Bowl projections - final week

[CA Mustang]

ESPN
Frisco Bowl
Toyota Stadium (Frisco, Texas)
9:15 p.m., ESPN and the ESPN App
Bonagura: SMU vs. Utah State
Schlabach: South Alabama vs. Utah State

Military Bowl presented by Peraton
Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium (Annapolis, Maryland)
2 p.m., ESPN and the ESPN App
Bonagura: Louisville vs. Cincinnati
Schlabach: Louisville vs. SMU

Yahoo
Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl
Thursday, December 22, 2022
7:30, ESPN
Amon G. Carter Stadium, Fort Worth, TX
Last Year: Army 24, Missouri 22
Bowl Ties: American Athletic vs Conference USA (Big 12, Pac-12)
Bowl Projection: SMU vs UTSA

CBS
Armed Forces
SMU vs.Rice
American vs Pool
7:30 p.m. Fort Worth, Tex.

[Caballo]

Good work by CBS.

Rice is not bowl eligible.

And UTSA had a 10 win season. They are a really good team.

[mustangxc]

Rice will be made eligible as the highest APR 5 win team.

[Terry Webster]

I would love the game in Annapolis.

[Arkpony]

I would love the game in Annapolis.

This!

[CA Mustang]

247
First Responder Bowl
Projection: Texas Tech vs. SMU

CFN
Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl
Bowl Projection: SMU vs UTSA

[redpony]

this from Athlon Sports:

Armed Forces Bowl (Dec. 22)

Tie-In: Big 12/C-USA/AAC

Projection: Baylor vs. SMU

I would love to play rapeU.

[EastStang]

I'd love the one in Annapolis ( short trip for me). But for optics, I would love to play Rape U or the Sand Aggies. Not Rice, no one would be at the game.

[CA Mustang]

AN
First Responder Bowl
Tuesday, Dec. 27
Dallas, TX
SMU vs. Utah State

[Paladin]

Please, a team from a Power 5 conference, for visibility, etc. Any Pac-12 team would be even better, IMO, for obvious reasons...

[SMU_Alum11]

We really need to win a bowl game as we haven't done it since like 2012. I'll take a more sure win then a really competitive one. We need to keep the momentum going into next year. Either get a low P5 or an easy G5. If we get UTSA, we better win for optics sake.

[Charleston Pony]

Please, a team from a Power 5 conference, for visibility, etc. Any Pac-12 team would be even better, IMO, for obvious reasons...

The American has bowl tie-ins with the Big XII, SEC & ACC but nothing with any PAC-12 or Big 10 teams. Syracuse, Louisville & Wake Forest are all 7-5 in the ACC. Texas Tech & Okie State are 7-5 and Baylor, Kansas and OU are 6-6. Kentucky finished 7-5 and Arkansas, Florida and Missou all 6-6. Any of those teams would be good to play.

[ALEX LIFESON]

Please, a team from a Power 5 conference, for visibility, etc. Any Pac-12 team would be even better, IMO, for obvious reasons...

The American has bowl tie-ins with the Big XII, SEC & ACC but nothing with any PAC-12 or Big 10 teams. Syracuse, Louisville & Wake Forest are all 7-5 in the ACC. Texas Tech & Okie State are 7-5 and Baylor, Kansas and OU are 6-6. Kentucky finished 7-5 and Arkansas, Florida and Missou all 6-6. Any of those teams would be good to play.

Which one of those teams do you think we would beat? We haven't won a bowl game since 2012, you better pray to the football gods, that we get matched up with a team we can beat. Doesn't do us any good, to play one of those teams you mentioned and get curb stomped, while finishing with a 7-6 record.

[TwoTimeGrad]

Anything but Fort Worth. Not this year.

[Dukie]

The American has bowl tie-ins with the Big XII, SEC & ACC but nothing with any PAC-12 or Big 10 teams. Syracuse, Louisville & Wake Forest are all 7-5 in the ACC. Texas Tech & Okie State are 7-5 and Baylor, Kansas and OU are 6-6. Kentucky finished 7-5 and Arkansas, Florida and Missou all 6-6. Any of those teams would be good to play.

Which one of those teams do you think we would beat? We haven't won a bowl game since 2012, you better pray to the football gods, that we get matched up with a team we can beat. Doesn't do us any good, to play one of those teams you mentioned and get curb stomped, while finishing with a 7-6 record.

The ACC is trash this year and I’d expect SMU to beat any of those four. You can’t just go by record, either; the Kansas that beat Houston and Duke hasn’t been seen since TCU took out their QB.