Bowls/CFP Projections

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Shief
lstewart53x3 said:
https://www.espn.com/college-footba...college-football-playoff-cfp-bowl-projections

Bad Boy Mowers Pinstripe Bowl
Yankee Stadium (New York)
Noon, ABC
Bonagura: Pittsburgh vs. Louisiana
Schlabach: Georgia Tech vs. Illinois

Cactus Bowl
Mountain America Stadium (Tempe, Arizona)
7:30 p.m., ABC
Bonagura: Washington State vs. Illinois
Schlabach: UCF vs. Nebraska
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I was just about to post this.

I feel that 8-4 is very achievable this year. Aren't these normally low 8-4 or 7-5 B1G bowls games?
 
#4      
lstewart53x3
Shief said:
I was just about to post this.

I feel that 8-4 is very achievable this year. Aren't these normally low 8-4 or 7-5 B1G bowls games?
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Maybe one notch below. Last year, Minnesota was 7-5 heading into the Cactus bowl and Penn St was 6-6 headed into the Pinstripe bowl. The year before, Rutgers was 6-6 headed into the Cactus bowl and Nebraska was 6-6 headed into the Pinstripe bowl.
 
#7      
Illini2010-11
Shief said:
I was just about to post this.

I feel that 8-4 is very achievable this year. Aren't these normally low 8-4 or 7-5 B1G bowls games?
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Traditionally (prior to CFP), yes. However, the CFP has greatly shifted the quality of the B1G teams fielding these bowl games. I am just happy to see Detroit no longer as a tie-in (at least what the link from Dan shows).
 
#8      
Mr. Tibbs
we need to win 9 games to play in a decent bowl . 7-5 or 8-4 relegates us to one of those tier 3 bowls
 
#9      
Illini2010-11
Was just looking at those B1G bowl tie-ins again, and over the last four seasons, the Illini have gone to the ReliaQuest Bowl, Citrus Bowl, and the Music City Bowl (so three of the major tie-ins against SEC teams and went 2-1!). All that is left is getting one of the coveted CFP spots. Coach B has really elevated the floor of the Illini program. This season is such a wild card with the roster turnover, so if the Illini ultimately end up in the Cactus Bowl (which is a step below the prior three bowl games), I will not consider it a complete disappointment. If that is the floor for the season, then I am all for it.
 
#12      
Illini2010-11
FlyNavy said:
Detroit no longer has a bowl:

https://sports.yahoo.com/college-fo...me-in-past-year-to-be-canceled-212702207.html
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Jerry Seinfeld Popcorn GIF by Sheets & Giggles
 
#15      
TheChief4Life
I never understood the hatred of the Detroit bowls. Give me a bowl at Ford Field over !!!!ing Yankee stadium any day of the week.
 
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