Game Above Sports bowl is set

Pittsburgh and Toledo will meet in Detroit.

The Panthers and Rockets have met 3 times before, Pitt winning at home in 2002 and 2006 and Toledo winning while hosting the Panthers in 2003.

This will be the 10th Bowl game played at Ford Field. The first nine were the Quick Lane Bowl. This is the first with GameAbove Sports as the game sponsor. 

2014 - Rutgers 40 - UNC 21
2015 Minnesota 21 - CMU 14 (Blog given Media Credentials)
2016 Boston College 36 - Maryland 30
2017 Duke 36 - Northern Illinois 14
2018 Minnesota 34 - Georgia Tech 10
2019 Pittsburgh 34 -EMU 30
2020 - canceled
2021 WMU 52 -Nevada 24
2022 New Mexico St 24 - Bowling Green 19
2023 Minnesota 30 - Bowling Green 24 

Game Above Sports Bowl Projections

Which teams might be coming to Detroit for the Game Above Sports Bowl?

CBS has Marshall and Miami (Ohio) 

College Football News has Georgia Southern and Toledo

247Sports has North Carolina and Toledo

NYT/Athletic has Arkansas State and Toledo

Athlon has Marshall and Toledo

Sporting News has North Carolina State and Toledo

Sports Illustrated has North Texas and Ohio

Action Network has Boston College and Toledo

USA Today has North Carolina and Ohio

Michigan - Ohio State 2024

Michigan 10

Ohio State 35

 

M at OSU prediction

Things have not gone as well as I would have liked for Michigan this year... 

M 10

OSU 42

M vs Northwestern based on historical data

Michigan is 259-70-1 in all games I have attended (all data is based on games I have attended unless otherwise stated)
M is 16-3 vs Northwestern
M is 30-6-1 vs all schools from Illinois
M is 10-8 in the 9th attended game of the season
M is 160-46-1 vs conference opponents
M is 170-4-1 vs. schools with mascots deemed heavier than a Wolverine
M is 215-49 in Michigan Stadium
M is 2-0 on November 23
M is 250-65-1 on Saturday
M is 37-5 vs schools with feline based nicknames (or that include the cat in their nickname)
M is 46-17 in traveling trophy games (bowl or championship trophies are not included here)

It’s easy when you look at the data

M 28
N’western 13

Michigan - Northwestern 2024

Michigan 27

Northwestern 13

Trophy update - Upset in Mississippi

 Mississippi dominate Trophy-holder Georgia 28-10 to secure the jiMpossible-sarcasMike Trophy.

This moves Mississippi to 46-15-5 all-time in Trophy games. The Rebels are on a bye this week then travel to the Swamp to face Florida before hosting Mississippi State in the Egg bowl to close out the regular season.

• This is the Rebels 6th time with the trophy
• They last held the Trophy for 3 weeks in 2021
• Prior to that all they Trophy success with in the 50s and 60s
• With the trophy on the line, Mississippi is 0-1 vs. Florida and 4-0-2 (both ties maintaining the Trophy) in the Egg Bowl
• College football Network lists Mississippi as the 2nd most likely team to make the SEC Championship game 
• Texas 46.32%; Ole Miss 16.51%; Tennessee 13.7%..
• If the "most likely" match-up occurs it would give the Longhorns a chance to win back the Trophy they lost to Georgia.