Somebody has faith we'll squeeze out another 2 wins. ESPN: Duke's Mayo Bowl Bank of America Stadium (Charlotte, North Carolina) 5:30 p.m., ESPN and the ESPN App Bonagura: Miami vs. Kentucky Schlabach: Clemson vs. Florida TaxSlayer Gator Bowl EverBank Stadium (Jacksonville, Florida) Noon, ESPN and the ESPN App Bonagura: Notre Dame vs. Florida Schlabach: Duke vs. Texas A&M CFN: Union Home Mortgage Gasparilla Bowl Friday, December 22, 2023 6:30 pm ET, ESPN Raymond James Stadium, Tampa, FL Last Season: Wake Forest 27, Missouri 17 Bowl Ties: AAC, ACC, Pac-12, SEC Bowl Projection: UCF vs Florida
Think ND is by far the toughest of those three....UCF by far the easiest. Of course we will see if ND can right the ship, but I think Clemson is what they are and will struggle against decent teams
I want us to face ND when we are at full strength so we can open up a can on them for the 39-28 Sugar Bowl loss.
Don't need to play to do that. Since we've been projected to play them and this online algorithm predicts that ' Florida is better than UCF in 5 rounds by a combined score of 172-109' we can simply declare ourselves the 2023 Union Home Mortgage Gasparilla Bowl champions.
Florida is 0-1 all-time vs Notre Dame (1992, 28-39). Florida is 9-3-1 all-time vs Clemson (last played in 1961). I would rather play either of them, even if the Gators wind up being double-digit underdogs. It seems as if the ESPN and CFN bowl projections are rather optimistic about Florida.
Plus, we play them next year. As a fan, not a matchup I want to see twice in one year. Clemson is my pick.
I wouldn’t. We need break the cycle of defeat in bowls this season. And the culture of this team had become “Meh, opting out.” Clemson will be angry and insulted to be playing us. Dabo will have his team believing that the turnaround starts with the bowl, and he will personally try to talk any players out of “opting out.” A Nebraska or Central Michigan will be just fine, thanks.
Not sure either Florida or UCF is going to get to 6 wins. UCF is 3-3 with games against Oklahoma, West Virginia, Cincinnati, Oklahoma St. Texas Tech & Houston left. They're 0-3 in conference play and I don't see 3 wins among the final 6.
I think our guys will show up and play on the road. They haven’t done it yet but I think Kentucky was a big wake up call and they have to be embarrassed when they watch those films.
