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The madness of college bowl season continues with a bowl that features one of the best post-win traditions in college football.
On Wednesday, the Duke’s Mayo Bowl will kick off between the North Carolina Tar Heels (8-4) and the West Virginia Mountaineers (8-4). The head coach of the winning team gets the honor of having a large tub of mayonnaise dumped on his head.
West Virginia is looking for its first bowl win since defeating Army in the Liberty Bowl after the abbreviated 2020 season. Most of the Mountaineers’ starters will be playing in the game.
Meanwhile, the Tar Heels will be without starting quarterback Drake Maye, who is a near-lock to be selected with a top pick in the 2024 NFL Draft and opted out of the bowl game. North Carolina is searching for its first bowl win since 2019, when it beat Temple in the Military Bowl.
West Virginia quarterback Garrett Greene (6) will look to lead the Mountaineers over North Carolina in the Duke’s Mayo Bowl. Mandatory Credit: Ben Queen-USA TODAY Sports
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North Carolina vs. West Virginia predictions:
Action Network: Lay the points for the Mountaineers
Mike McNamara writes, “WVU will badly want to end this season with one more victory, and in a world where many teams don’t care all that much about bowl games, the Mountaineers are an outlier. Meanwhile, Mack Brown’s team lost four of its final six games after starting 6-0 and had a bunch of key pieces opt out.”
VSiN: West Virginia to win and cover
Tyler Shoemaker writes, “Situationally, this would be Mountaineers or nothing for me, based on the fact they’re likely extremely excited and motivated to be playing in a bowl game, while UNC had higher hopes this season than a matchup with a hotseat coach and a mayonnaise bath as a reward for…
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Publish date : 2023-12-27 03:36:51
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