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ESPN Has New Bowl Game Prediction for Pitt

The Pitt Panthers could return to a familiar spot if one ESPN analyst is right.
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ESPN Has New Bowl Game Prediction for Pitt
ESPN Has New Bowl Game Prediction for Pitt

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PITTSBURGH -- With the 2023 college football season set to kick off in almost 24 hours, ESPN has released a new set of bowl game predictions that have the Pitt Panthers potentially heading to some interesting destinations. 

ESPN college football insider Mark Schlabach has picked the Panthers to play in the Pop Tarts Bowl against Kansas State and fellow bowl expert Kyle Bongura believes Pitt will return to the Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl to play another Pac 12 opponent in Cal. 

The Pop Tarts Bowl is slated for December 28th at Camping World Stadium in Orlando, Florida and will kick off at 5:45 p.m. The Sun Bowl would be played the following day and kickoff at 2:00 p.m. from the Sun Bowl Stadium in El Paso. Texas. 

These do not represent the upper echelon of bowl game possibilities for Pitt, but would likely mean the Panthers won anywhere from seven to nine games during the regular season. 

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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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