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The Solid Verbal: It’s already (early) bowl preview time!

Answering questions like “Who wants to be there?” and “How cold is it in Mt. Pleasant, MI?”

Troy Babbitt-USA TODAY Sports

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As bowl season is about to begin, let’s use our first bowl preview show to ask the following very important questions:

• Where are the extremes between New Mexico and UTSA in the New Mexico Bowl?

• Is Vegas a letdown for a Houston team with preseason playoff hype and will a strong San Diego State team take advantage of the Cougars minus new Texas head coach Tom Herman?

• Who do we believe in more in the Camelia - Toledo's big offense and QB Logan Woodside or App State's lights out defense and tricky offense?

• Exactly what does a resurgent UCF do well enough offensively to potentially disrupt an excellent Arkansas State defense in the Cure Bowl?

• Where is the big matchup discrepancy between Louisiana-Lafayette and Southern Miss in the New Orleans Bowl?

• What precisely does CMU... do? And will it work against Tulsa’s very balanced offense in the Miami Beach Bowl?

• Without Jeff Brohm, will extremely balanced WKU be just as potent as they meet an up-and-down Memphis team in Boca Raton?

• Can BYU generate enough offense (against an admittedly disappointing Wyoming defense) to keep up with a dangerous Cowboy offense in San Diego in the Poinsettia?

...and much more!

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