Several Outlets Place WVU Football Back in Bowl Projections

A week after a third-straight loss saw WVU football fall out of most national bowl projections. Following a 3-0 start, the losing streak caused a belief West Virginia would once again suffer a losing season and miss a bowl game for the second consecutive year.

However, one historic performance from Mike Hawkins, one final stop by the defense to make up for another rough day and one big kick by Jack Cassidy to beat Cincinnati, and that perception has changed again. Sitting at 4-3 and only needing two moire wins to become bowl eligible, multiple outlets are once again predicting some type of postseason play for the Mountaineers.

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While one ESPN has WVU still missing a bowl game, Mark Schlabach has them in the Radiance Technologies Independence Bowl against California on Dec. 21.

For a more intriguing matchup possibility, Athlon Sports has West Virginia facing off against an old Big 12 foe in Oklahoma in the Liberty Bowl, one of the recent bowl wins for the program from the Neal Brown era.

And speaking of past bowl success, the College Football New has WVU paired with Army, who Brown’s team defeated in that Liberty Bowl, in the Armed Forces Bowl.

CBS Sports and On3 Sports continue to leave West Virginia out of their possible bowl game matchups.

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