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Friday’s Game Day Threads – Part 2
In the spirit of the Holidays, a new thread to continue your discussions of Friday’s two (unexpected by most but definitely not by all) victories.
But the Holidays also includes Festivus. Register your complaints but keep then Civil.
The Sun Bowl Prediction Thread
You have read the article and comments. It is now time to make your predictions.
I will keep track of the predictions and announce the winner.
The Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl – UCLA vs PITT
In the 88’th edition of the Tony the Tiger “Sun Bowl”, (though I do not believe Kellogg’s has sponsored all 88 previous editions) matches up the College Football Playoff (CFP) 18’th ranked UCLA Bruins (9-3) and the unranked Pitt Panthers (8-4).
As usual, I am starting with each team’s 2022 regular season schedule. Since I had plenty of time, I have added opponents final regular season W/L record.

The Bruins OOC was not very brutal. No scheduled P5 with the one-point victory over the South Alabama Jaguars their most impressive opponent. The Jaguars were 5-7 in 2021. A nice but unknown turnaround.
UCLA played nine P5 teams (6-3) while Pitt played 10 (6-4). What is surprising is that while UCLA can score, they also give up a lot of points.
The rankings I use are NCAA stats through games of 11/26/2022. The individual stats are from ESPN and checked against NCAA numbers where possible.
As you are aware, I use color coding to identify certain activities. The charts below use “reddish pink” for TP entries, “green” for bowl game opt-outs and injuries, and yellow to identify defensive starters. Individual defensive players can (and do) have two colors.
On to the review starting with offensive NCAA stats:
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