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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: Rose
Location: Pasadena, CA
Date: Jan. 1, 2022
Opponent: UCLA Bruins
ESPN: Bonagura/Schlabach
Bowl: Orange (College Football Playoff)/Rose
Location: Miami Gardens, FL/Pasadena, CA
Date: Dec. 31, 2021/Jan. 1, 2022
Opponent: Alabama Crimson Tide/UCLA Bruins
CBS Sports:
Bowl: Outback
Location: Tampa, FL
Date: Jan. 1, 2022
Opponent: Florida Gators
Action Network (Brett McMurphy)
Bowl: Cotton (College Football Playoff)
Location: Arlington, TX
Date: Dec. 31, 2021
Opponent: Alabama Crimson Tide
ESPN’s Bonagura (the writer I always prefer of the two) and McMurphy both put the Nittany Lions into the College Football Playoff against Alabama. McMurphy slots in Penn State as the No. 4 seed, while Bonagura has them third. It’s way too early for me to get excited about the Playoff, but it’s interesting to see nonetheless. The other popular pick is the Rose Bowl, which I am always in favor of, and then CBS Sports is just bad.