ESPN (Brian Bennett)
Bowl: Foster Farms Bowl
Location: Santa Clara, CA
Date: Dec. 28, 2016
Opponent: Oregon
CBS Sports (Jerry Palm)
Bowl: Holiday Bowl
Location: San Diego, CA
Date: Dec. 27, 2016
Opponent: Utah
Campus Insiders (Jeff Bartl)
Bowl: Foster Farms Bowl
Location: Santa Clara, CA
Date: Dec. 28, 2016
Opponent: UCLA
USA Today (Erick Smith)
Bowl: Music City Bowl
Location: Nashville, TN
Date: December 30th
Opponent: Auburn
SB Nation (Jason Kirk)
Bowl: Music City Bowl
Location: Nashville, TN
Date: December 30th
Opponent: Arkansas
Welcome to both Campus Insiders and USA Today this week, and a return for Jason Kirk of SB Nation!
Another week, another change in the Foster Farms Bowl opponent. This time, it’s Oregon for Bennett, and UCLA for the new prognosticator Bartl. The Ducks are coming off a tough loss to Nebraska, while the Bruins beat BYU to improve to 2-1.
The Music City Bowl makes its return after a two week break. Projected opponents are Auburn (1-2, with a loss to Texas A&M last week) and Arkansas (3-0, with a road win against TCU two weeks ago, and a date with the Aggies next week)
Meanwhile, Jerry Palm holds with his Holiday Bowl prediction, but changes the opponent to Utah. The Utes are 3-0 and coming off a 10-sack performance in their win over San Jose State.
Record in Music City Bowl: Never played in
Record in Foster Farms Bowl (Formerly the San Francisco Bowl, the Emerald Bowl, the Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl, and the Fight Hunger Bowl): Never played in
Record in Holiday Bowl: 1-0 (50-39 over BYU and eventual Heisman winner Ty Detmer, who passed for 576 yards)