The announcements on Sunday will make it official, but as of Saturday evening, the USC Trojans appear to know what their bowl destination and opponent will be.
The Trojans are going to be in the New Year’s Six — that’s not an official report from us (though we told you to expect it a week ago once USC beat Notre Dame in the Los Angeles Coliseum). It’s straight from the foremost bowl projection experts who have sources within the bowls and know the internal aspects of this process.
Brett McMurphy of Action Network is usually the college football journalist/insider who tweets out the bowl matchups on bowl selection day. After Tulane beat UCF on Saturday evening, McMurphy wasted absolutely no time saying where USC was headed for its bowl game. He didn’t use a bunch of “coulds” or “maybes” or “chance of” phrasings. He was very direct and unambiguous in informing his readers and followers what USC’s bowl matchup would be:
Tulane clinches berth to Cotton Bowl where Green Wave will face USC pic.twitter.com/SXVxkwzS62
— Brett McMurphy (@Brett_McMurphy) December 4, 2022
That seems fairly definitive. We’ll wait for the bowl selection show on Sunday to make it official. Let’s give you an early primer on Tulane’s season and this bowl game:
TULANE FAST FACTS
Tulane beat Big 12 champion Kansas State, limiting the Wildcats to 10 points on the road.
RECORD: 11-2
Tulane’s record is the same as USC’s.
AAC AND GROUP OF FIVE CHAMPION
Tulane won the toughest Group of Five conference in college football. Unlike USC, Tulane won a conference championship game rematch of a game it lost earlier in the season. Tulane lost to UCF but gained revenge on Saturday in the AAC Championship Game, 45-28.
POTHOLE
Tulane stepped in a pothole when it lost to Southern Mississippi, 27-24.
BEAT LUKE…
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