It's time. Post your favorite bowl projections here.

Stewart Mandel’s college football bowl projections for all 40 games
http://www.foxsports.com/college-footbal...del-110116

Fiesta Bowl: Clemson vs. Michigan (playoff)
Orange Bowl: Louisville vs. Wisconsin
Citrus Bowl: Auburn vs. Florida State
Russell Athletic Bowl: Virginia Tech vs. Oklahoma State
Sun Bowl: Wake Forest vs. Stanford
TaxSlayer Bowl: LSU vs. North Carolina
Military Bowl: Georgia Tech vs. Temple
Pinstripe Bowl: Miami vs. Maryland
Belk Bowl: Arkansas vs. Pittsburgh
Quick Lane Bowl: no ACC team available
Independence Bowl: no ACC team available

Not bad.

(11-02-2016 06:37 AM)Hokie Mark Wrote:  It's time. Post your favorite bowl projections here.

Stewart Mandel’s college football bowl projections for all 40 games
http://www.foxsports.com/college-footbal...del-110116

Fiesta Bowl: Clemson vs. Michigan (playoff)
Orange Bowl: Louisville vs. Wisconsin
Citrus Bowl: Auburn vs. Florida State
Russell Athletic Bowl: Virginia Tech vs. Oklahoma State
Sun Bowl: Wake Forest vs. Stanford
TaxSlayer Bowl: LSU vs. North Carolina
Military Bowl: Georgia Tech vs. Temple
Pinstripe Bowl: Miami vs. Maryland
Belk Bowl: Arkansas vs. Pittsburgh
Quick Lane Bowl: no ACC team available
Independence Bowl: no ACC team available

Not bad.

On paper VT can not fall below the Russell, but I would expect the Gator and the Russell to make a conference sanctioned trade to keep VT or UNC from coming back to Orlando a second time in month.

Louisville & Wisconsin would be an interesting OB matchup.

Who has time and wants to fi s way too early est of the payout?

(11-02-2016 09:44 AM)nzmorange Wrote:  Who has time and wants to fi s way too early est of the payout?

$6M for semi-final (Clemson in Fiesta)
$27.5M for Orange Bowl (Louisville)
$4.5M for Citrus Bowl (thanks to Wisconsin in OB)
$13M for all other bowls
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$51M

(11-02-2016 10:15 AM)Hokie Mark Wrote:  

(11-02-2016 09:44 AM)nzmorange Wrote:  Who has time and wants to fi s way too early est of the payout?

$6M for semi-final (Clemson in Fiesta)
$27.5M for Orange Bowl (Louisville)
$4.5M for Citrus Bowl (thanks to Wisconsin in OB)
$13M for all other bowls
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$51M

~$3.3 MM per team (plus however much the ACCG makes in tickets and merch, & the ACC's cut of the playoff TV deal).

That's not bad at all.

Thanks, btw.

(11-02-2016 12:44 PM)nzmorange Wrote:  

(11-02-2016 10:15 AM)Hokie Mark Wrote:  

(11-02-2016 09:44 AM)nzmorange Wrote:  Who has time and wants to fi s way too early est of the payout?

$6M for semi-final (Clemson in Fiesta)
$27.5M for Orange Bowl (Louisville)
$4.5M for Citrus Bowl (thanks to Wisconsin in OB)
$13M for all other bowls
=====
$51M

~$3.3 MM per team (plus however much the ACCG makes in tickets and merch, & the ACC's cut of the playoff TV deal).

That's not bad at all.

Thanks, btw.

ACC's cut of the playoff TV deal = $50M/year for the conference, regardless of #teams (same as other P5's).

(11-02-2016 06:37 AM)Hokie Mark Wrote:  Quick Lane Bowl: no ACC team available
Independence Bowl: no ACC team available

He doesn't list their records. I wonder how many are 5-7. The ACC has teams like BC, NCSU, Syracuse that could finish 5-7, and with not enough 6-6 teams, they each have enough brand recognition to be desirable to a lower end bowl.

(11-02-2016 03:46 PM)OrangeCrush22 Wrote:  He doesn't list their records. I wonder how many are 5-7. The ACC has teams like BC, NCSU, Syracuse that could finish 5-7, and with not enough 6-6 teams, they each have enough brand recognition to be desirable to a lower end bowl.

At 5-7 brand recognition means nothing...it all comes down to APR.

I expect a few teams to make the cut. Remember a 5-7 Notre Dame will most likely turn down a bowl. A 6-7 Hawaii trumps all 5-7 teams.

(11-02-2016 04:12 PM)TexanMark Wrote:  

(11-02-2016 03:46 PM)OrangeCrush22 Wrote:  He doesn't list their records. I wonder how many are 5-7. The ACC has teams like BC, NCSU, Syracuse that could finish 5-7, and with not enough 6-6 teams, they each have enough brand recognition to be desirable to a lower end bowl.

At 5-7 brand recognition means nothing...it all comes down to APR.

I expect a few teams to make the cut. Remember a 5-7 Notre Dame will most likely turn down a bowl. A 6-7 Hawaii trumps all 5-7 teams.

On the realignment board someone recently posted a list of teams that potentially will by 5-7 ranked by APR. I want to say he had Syracuse at the bottom of the list, but unsure if that was accurate.

(11-02-2016 05:14 PM)CollegeCard Wrote:  

(11-02-2016 04:12 PM)TexanMark Wrote:  

(11-02-2016 03:46 PM)OrangeCrush22 Wrote:  He doesn't list their records. I wonder how many are 5-7. The ACC has teams like BC, NCSU, Syracuse that could finish 5-7, and with not enough 6-6 teams, they each have enough brand recognition to be desirable to a lower end bowl.

At 5-7 brand recognition means nothing...it all comes down to APR.

I expect a few teams to make the cut. Remember a 5-7 Notre Dame will most likely turn down a bowl. A 6-7 Hawaii trumps all 5-7 teams.

On the realignment board someone recently posted a list of teams that potentially will by 5-7 ranked by APR. I want to say he had Syracuse at the bottom of the list, but unsure if that was accurate.

Yes, that was an accurate list, even though we are ranked 6th overall in football APR in the ACC. We likely only go bowling if we get to 6 wins. Which will be a tough task considering who we play in our last 4 games.

Cheers,
Neil

(11-02-2016 05:14 PM)CollegeCard Wrote:  

(11-02-2016 04:12 PM)TexanMark Wrote:  

(11-02-2016 03:46 PM)OrangeCrush22 Wrote:  He doesn't list their records. I wonder how many are 5-7. The ACC has teams like BC, NCSU, Syracuse that could finish 5-7, and with not enough 6-6 teams, they each have enough brand recognition to be desirable to a lower end bowl.

At 5-7 brand recognition means nothing...it all comes down to APR.

I expect a few teams to make the cut. Remember a 5-7 Notre Dame will most likely turn down a bowl. A 6-7 Hawaii trumps all 5-7 teams.

On the realignment board someone recently posted a list of teams that potentially will by 5-7 ranked by APR. I want to say he had Syracuse at the bottom of the list, but unsure if that was accurate.

Well yeah, it was a list created by Syracuse.com that listed the schools in front of Syracuse ... so yes, SU is last on this list.

(11-02-2016 03:02 PM)georgia_tech_swagger Wrote:  

(11-02-2016 06:37 AM)Hokie Mark Wrote:  Quick Lane Bowl: no ACC team available
Independence Bowl: no ACC team available

(11-02-2016 10:56 PM)nzmorange Wrote:  

(11-02-2016 05:14 PM)CollegeCard Wrote:  

(11-02-2016 04:12 PM)TexanMark Wrote:  

(11-02-2016 03:46 PM)OrangeCrush22 Wrote:  He doesn't list their records. I wonder how many are 5-7. The ACC has teams like BC, NCSU, Syracuse that could finish 5-7, and with not enough 6-6 teams, they each have enough brand recognition to be desirable to a lower end bowl.

At 5-7 brand recognition means nothing...it all comes down to APR.

I expect a few teams to make the cut. Remember a 5-7 Notre Dame will most likely turn down a bowl. A 6-7 Hawaii trumps all 5-7 teams.

On the realignment board someone recently posted a list of teams that potentially will by 5-7 ranked by APR. I want to say he had Syracuse at the bottom of the list, but unsure if that was accurate.

Well yeah, it was a list created by Syracuse.com that listed the schools in front of Syracuse ... so yes, SU is last on this list.

It may have been one and the same, but the post I read definitely did not mention or attribute anything to Syracuse.com, so there was no way I'd be aware of that. From what was said, the poster at least claimed he had made the list himself.

(11-03-2016 07:44 AM)CollegeCard Wrote:  

(11-02-2016 10:56 PM)nzmorange Wrote:  

(11-02-2016 05:14 PM)CollegeCard Wrote:  

(11-02-2016 04:12 PM)TexanMark Wrote:  

(11-02-2016 03:46 PM)OrangeCrush22 Wrote:  He doesn't list their records. I wonder how many are 5-7. The ACC has teams like BC, NCSU, Syracuse that could finish 5-7, and with not enough 6-6 teams, they each have enough brand recognition to be desirable to a lower end bowl.

At 5-7 brand recognition means nothing...it all comes down to APR.

I expect a few teams to make the cut. Remember a 5-7 Notre Dame will most likely turn down a bowl. A 6-7 Hawaii trumps all 5-7 teams.

On the realignment board someone recently posted a list of teams that potentially will by 5-7 ranked by APR. I want to say he had Syracuse at the bottom of the list, but unsure if that was accurate.

Well yeah, it was a list created by Syracuse.com that listed the schools in front of Syracuse ... so yes, SU is last on this list.

It may have been one and the same, but the post I read definitely did not mention or attribute anything to Syracuse.com, so there was no way I'd be aware of that. From what was said, the poster at least claimed he had made the list himself.

Well, in that case, I stand heavily corrected.

BC currently sits at 4-4 with games against L'vlle, FSU, Uconn, and Wake remaining. They stand a reasonable chance of getting to 6 wins by beating Uconn and Wake. Even if they win only 5, their APR will help them get a bowl spot if one opens up to 5-7 teams (not that many BC fans would be happy with that result!)

HokieMark has posted FoxSports' website from this past week.

Here are Bowl Projections from several websites:

ESPN:
Fiesta Bowl: Clemson vs. Michigan
St. Petersburg Bowl: Boston College vs. South Florida
Quick Lane Bowl: NC State vs. Indiana/Maryland
Independence Bowl: Syracuse vs. South Carolina or Miami vs. Georgia
Military Bowl: Wake Forest vs. Temple or Syracuse vs. Memphis
Pinstripe Bowl: Georgia Tech/Pittsburgh vs. Minnesota
Russell Athletic Bowl: Virginia Tech vs. West Virginia or Florida State vs. Oklahoma State
Belk Bowl: North Carolina vs. Tennessee or Georgia Tech vs. Arkansas
Sun Bowl: Pittsburgh vs. Arizona State or Wake Forest vs. Stanford
Orange Bowl: Louisville vs. Wisconsin
Citrus Bowl: Florida State/Virginia Tech vs. Auburn
TaxSlayer Bowl: Miami vs. Florida or North Carolina vs. LSU



CBS:
Fiesta: Clemson - Washington
Orange: Louisville - Wisconsin
TaxSlayer: North Carolina - Tennessee
Citrus: Virginia Tech - Auburn
Sun: Wake Forest - USC
Belk: Miami - Georgia
Russell Athletic: Florida State - West Virginia
Pinstripe: Pittsburgh - Northwestern
Military: Georgia Tech - Houston
Independence: NC State - Kentucky

NC State will not be playing in a bowl.

Clemson to the playoffs is looking like a lock, as is Louisville to the Orange Bowl.

Virginia Tech and UNC will probably both end up back in Orlando - one to the Citrus Bowl (assuming one of the many Big Ten teams ends up in the Orange), the other to the Russell Athletic.

If all that pans out, I think the Gator/Taxslayer Bowl falls all over themselves to get FSU.

This is also good news for the rest of the ACC because the Sun, Belk and Pinstripe bowls are still in play.