ReliaQuest Bowl
Illinois vs Mississippi State
Monday, January 2, 2023
12:00, ESPN2
No Research Instant Analysis: Let’s put it this was. With over a month to prepare, Bret Bielema’s amazing defense should figure out how to slow down this short-range Mississippi State passing game. The Bulldogs will bring the D, too – it might be the first one to 14 pulls this off. Illinois is the only team to hold Michigan to under 27 points. It’ll be in control throughout.
No Research Bowl Prediction: Illinois 24, Washington State 13
Early Bowl Line Guess: Illinois -3
Actual Line: Mississippi State -1.5
Cheez-It Citrus Bowl
LSU vs Purdue
Monday, January 2, 2023
1:00, ABC
No Research Instant Analysis: Yeah, LSU will probably be losing some guys to the NFL predraft world, but no matter what it’ll be nothing like last year when it could barely field a team in the blowout loss to Kansas State in the Texas Bowl. Expect this to be a bit of a wild shootout with the Purdue passing game taking over late.
No Research Bowl Prediction: Purdue 36, LSU 34
Early Bowl Line Guess: LSU -5.5
Actual Line: LSU -6.5
2022-2023 Bowl First Thought Analysis
Bahamas: UAB-MU | Cure: UTSA-Troy
Fenway: UC-UofL | Celeb: JSU-NC Central
New Mexico: SMU-BYU | LA: Wazzu-Fresno
LendingTree: Rice-USM | Vegas: UF-Oregon St
Frisco: UNT-Boise | Myrtle: Marshall-UConn
Potato: EMU-SJSU | Boca: Libery-Toledo
NO: WKU-USA | Armed Forces: AF-Baylor
Ind: La-Houston | Gasparilla: WF-Missouri
Hawaii: SDSU-MT | Quick: NMSU-BGSU
Camellia: GaSo-UB | 1st Resp: Memphis-USU
Birm: Coastal-ECU | GuarRate: Wisc-Ok St
Military: UCF-Duke | Libery: KU-Arkansas
Holiday: Oregon-UNC | Texas: TTech-Ole Miss
Pinstripe: Minn-Syr | Cheez-It: FSU-OU
Alamo: Texas-UW | Mayo: MD-NC St
Sun: UCLA-Pitt | Gator: ND-USC
Arizona: Ohio-Wyoming | Music: Iowa-UK
ReliaQuest: Ill-Miss St | Citrus: LSU-Purdue
Orange: Tenn-Clemson | Sugar: Bama-K-State
Cotton: USC-Tulane | Rose: Penn St-Utah
CFP Fiesta: UM-TCU CFP Peach: UGA-OSU
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