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College Football Expert Picks, Predictions: Bowl Games, College Football Playoff

College football expert picks, predictions for all the bowl games and the College Football Playoff.

College football expert picks, predictions for all the bowl games and the College Football Playoff.

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* next to the pick means the team will win, but not cover.
Click on each game for the game preview and CFN Prediction
– CFN Fearless Predictions & Game Previews

NOTE: All bowls to be out this week. These are the first five covering the first three days.

Monday, December 21

Myrtle Beach Bowl

North Texas vs Appalachian State

3:30 ESPN
Line: Appalachian State -21, o/u: 64.5
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Gill Alexander, VSIN: App State
Patrick Conn, Longhorns Wire: App State
Jeff Feyerer, Fighting Irish Wire: App State*
Pete Fiutak, CFN: App State
Dan Harralson, Vols Wire: App State
Phil Harrison, Buckeyes Wire: App State*
Jeremy Mauss, MW Wire: COMING
Big Game Ben Niewoehner, CFN: App State
Kegan Reneau, Sooners Wire: App State
Johnny Rosenstein, SportsBookWire: App State
Nick Shepkowski, Fighting Irish Wire: App State*
Scott Steehn, WinnersandWhiners: App State*
Keith Stewart, WinnersandWhiners: App State*
Brian Stultz, Auburn Wire: App State
Clucko the Chicken, CFN: North Texas
CONSENSUS PICK: App State

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Tuesday, December 22

Famous Idaho Potato Bowl

Tulane vs Nevada

3:30 ESPN
Line: Tulane -3, o/u: 56
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Gill Alexander, VSIN: Tulane
Patrick Conn, Longhorns Wire: Tulane
Jeff Feyerer, Fighting Irish Wire: Nevada
Pete Fiutak, CFN: Tulane
Dan Harralson, Vols Wire: Nevada
Phil Harrison, Buckeyes Wire: Tulane
Jeremy Mauss, MW Wire: COMING
Big Game Ben Niewoehner, CFN: Tulane
Kegan Reneau, Sooners Wire: Nevada
Johnny Rosenstein, SportsBookWire: Tulane
Nick Shepkowski, Fighting Irish Wire: Nevada
Scott Steehn, WinnersandWhiners: Tulane
Keith Stewart, WinnersandWhiners: Tulane
Brian Stultz, Auburn Wire: Tulane
Clucko the Chicken, CFN: Nevada
CONSENSUS PICK: Tulane

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Notre Dame bowl projections take hit as Big Ten/Pac-12 Return

With all Power Five programs returning to college football, Notre Dame’s bowl projections took a hit in terms of pedigree this week.

As we’ve been looking at bowl projections since even before the start of the 2020 college football season we’ve seen Notre Dame headed to a few interesting places but most recently it’s been a pretty consistent guess by most that the Orange Bowl would be where the Irish wound up.

That’s not the case anymore according to 247Sports as they released their latest round of bowl projections and have Notre Dame headed to a familiar destination after the inclusion of the Big Ten and Pac-12 to the projections for the first time.

A year ago Notre Dame beat up Iowa State of the Big 12 in the Camping World Bowl and that site is the same place 247Sports has them headed again, even though the game has been changed to the Cheez-It Bowl.

247Sports Bowl Projection for September 30:

Cheez-It Bowl
Camping World Stadium
Orlando, Florida
Notre Dame vs. Texas

Perhaps the notable part here isn’t that Notre Dame isn’t projected to go to the New Year’s Six but that currently undefeated Texas isn’t been seen as the winner of the Big 12 quite yet.

With that said, with hopes of the College Football Playoff at best and the New Year’s Six at worst, I’m guessing most Notre Dame fans would be pretty disappointed if the season ended with a second straight trip to Orlando.

Camping World Bowl: FIW Staff Predictions

Can Notre Dame reach the 11 win mark or will Iowa State finally close the deal against one of these top teams that they’ve played so closely all year?

We’ve made it through the holidays and the bowl slate picks up steadily from here forward. Friday should be fun but we’re all waiting for the historic Camping World Bowl and Notre Dame’s showdown with Iowa State on Saturday.

Can Notre Dame reach the 11 win mark or will Iowa State finally close the deal against one of these top teams that they’ve played so closely all year?

Here is how the Fighting Irish Wire Staff sees Saturday’s Camping World Bowl going:

Picks –

Geoffrey Clark:

Ever since the loss to Michigan, the Irish have been on a mission to prove that and the defeat at Georgia were anomalies.  Plus, they have the defense to shut down Brock Purdy or at least take away his receivers’ opportunities.  The time off will cause Notre Dame’s offense to take a slight dip, but it’ll still be enough for a convincing win.

Notre Dame 33 Iowa State 14

Jeff Feyerer:

I get the sentiment that Notre Dame may struggle with a new man calling plays and facing off against one of the unluckiest teams in recent college football memory, but I still find it hard to go against the Irish in this one. 
Brock Purdy is probably the best QB they’ve played all season, but the Irish pass defense, which has had a very strong year, should hold him in check. And I expect Ian Book to give Irish fans something to be excited about next season as I’m assuming we’ll see a healthy dose of Braden Lenzy and Lawrence Keys. 
Notre Dame 31 Iowa State 17
Nick Shepkowski:
I have nothing against Iowa State but I do hate this matchup. You have a Cyclones squad that wants to set the tone for 2020 where they could theoretically enter the season being seen as the second best team in the Big XII, meanwhile Notre Dame’s offensive coordinator change doesn’t necessarily mean good things for this individual game.
Brock Purdy is the real deal and a lot of the nation will be watching him for the first time. I think he rises to the occasion and makes this an incredibly interesting game. In a close matchup I trust Notre Dame’s defense to make one more big play than Iowa State’s. It’s not pretty but it’s good enough for an eleventh win.

Notre Dame 34 Iowa State 31

Notre Dame to Reportedly Play Iowa State in Camping World Bowl

If you’ve been following Fighting Irish Wire you’ve seen us today go over the final projections by the experts as to who goes where and ultimately who will Notre Dame play in the Camping World Bowl? It appears we have our answer. Longtime college …

If you’ve been following Fighting Irish Wire you’ve seen us today go over the final projections by the experts as to who goes where and ultimately who will Notre Dame play in the Camping World Bowl?

It appears we have our answer.

Longtime college football reporter Brett McMurphy of Stadium says that it’ll be Iowa State who joins the Irish in Orlando.

Iowa State finished the regular season 7-5 and just 2-3 away from Ames.

They finished in a four-way tie with Texas, Oklahoma State and Kansas State for third place in the Big XII.

The Camping World Bowl will be played at noon ET on December 28 and will air nationally on ABC.

Notre Dame Football: Ranking Potential Bowl Game Opponents

Finally the biggest draw in the Big XII comes up on our breakdown.  Is Texas back?

In one of the worst kept secrets in college football at this point, we sit and wait to act surprised when on Sunday we will all officially find out that No. 15 Notre Dame will be headed to play a Big XII opponent in the 2019 Camping World Bowl.

That means a trip to Orlando but who the Irish play in the game is still very much up in the air for multiple different reasons.

For one – Oklahoma and Baylor both right now sit at six and seven in the College Football Playoff rankings respectively, with both still being very much alive for a potential New Year’s Six Bowl game berth if they are to fall in Saturday’s conference championship.

That’s important because it would change the Alamo automatically getting whoever loses and instead, give the bowl the chance to pick which of the 5-4 Big XII teams it would like, as Kansas State, Iowa State, Oklahoma State and Texas all finished in a tie for third place after all going 5-4 in conference play.

It got me wondering though – who should Notre Dame fans be rooting for to play?

I get that some Irish fans will have a family or friend that is connected to one of the schools that will make that their obvious choice, but for everyone who doesn’t, what are you rooting for to happen?

A quick look at the potential match-ups, one at a time.

Kansas State

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