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College GameDay picks B1G’s Citrus, Rose Bowl matchups

Paul Harvey

By Paul Harvey

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College GameDay had a special Jan. 2 broadcast Monday to preview the bowl games across college football. Traditionally played on New Year’s Day, college football’s bowl season made a tweak to the schedule with Jan. 1 falling on a Sunday in 2023.

On Monday, the B1G has 3 games with Illinois in the ReliaQuest Bowl, Purdue in the Citrus Bowl and Penn State in the Rose Bowl. Already, the GameDay crew has provided picks for Illinois’ game with the ReliaQuest Bowl kicking off at 12 pm ET.

Here are GameDay’s picks for the other two games with Purdue facing LSU in the Citrus Bowl and Penn State facing Utah in the Rose Bowl:

Citrus Bowl

Desmond Howard: LSU

David Pollack: LSU

Pat McAfee: LSU

Kirk Herbstreit: LSU

Rose Bowl

Desmond Howard: Penn State

David Pollack: Penn State

Pat McAfee: Penn State

Kirk Herbstreit: Did not pick as a part of the game broadcast

Lee Corso (headgear pick via video): Utah

Paul Harvey

Paul is a lifelong fan and student of all things college football. He has been covering college football since 2017 and the B1G since 2018.