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Pitt Draws SEC Opponent in Early Bowl Projections

The Pitt Panthers would be heavy underdogs.

Stephen Thompson

Pitt Draws SEC Opponent in Early Bowl Projections
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PITTSBURGH -- At the current moment, we're closer to last season's bowl games than we are to next season's. Bowl season is still more than seven months away but that won't stop some analysts from releasing projections for who will play whom in the coming postseason, including the Pitt Panthers. 

Brett McMurphy from Action Network has released a very early round of bowl game projections and he predicts Pitt will head to Charlotte, North Carolina to face Ole Miss in the Duke's Mayo Bowl at Bank of America Stadium. 

The Panthers and Rebels have met once since 2000 and it came during the 2013 postseason at the BBVA Compass Bowl, played in Legion Field in Birmingham, Alabama. The Panthers fell 38-17 that day in soggy conditions. 

McMurphy added that the Panthers would be heavy underdogs should they play the Rebels in a bowl game. He predicted Ole Miss would be favored by 20 points over Pitt in this hypothetical matchup between the SEC and ACC. 

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Stephen Thompson
STEPHEN THOMPSON

Stephen Thompson graduated with a bachelor's degree in communications and political science from Pitt in April 2022 after spending four years as a sports writer and editor at The Pitt News, the University of Pittsburgh's independent, student-run newspaper.  He primarily worked the Pitt men's basketball beat, and filled in on coverage of football, volleyball, softball, gymnastics and lacrosse, in addition to other sports as needed. His work at The Pitt News has won awards from the Pennsylvania News Media Association and Associated College Press.  During the spring and summer of 2021, Stephen interned for Pittsburgh Sports Now, covering baseball in western Pennsylvania. Hailing from Washington D.C., family ties have cultivated a love of Boston's professional teams and Pitt athletics, and a fascination with sports in general.  You can reach Stephen by email at stephenethompson00@gmail.com and follow him on Twitter. Read his latest work:

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