{"id":21300,"date":"2018-11-26T13:15:41","date_gmt":"2018-11-26T19:15:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/?p=21300"},"modified":"2018-11-26T13:16:49","modified_gmt":"2018-11-26T19:16:49","slug":"baylor-is-going-bowling-but-where","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/2018\/11\/baylor-is-going-bowling-but-where\/","title":{"rendered":"Baylor is going bowling! But where?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-21301\" src=\"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/bearswin-nov18.jpg\" alt=\"Baylor football celebrates becoming bowl eligible\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/bearswin-nov18.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/bearswin-nov18-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/bearswin-nov18-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/bearswin-nov18-1024x512.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Almost from the moment last year&#8217;s 1-11 season ended, Baylor football head coach Matt Rhule began assuring all those who would listen that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wacotrib.com\/sports\/baylor\/football\/brice-cherry-rhule-promises-bowl-game-and-what-s-more\/article_80acafb7-b754-5a13-b58c-d8678cd550ec.html\">Baylor would make a bowl game this season<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>On Saturday, the Bears made Rhule&#8217;s promise a reality. <a href=\"https:\/\/baylorbears.com\/news\/2018\/11\/24\/football-becomes-bowl-eligible-with-win-over-tech.aspx?path=football\">A 35-24 win over Texas Tech<\/a> gave Baylor its sixth win of the season, making the Bears bowl-eligible. Now, the question is &#8212; Where is Baylor headed, and who might the Bears face?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/college-football\/story\/_\/id\/25375570\/college-football-bowl-projections-week-13\">ESPN<\/a> has the Bears either in Memphis&#8217; AutoZone Liberty Bowl (vs. South Carolina) or Houston&#8217;s\u00a0Academy Sports + Outdoors Texas Bowl (vs. Auburn).<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/collegefootballtalk.nbcsports.com\/2018\/11\/25\/2018-college-football-bowl-projections-after-week-13\/\">NBC Sports<\/a> combines those two predictions, projecting BU to face Auburn in the Liberty Bowl.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/college-football\/2018\/11\/24\/bowl-projections-week-13-playoff-rankings-predictions\">Sports Illustrated<\/a>\u00a0says Baylor is headed to the Texas Bowl &#8212; and\u00a0predicts a reunion with former longtime rival Texas A&amp;M.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sbnation.com\/college-football\/2018\/11\/25\/18110850\/bowl-projections-2018-college-football-playoff-predictions\">SB Nation<\/a> sees the Bears staying even closer to home for the Armed Forces Bowl in Fort Worth (where they could face Army).<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bleacherreport.com\/articles\/2807522-bowl-predictions-2018-projections-for-college-football-playoff\">Bleacher Report<\/a> also sees Baylor playing in the Armed Forces Bowl &#8212; and predicts a reunion with Rhule&#8217;s former team, the Temple Owls.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/collegefootball\/bowls\/predictions\">CBS Sports<\/a> sends the Bears west to face San Diego State in the Cheez-It Bowl (formerly known as the Cactus Bowl, where Baylor beat Boise State two years ago).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In summary, that&#8217;s two votes for the Liberty Bowl, two for the Texas Bowl, two for the Armed Forces Bowl, and one for the Cheez-It Bowl.<\/p>\n<p>Which prediction (if any) will prove correct? We&#8217;ll find out on Sunday, when bowl announcements are made. In the meantime, <a href=\"https:\/\/baylorbears.com\/feature\/18bowlcentral\">Baylor fans can go ahead and lock in their tickets<\/a> for any\/all of the Bears&#8217; potential destinations; Bear Foundation priority options began this morning, and all fans can purchase tickets starting Tuesday at 8 a.m.<\/p>\n<p>Sic \u2019em, Bears!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Almost from the moment last year&#8217;s 1-11 season ended, Baylor football head coach Matt Rhule began assuring all those who would listen that Baylor would make a bowl game this season. On Saturday, the Bears made Rhule&#8217;s promise a reality. A 35-24 win over Texas Tech gave Baylor its sixth win of the season, making [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21300","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-athletics","category-honors"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21300","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21300"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21300\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21300"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21300"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21300"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}