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Welcome back to our weekly series tracking some of the bowl picks for Penn State football following each game, This season, we will follow 247 Sports, ESPN, and CBS Sports, with occasional bonus picks from other publications.
247 Sports:
Bowl: Cotton (College Football Playoff Semifinal)
Location: Arlington, TX
Date: Dec. 31, 2021
Opponent: Georgia Bulldogs
ESPN: Bonagura/Schlabach
Bowl: Cotton (College Football Playoff Semifinal)/Rose
Location: Arlington, TX/Pasadena, CA
Date: Dec. 31, 2021/Jan. 1, 2022
Opponent: Georgia Bulldogs/Oregon Ducks
CBS Sports:
Bowl: Rose
Location: Pasadena, CA
Date: Jan. 1, 2022
Opponent: Oregon Ducks
Action Network (Brett McMurphy)
Bowl: Orange (College Football Playoff)
Location: Miami Gardens, FL
Date: Dec. 31, 2021
Opponent: Georgia Bulldogs
Both 247 Sports and ESPN’s Bonagura believe Penn State will be the No. 3 seed in the Playoff, and take on (gulp) No. 2 Georgia in the Cotton Bowl. Right now I would put Georgia over Bama, but we’ll see what happens. Brett McMurphy also has the Nittany Lions facing Georgia, but in the Orange Bowl.
Meanwhile, silly-billy CBS Sports and ESPN’s Schlabach move Iowa into the Playoff over the Nittany Lions, and put Penn State in Pasadena against the Ducks. It is interesting to note that Schlabach does think that Penn State is more deserving than the fourth seed he put in the Playoff, Oklahoma.