Bowl Projections – After Week 8

[WVex-pat in GA]

Early, and not all in as yet. But significant movement by the ESPN terrible two-some.

ESPN

Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic

AT&T Stadium, Arlington, Texas
Jan. 2, 1 p.m. (ESPN)
Schlabach: Western Michigan vs. West Virginia

Allstate Sugar Bowl

Mercedes-Benz Superdome, New Orleans
Jan. 2, 8:30 p.m. (ESPN)
McMurphy: Texas A&M vs. West Virginia


SB Nation

Russell Athletic

Dec. 28, Orlando

Florida State vs. West Virginia ACC 2 vs. Big 12 3


CBS Sports

Russell Athletic Bowl

Dec. 28 Orlando, Fla.

ACC vs. Big 12 Florida State vs. West Virginia


Campus Insider

Russell Athletic Bowl

Date: Dec. 28 Location: Orlando, Florida

Tie-ins: ACC/Big 12 Miami vs. West Virginia

 

[JHOOPS2]

I swear..! If we play Western Michigan I'm going to be pissed off.

 

[WVex-pat in GA]

Something called collegesportsmadness.com projects:

Russell Athletic Bowl

Dec. 28 Orlando, Fla.

ACC vs. Big 12 Florida State vs. West Virginia

And another....

Fansided.com

Allstate Sugar Bowl

Mercedes-Benz Superdome, New Orleans
Jan. 2, 8:30 p.m. (ESPN) Texas A&M vs. West Virginia

 

[GoWVU]

I swear..! If we play Western Michigan I'm going to be pissed off.

No way, that would be the best matchup ever because we would win.

 

[WVex-pat in GA]

The trends seem to indicate a belief that WVU will lose at least one game, maybe two, and end up as the #3 Big XII team and the Russell Athletic Bowl. It also may signal that the Big XII is left out of the playoff with the conference champ going to the contractually defined Sugar Bowl, #2 going to the Alamo Bowl and #3 going to the Russell Athletic. Alamo and Russell is the order of selection, and there is always a chance that the Alamo would rather have WVU.

Sports Illustrated

Russell Athletic
Dec. 28 Orlando, Fla.
ACC vs. Big 12
Florida State vs. West Virginia

http://www.big12sports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=204777134

 

[CE4WVU]

No way, that would be the best matchup ever because we would win.

It would be a slaughter... Unless our guys decide to pull what the 2012 Pinstripe team did and get smacked by Cuse, I say the play angry and decimate WM.

Of course a bowl like that would be downright criminal...

 

[JHOOPS2]

I'd rather play a top tier team and prove something on the field.

 

[WVex-pat in GA]

It would be a slaughter... Unless our guys decide to pull what the 2012 Pinstripe team did and get smacked by Cuse, I say the play angry and decimate WM.

Of course a bowl like that would be downright criminal...

It would be like the 2008 Sugar Bowl between UGA & Hawaii. UGA 41 - UH 10.

 

[bobhertzel'ssweatpants]

Early, and not all in as yet. But significant movement by the ESPN terrible two-some.

ESPN

Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic

AT&T Stadium, Arlington, Texas
Jan. 2, 1 p.m. (ESPN)
Schlabach: Western Michigan vs. West Virginia

Allstate Sugar Bowl

Mercedes-Benz Superdome, New Orleans
Jan. 2, 8:30 p.m. (ESPN)
McMurphy: Texas A&M vs. West Virginia


SB Nation

Russell Athletic

Dec. 28, Orlando

Florida State vs. West Virginia ACC 2 vs. Big 12 3


CBS Sports

Russell Athletic Bowl

Dec. 28 Orlando, Fla.

ACC vs. Big 12 Florida State vs. West Virginia


Campus Insider

Russell Athletic Bowl

Date: Dec. 28 Location: Orlando, Florida

Tie-ins: ACC/Big 12 Miami vs. West Virginia

You never want to play a mid-major in a major bowl game. You win & no one cares. You lose & it's on every highlight of the bowl season & the embarrassment lives on. Granted if you win, you get to place a Cotton Bowl trophy in the Puskar Center, so it's a little better than a regular season game against a mid-major. I would just prefer to play a power 5 team.

 

[the wop]

I would love for us to play in the Cotton Bowl, but I would prefer a better match-up.

 

[WVex-pat in GA]

I would love for us to play in the Cotton Bowl, but I would prefer a better match-up.

Cotton Bowl would be great, WVU has never played in one. Agree about the opponent.

 

[WVex-pat in GA]

Stewart Mandel of FOX Sports jumps on the WVU bandwagon:

Sugar Bowl: Texas A&M vs. West Virginia
Date: Jan. 2 -- New Orleans

Bowl affiliation: SEC vs. Big 12

The Aggies are fortunate to have drawn surging Auburn early in the season. They might not lose again prior to the Nov. 24 LSU game. I’ve jumped off defensively inept Oklahoma’s bandwagon and on to defensively tough WVU’s.

 

[WVex-pat in GA]

USA Today

Sugar Bowl

WVU vs. Tennessee

Athlon Sports

Russell Athletic
Dec. 28 Orlando, Fla.
ACC vs. Big 12
UNC vs. West Virginia