Phil Steel Bowl Projection: Jacksonville vs Ole Miss

[hawkfan2679]

Fox Sports has us playing USC in the Holiday Bowl:

http://www.foxsports.com/college-fo...da-state-baylor-final-bowl-projections-120214

Off topic, but relevant if we get matched up with USC...has anyone noticed how good of a season Kessler has had for the Trojans?

"On the year, Kessler has completed 292-of-413 passes (70.7%) for 3,505 yards with 36 TDs and just 4 interceptions. One of 5 finalists for the Unitas Golden Arm Award (top senior/fourth-year quarterback), he currently is second nationally in both completion percentage and passing TDs, as well as fourth in passing efficiency (168.8), sixth in points responsible for (19.2), eighth in completions (24.3) and 10th in passing yards (292.1). "

 

[SPGroth]

I saw an article that all of the bowls that are tied in to the B1G have dropped the ticket allotment.

http://thegazette.com/subject/sports/bowl-ticket-allocations-down-for-the-big-ten-20141201

Big Ten squads that advance to one of the New Year’s Six primary bowl games, including the national semifinals, will receive 13,000 tickets. That’s down from 17,500 last year. Those bowls include the Rose, Sugar, Orange, Cotton, Fiesta and Peach.
The school competing in the Buffalo Wild Wings Citrus Bowl, known last year as the Capital One Bowl, receives 9,000 tickets. Last year Wisconsin received 12,500. The Outback allotment is 8,500, down from 11,500. The Taxslayer Bowl, previously known as the Gator Bowl, allocates 6,000 tickets, which is down from 12,750. The Heart of Dallas Bowl remains the same (6,000) and the Detroit-based bowl requires no ticket commitment after allocating 5,000 last year.


Assuming that the fan following is lower than it has been in the past, the Athletic Department won't get hit as hard as it would have in the past.