The 2022 season hasn’t even began, however it’s by no means too early for bowl predictions.
In 247Sports’ latest bowl predictions forward of spring camp, Auburn is slated to go to the Gasparilla Bowl to play the Virginia Cavaliers in Tampa Bay. Auburn made and misplaced the Birmingham Bowl to Houston in 2021 and Virginia was set to play SMU within the Fenway Bowl earlier than the sport was canceled resulting from COVID-19.
Regardless of selecting Auburn for the bowl, the checklist didn’t appear too assured in Auburn or Virginia’s capacity to make sure its bowl eligibility.
“Will either of these teams get to six wins this season? That’s tough to answer at this point. Auburn is a bit of an unknown heading into Bryan Harsin’s second season after the 2021 campaign ended in a losing streak and was followed by a tumultuous multi-month period of uncertainty. Virginia and first-year coach Tony Elliott are led by quarterback Brennan Armstrong, who is one of the nation’s most underrated players.”
Auburn completed final 12 months with a 6-7 document in its first 12 months below Bryan Harsin, dropping to the No. 20 Houston Cougars within the Birmingham Bowl. Following a tumultuous offseason the place many believed Harsin might be on his approach out, the Tigers retained him for the 2022 season. It might definitely be a disappointment for the Tigers to make a lower-tier bowl just like the Gasparilla Bowl following final season.
Virginia, in the meantime, suffered an analogous season, solely successful six video games. The bowl they have been seeking to play in was canceled, nevertheless, so the Cavaliers will hope to bounce again after ending the season ranked and making a New 12 months’s Six bowl simply two years in the past.
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