forest vs South Carolina

St. Pete: Boston College vs South Florida

I will bet anyone here 100 bucks that Pitt puts up more points than their last appearance there....any takers?

 

[PantherO]

Wife already said we are going to a bowl..unless its the Sun.

 

[runthewildcat]

The odds we don't get the pinstripe or sunbowl are very very slim.
Russell athletic is out of the question. The Belk could be a possibility, but very unlikely.

 

[Burgh15]

I would like the Russell Bowl versus West Virginia on New Year Eve.

That game is on December 28th at 5:30 pm. There's also this, FWIW:

Joe Giglio ‏@jwgiglio 27m27 minutes ago
One development that will appease the Pitt masses: A "Backyard Brawl" revival in the Russell Athletic Bowl in Orlando is shaping up

 

[SeasonedOne]

The odds we don't get the pinstripe or sunbowl are very very slim.
Russell athletic is out of the question. The Belk could be a possibility, but very unlikely.

And you know this how?

 

[PhPanther1]

WVU's passing attack would eat Pitt alive. No thanks, i'll take a B10 opponent please.