ESPN Bowl projections/how do you think the season plays out?

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- 10/03/2016 at 11:57 AM #14870
  
  Warrior Ute
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  @warriorute
  
  ESPN weekly puts out a prediction of where PAC-12 teams end up in bowl games.
  
  http://www.espn.com/blog/pac12/post/_/id/104456/pac-12-week-5-bowl-projections-washington-in-line-for-a-playoff-berth
  
  This week they have us going to the Foster Farms Bowl, selected behind Washington, Stanford, UCLA and Colorado. When I look at our schedule and what we have done I am unsure about where we end up. I think that we have a good chance of splitting our UCLA/Colorado games and picking up one. I think Washington looks too good. Stanford has a similar style to ours and just got destroyed. I think ASU could be a trap game. They seem to be similar to Cal in the strong explosive offense and weaker defense.
  This could lead to us being 8-4 or 9-3 and maybe tying for the South Championship again with potentially losing the head to head tie-breaker with UCLA or Colorado.
  We could end-up at the Foster Farms Bowl as predicted, I would love this because it is close to home to get to the Bowl Game. I don’t believe they are tied to rankings for their selection and I wouldn’t be surprised if they considered Cal first just because of proximity. Their poor attendance at their home games might negatively impact this.
  I think Holiday Bowl then Foster Farms Bowl are fairly likely. What do you think?
- 10/03/2016 at 2:52 PM #14889
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  Anonymous
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  Seems like a long season. Utah’s injuries are racking up. I think Vegas bowl
- 10/03/2016 at 3:57 PM #14892
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  Anonymous
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  Dielman done for the year.
- 10/03/2016 at 3:58 PM #14893
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  Anonymous
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  Don’t worry I thumbs down myself.
- 10/03/2016 at 4:57 PM #14901
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  CincyUte
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  @cincyute
  
  There exists a simple two-step formula to determine which bowl the Pac-12 will assign us to:
  
  Question 1: Will Utah be bowl eligible?
  If no, Utah will not go to a bowl.
  If yes, proceed to question 2.
  
  Question 2: Will Utah be chosen for a playoff/NY6 Bowl
  If yes, Utah will go to a playoff/NY6 Bowl.
  If no, Utah will go to the Vegas Bowl again.
  - 10/03/2016 at 5:17 PM #14902
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    noneyadb
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    @noneyadb
    
    I think once the Raiders move to Vegas that bowl should be bumped up competition wise. A 60-70k+ seat stadium would be a waste with the typical MWC and mid-tier Pac12 team
    - 10/03/2016 at 11:19 PM #14926
      
      Utahute72
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      @utahute72
      
      I don’t see the Vegas Bowl for a third year in a row. Maybe the sun or Cactus.
- 10/03/2016 at 7:03 PM #14910
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  Anonymous
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  The injuries have me drinking a Debbie Downer C**ktail. I’m thinking this will now be a development season for our young players.