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The Penn State Bowl Projection Roundup, Week 12

We're going to Jacksonville! Or Santa Clara. Or maybe even Nashville.

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Every week, we'll take a look at where the bowl eligible Penn State Nittany Lions are projected to go bowling. This post is sponsored by the song "Almighty Malachi, Professional Bowling God" by Stephen Lynch.

SB Nation (Jason Kirk)

Bowl: TaxSlayer Bowl

Location: Jacksonville, FL

Date: Jan. 2, 2016

Opponent: Ole Miss

CBS Sports (Jerry Palm)

Bowl: Foster Farms Bowl

Location: Santa Clara, CA

Date: Dec. 26, 2015

Opponent: Oregon

Sporting News (Bill Bender)

Bowl: Foster Farms Bowl

Location: Santa Clara, CA

Date: Dec. 26, 2015

Opponent: Washington State

ESPN (Brett McMurphy)

Bowl: Foster Farms Bowl

Location: Santa Clara, CA

Date: Dec. 26, 2015

Opponent: Utah

ESPN (Mark Schlabach)

Bowl: TaxSlayer Bowl

Location: Jacksonville, FL

Date: Jan. 2, 2016

Opponent: Arkansas

Fox Sports (Stewart Mandel)

Bowl: Music City Bowl

Location: Nashville, TN

Date: Dec. 30, 2015

Opponent: Mississippi State

Everyone except for Kirk and Bender changed their predictions from last week's roundup. Palm and McMurphy both have Penn State going from the Music City Bowl to the Foster Farms Bowl, while Mandel has the opposite. Schlabach has the same bowl game but changed the opponent from Georgia to Arkansas. The matchup I'm now salivating over is the one Palm threw together – Penn State vs. Oregon.

Sure, this isn't the Ducks team that we're used to seeing, and Vernon Adams isn't Marcus Mariota, but hot momma this game would be fun. It would feature some of the best defensive linemen in the country, plus it would introduce an interesting challenge for Penn State, since we've seen the Nittany Lions struggle against teams with running quarterbacks this year. Also new and fun: Schlabach's prediction of Penn State against Arkansas. The Hogs have gotten past some early season struggles to play the ugliest football in the country. It also helps that its quarterback, Brandon Allen, has been really, really good this year. I don't know if it's just because these are the freshest ones, but Oregon or Arkansas are the matchups that potentially intrigue me the most.

Other than that, it's been a lot of the same stuff (although if memory serves, Utah is also a new opponent, and Devontae Booker vs. Austin Johnson and Anthony Zettel would be fuuuuuun). Which of these matchups do you think would be the most fun?