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Week 13 Bowl Projections
Starting a thread mainly because The Athletic projection excites me.
One of 3 or 4 teams they made special note of:
From Stewart Mandel/The Athletic: "I’ve spent the past several weeks trying to find creative ways to land top-20 team Cincinnati a decent bowl destination outside of the AAC’s partners should it lose the conference championship game, and this week’s guess is my best yet: A trip to Nashville to face former Conference USA/Big East rival Louisville. A very similar pairing: Kentucky-Indiana in the Gator Bowl."
Special Note from USAToday: The one other key part to note will be the American Athletic Conference pecking order. As is, the league’s bowl-ties are AWFUL – a few of the stars are going to end up punching well below their respective weights. For now, the call is that Memphis and Cincinnati will split their two showdowns – with Memphis winning in the regular-season finale, and UC pulling off the victory in a rematch in the Conference USA Championship.
If that doesn’t happen and if the AAC champion is 12-1 and goes to the Cotton Bowl instead of projected Mountain West champ Boise State, then things get really nutty.
The Athletic
Music City Bowl - (SEC 3-8 vs. ACC 3-6)
Dec. 30, ESPN at 4 p.m. ET
Projection: Cincinnati* vs. Louisville
ESPN
AutoZone Liberty Bowl - (Big 12 vs. SEC)
Dec. 31, ESPN at 3:45 p.m.
Bonagura: Cincinnati vs. Texas
Schlabach: Cincinnati vs. TCU
USAToday
Birmingham Bowl – (American vs. SEC)
Jan. 2, ESPN at 3 p.m.
Projection: Cincinnati vs. UAB
SportingNews
Boca Raton Bowl
Dec. 21, ABC at 3:30 p.m. ET
Tie-In: American vs. MAC
Projection: Cincinnati vs. FAU
247Sports
Birmingham Bowl – (American vs. SEC)
Jan. 2, ESPN at 3 p.m.
Projection: Cincinnati vs. UAB
WatchStadium (Brett McMurphy)
Birmingham Bowl – (American vs. SEC)
Jan. 2, ESPN at 3 p.m.
Projection: Cincinnati vs. UAB**
Athlon Sports
Gasparilla Bowl - (American vs. C-USA)
Dec. 23, ESPN at 2:30 p.m.
Projection: Cincinnati vs. FAU
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Week 13 Bowl Projections
