aubiefifty 18,231 Posted December 8, 2020 Share Posted December 8, 2020 247sports.com New CBS bowl projections forecast Auburn vs. Northwestern ByMark Murphy 3-4 minutes AUBURN, Alabama–According to bowl projections made on Sunday by CBS Sports, the Auburn football team will be in Orlando for New Year’s Day to play the Northwestern Wildcats at the Citrus Bowl. If the projection by Jerry Palm of CBS is accurate it would be a rematch in the state of Florida for the programs that played in the 2010 Outback Bowl at Tampa. Auburn won a shootout, 38-35 in overtime, to close the 2009 season. Defensive back Neiko Thorpe’s tackle at the two-yard line on a fake field goal attempt by the Wildcats from the five-yard line ended the game after Wes Byrum had put the Tigers ahead to begin the overtime. That was the only time the Tigers and Wildcats have played in football. The 2009 season was the first for Gene Chizik as head coach of the Tigers and the first season at Auburn for Gus Malzahn, who was the team's offensive coordinator. Taking on an All Big Ten schedule the 2020 Northwestern team is 5-1. The Wildcats opened the season on Oct. 24th with a 43-3 home win over Maryland. They won 21-20 at Iowa, 21-13 at home vs. Nebraska, 27-20 at Purdue and 17-7 at Wisconsin. Northwestern’s previous game was played on Nov. 28th as the Wildcats suffered a 29-20 loss at Michigan State. Northwestern’s game planned for last Saturday vs. Minnesota was cancelled. The Wildcats are scheduled to play at Illinois this week and could have one more game on December 19th, but that has not been scheduled at this time. Auburn is 5-4 going into its final game of the regular season at Mississippi State, a contest originally scheduled to be played on November 14th. Kickoff is set for 6:30 p.m. CST from Starkville with television coverage on the SEC Network. Freshman running back Tank Bigsby leads Auburn in rushing 642 yards heading into game ten, a road trip to Mississippi State. (Photo: Jason Caldwell, Inside the Auburn Tigers, 247Sports) Palm is predicting Alabama will be the No. 1 seed for the College Football Playoff and will match up vs. No. 4 seed Notre Dame with No. 2 seed Clemson facing No. 3 seed Ohio State. Other projected matchups for SEC football teams include: *Texas A&M vs. Miami in the Orange Bowl *Florida vs. Cincinnati in the Peach Bowl *Georgia vs. Oklahoma in the Cotton Bowl *Iowa vs. Ole Miss in the Music City Bowl *UCLA vs. Mississippi State in the Armed Services Bowl *West Virginia vs. Kentucky in the Liberty Bowl *Texas vs. Arkansas in the Texas Bowl *Tennessee vs. UAB in the Birmingham Bowl *Wake Forest vs. LSU in the Gator Bowl *Maryland vs. Missouri in the Outback Bowl Complete CBS Bowl Projections From Jerry Palm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AUBURN, Alabama–According to bowl projections made on Sunday by CBS Sports, the Auburn football team will be in Orlando for New Year’s Day to play the Northwestern Wildcats at the Citrus Bowl. If the projection by Jerry Palm of CBS is accurate it would be a rematch in the state of Florida for the programs that played in the 2010 Outback Bowl at Tampa. Auburn won a shootout, 38-35 in overtime, to close the 2009 season. Defensive back Neiko Thorpe’s tackle at the two-yard line on a fake field goal attempt by the Wildcats from the five-yard line ended the game after Wes Byrum had put the Tigers ahead to begin the overtime. That was the only time the Tigers and Wildcats have played in football. The 2009 season was the first for Gene Chizik as head coach of the Tigers and the first season at Auburn for Gus Malzahn, who was the team's offensive coordinator. Taking on an All Big Ten schedule the 2020 Northwestern team is 5-1. The Wildcats opened the season on Oct. 24th with a 43-3 home win over Maryland. They won 21-20 at Iowa, 21-13 at home vs. Nebraska, 27-20 at Purdue and 17-7 at Wisconsin. Northwestern’s previous game was played on Nov. 28th as the Wildcats suffered a 29-20 loss at Michigan State. Northwestern’s game planned for last Saturday vs. Minnesota was cancelled. The Wildcats are scheduled to play at Illinois this week and could have one more game on December 19th, but that has not been scheduled at this time. Auburn is 5-4 going into its final game of the regular season at Mississippi State, a contest originally scheduled to be played on November 14th. Kickoff is set for 6:30 p.m. CST from Starkville with television coverage on the SEC Network.
Win4AU 4,182 Posted December 8, 2020 Share Posted December 8, 2020 Turned out ok last time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1auburn1 1,127 Posted December 8, 2020 Share Posted December 8, 2020 24 minutes ago, Win4AU said: Turned out ok last time Probably won't this time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I_M4_AU 8,935 Posted December 8, 2020 Share Posted December 8, 2020 Wishful thinking; I wonder who will be coaching the bowl game? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auburnphan 6,050 Posted December 8, 2020 Share Posted December 8, 2020 If it is Northwestern someone please tell Brainy Smurf that you have the fastest man in college football and have him run deep routes all damn day against a much slower, more powerful team. Utilize him just once before he leaves you stupid moron. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Win4AU 4,182 Posted December 8, 2020 Share Posted December 8, 2020 3 minutes ago, auburnphan said: If it is Northwestern someone please tell Brainy Smurf that you have the fastest man in college football and have him run deep routes all damn day against a much slower, more powerful team. Utilize him just once before he leaves you stupid moron. The Purdue game plan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bo Didley 146 Posted December 8, 2020 Share Posted December 8, 2020 Gus will piss the bed here too. However, I will watch while reading the definition of insanity. . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eagle-1 3,821 Posted December 8, 2020 Share Posted December 8, 2020 Will Auburn be bowl eligible at 5-5? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fredst 9,070 Posted December 9, 2020 Share Posted December 9, 2020 Northwestern deserves better Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodford 3,732 Posted December 9, 2020 Share Posted December 9, 2020 I went to 10 Outback Bowl. I’d be cool never seeing Northwestern again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AUGoo 2,703 Posted December 9, 2020 Share Posted December 9, 2020 Please, No. Just let it end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gr82be 14,910 Posted December 9, 2020 Share Posted December 9, 2020 11 minutes ago, fredst said: Northwestern deserves better They're 3 losses shy of being a solid team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Freak 2,539 Posted December 9, 2020 Share Posted December 9, 2020 1 hour ago, gr82be said: They're 3 losses shy of being a solid team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikey 16,781 Posted December 9, 2020 Share Posted December 9, 2020 6 hours ago, Eagle-1 said: Will Auburn be bowl eligible at 5-5? Very eligible at 6-4. The Citrus is a good bowl game, good place to go on a vacation too. I give it a Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarTim 3,525 Posted December 9, 2020 Share Posted December 9, 2020 7 hours ago, I_M4_AU said: Wishful thinking; I wonder who will be coaching the bowl game? “Meet the new boss. Same as the old boss” The Who Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I_M4_AU 8,935 Posted December 9, 2020 Share Posted December 9, 2020 6 hours ago, WarTim said: “Meet the new boss. Same as the old boss” The Who Probably Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eagle-1 3,821 Posted December 9, 2020 Share Posted December 9, 2020 8 hours ago, Mikey said: Very eligible at 6-4. The Citrus is a good bowl game, good place to go on a vacation too. I give it a I used to live 30 miles from there. If I still did I wouldn't drive half an hour just to watch the 7 million dollar mistake pick his nose in Orlando. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Freak 2,539 Posted December 9, 2020 Share Posted December 9, 2020 I'm already concerned about guys opting out. If this is the bowl game, that number goes up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodford 3,732 Posted December 9, 2020 Share Posted December 9, 2020 6 minutes ago, The Freak said: I'm already concerned about guys opting out. If this is the bowl game, that number goes up. I'd be surprised if most bowl games even happen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikey 16,781 Posted December 9, 2020 Share Posted December 9, 2020 13 minutes ago, Eagle-1 said: I used to live 30 miles from there. If I still did I wouldn't drive half an hour just to watch the 7 million dollar mistake pick his nose in Orlando. That is, of course, your loss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aucanucktiger 1,889 Posted December 9, 2020 Share Posted December 9, 2020 My first response was "not again" but last time we played them it was a good game in a year when we were also, er, underachieving. Wildcats claim to fame this year is beating Michigan State, which has since been clobbered by some average teams. Trivia question: what is Northwestern's football claim to fame? (Hint, they use it as a cheer). Right, "the Gipper" (legendary Notre Dame player George Gipp - played by Ronald Reagan) caught pneumonia playing against Northwestern and died shortly thereafter. Rockne did his "win one for the gipper" speach. I went to a Northwestern vs Ohio State game where Wildcat fans (losing, like, 40-0) chanted "we killed the gipper, we killed the gipper".😳🤣 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aucanucktiger 1,889 Posted December 9, 2020 Share Posted December 9, 2020 13 hours ago, fredst said: Northwestern deserves better Can you scream "I love Auburn football but not Auburn University" any louder? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbird 60,939 Posted December 9, 2020 Share Posted December 9, 2020 17 hours ago, aubiefifty said: 247sports.com New CBS bowl projections forecast Auburn vs. Northwestern Until next week, then it'll be the Shinola $hit Bowl against UTEP in Del Rio Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeriahAU 4 Posted December 9, 2020 Share Posted December 9, 2020 Quite possibly the worst bowl possible. They are just good enough that if we aren't motivated, we lose. If we win, No one cares because we are supposed to win. If we get Indiana and win, at least we can say we are 2nd best in the Big 10. Beating Northwestern means literally nothing. Please, for once, can we have a team we haven't played before? Or at least a half way decent matchup. Even the years we have a good season we get one of the worst bowl matchups. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeriahAU 4 Posted December 9, 2020 Share Posted December 9, 2020 16 hours ago, Eagle-1 said: Will Auburn be bowl eligible at 5-5? Our defense will be able to stop the air raid with zero threat of the run, the only way we lose to Miss State is if the players have completely quit on Gus and don't even try to win. Score will be low though, something like 21-10 or 17-7. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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