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SB Nation (Jason Kirk)
Bowl: Orange Bowl
Location: Miami, FL
Date: December 30, 2016
Opponent: Louisville
CBS Sports (Jerry Palm)
Bowl: Cotton Bowl
Location: Arlington, TX
Date: January 2, 2017
Opponent: Western Michigan
Fox Sports (Stewart Mandel)
Bowl: Cotton
Location: Arlington, TX
Date: Jan. 2, 2017
Opponent: Western Michigan
Sporting News
Bowl: Cotton Bowl
Location: Arlington, TX
Date: Jan. 2, 2017
Opponent: Western Michigan
Kirk of SB Nation maintains his Orange Bowl pick, but changes the opponent back to Louisville, despite the Cardinals’ loss to Houston on Thursday. Louisville is 9-2, and will play rival Kentucky on Saturday.
Jerry Palm stays with the Cotton Bowl, but switches his pick to Western Michigan. The Broncos remain undefeated after their 38-0 win over Buffalo, and close out their regular season against Toledo on Friday.
Palm isn’t the only one to pick the Broncos and the Cotton Bowl, as he is also joined by Sporting News and Fox Sports this week.
Bonus pick: NBC Sports projects Penn State to play Navy in the Cotton Bowl.
Record in Cotton Bowl: 2-0-1, with a win in 1972 against Texas and 1975 against Baylor, and a tie in 1948 with SMU.
Record in Orange Bowl*: 4-1, with wins in 1969 against Kansas, 1970 against Missouri, 1974 against LSU, and 2006 against FSU, and a loss against Brian Bosworth and Oklahoma in 1986.
*The year mentioned is the year the game was played, rather than the season the majority of games were played.