Bowl Projections: Union Home Mortgage Gasparilla Bowl Preseason Prediction, Breakdown and History

Before the season gets underway, what's the first guess on what the 2024 Union Home Mortgage Gasparilla Bowl might be? Why did we make this call, who else should be in the mix, and what's the history of the bowl?

This will all change throughout the season with its twists and turns, but in the preseason, the Union Home Mortgage Gasparilla Bowl projection is ...

Union Home Mortgage Gasparilla Bowl Projection

Friday, December 20
3:30, ESPN
Raymond James Stadium, Tampa, FL
Bowl Affiliations : AAC, ACC, CUSA, SEC
Last Season: Georgia Tech 30, UCF 17
Preseason Bowl Projection (with predicted final regular season records)
Syracuse (6-6) vs Florida (6-6)

CFN Preview of All 134 Teams

Why this is the preseason Union Home Mortgage Gasparilla Bowl Projection

Would Florida be fired up to be here?

It was shocked by UCF in the 2021 version, but the Gasparilla would love to have a Florida team in its bowl. Playing Syracuse would do just fine when it comes to fan interest in Tampa.

No matter what, this will likely be a matchup of 6-6 teams from Power Four conferences. Boston College and Virginia Tech would be possible choices from the ACC, and South Carolina, Arkansas, Auburn, and

5 teams also in the mix for the Union Home Mortgage Gasparilla Bowl

1. Virginia Tech
2. Auburn
3. Boston College
4. South Carolina
5. Arkansas

Union Home Mortgage Gasparilla Bowl History

Dec 22, 2023 Georgia Tech 30, UCF 17
Dec 23, 2022 Wake Forest 27, Missouri 17
Dec. 23, 2021 UCF 29, Florida 17
2020 Canceled
Dec. 23, 2019 UCF 48, Marshall 25
Dec. 20, 2018 Marshall 38, USF 20
Dec. 21, 2017 Temple 28, FIU 3
St. Petersburg Bowl
Dec. 26, 2016 Mississippi State 17, Miami Univ. 16
Dec. 26, 2015 Marshall 16 Connecticut 10
Dec. 26, 2014 N.C. State 34 UCF 27
Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl
Dec. 23, 2013 East Carolina 37 Ohio 20
Dec. 20, 2012 UCF 38 Ball State 17
Dec. 20, 2011 Marshall 20 FIU 10
Dec. 21, 2010 Louisville 31 Southern Miss 28
St. Petersburg Bowl
Dec. 19, 2009 Rutgers 45 UCF 24
Dec. 20, 2008 USF 41 Memphis 14