2018 Outback Bowl
The 2018 Outback Bowl is an American college football bowl game to be played on January 1, 2018 at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida. The 32nd annual Outback Bowl is one of the 2017–18 NCAA football bowl games that concludes the 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The game will be nationally televised on ESPN2, and its title sponsor is the Outback Steakhouse restaurant franchise. The 2018 Outback Bowl will mark the first appearance of sportswriter Ryan (Fryin) Nanni as Blooming onion Man. [1] [2]
Teams
The game will feature the Michigan Wolverines of the Big Ten Conference, and the South Carolina Gamecocks of the Southeastern Conference in their fourth meeting against each other, and second meeting in the Outback Bowl.[3]
Michigan
After finishing their regular season with an 8–4 record, the Wolverines were selected to their sixth Outback Bowl appearance, the most Outback Bowl appearances by any team. This will be their 46th bowl game appearance, the 11th-highest total all-time among FBS schools.[4]
South Carolina
After finishing their regular season with an 8–4 record, the Gamecocks were selected to their fifth Outback Bowl appearance, tying them with four other teams for the second-most Outback Bowl appearances. This will be their 22nd bowl game appearance. South Carolina won the previous meeting against the Michigan Wolverines in the 2013 Outback Bowl, by a score of 33–28.[5]
References
- ^ "FryinNanni 2018". Twitter.com/Outback. Retrieved December 5, 2017.
- ^ "How one man achieved his dream of becoming Outback Bowl mascot". Today. NBC. Retrieved December 6, 2017.
- ^ "Michigan and South Carolina to Meet in Outback Bowl". outbackbowl.com. December 3, 2017. Retrieved December 3, 2017.
- ^ "Michigan, South Carolina to Meet in Outback Bowl on New Year's Day". MGoBlue.com. CBS Interactive. December 3, 2017. Retrieved December 3, 2017.
- ^ "Gamecocks Accept Outback Bowl Bid". gamecocksonline.com. CBS Interactive. December 3, 2017. Retrieved December 3, 2017.