THURSDAY’S BOWL GAMES

DUKE’S MAYO

Teams: North Carolina (6-6) vs. South Carolina (6-6).

Time/tv: 10:30 a.m., ESPN.

Notable: Border state bragging rights — and a mayonnaise bath for the winning head coach. North Carolina’s Mack Brown and South Carolina’s Shane Beamer have agreed to have a mayo bath — instead of the traditional Gatorade bath — if they win the game. By doing so, the winning coach will get $10,000 donated to their favorite charity.

Key matchup: North Carolina QB Sam Howell vs. South Carolina secondary. A projected first-round NFL draft pick, Howell looks to wrap up his college career with a splash. He’ll face a very good Gamecocks secondary that allowed just 179 yards passing per game and finished tied for 10th nationally with 15 interceptions.

MUSIC CITY

Teams: Purdue (8-4) vs. Tennessee (7-5).

Time/tv: 2 p.m., ESPN.

Notable: Purdue needs a victory to finish with the Boilermakers’ most wins in a season since 2003. Tennessee already has more than doubled the wins of a a season ago. Coach Josh Heupel can become the sixth Volunteers coach all-time to win eight or more games in his debut season.

Key matchup: Tennessee’s up-tempo offense against Purdue’s defense. The Volunteers not only score fast, they have outscored opponents 169-44 in the first quarter this season. Purdue ranks 19th nationally allowing 20.5 points a game.

PEACH

Teams: No. 12 Pittsburgh (11-2) vs. No. 11 Michigan State (10-2).

Time/tv: 6 p.m., ESPN.

Notable: Coming off its first ACC championship, Pitt aims to become the second 12-win team in school history. The Panthers finished 12-0 in 1976 and won the national championship. Michigan State is looking for its sixth 11-win season and to cap a dramatic turnaround under secondyear coach Mel Tucker from a 2-5 pandemic-shortened 2020 finish.

Key matchup: Pitt WR Jordan Addison vs. Michigan State secondary. The Panthers won’t have QB Kenny Pickett, who finished third in the Heisman Trophy voting before opting out of the bowl game. But they have Addison, who won the Biletnikoff Award as the nation’s top receiver.

LAS VEGAS

Teams: Arizona State (8-4) vs. Wisconsin (8-4).

Time/tv: 9:30 p.m., ESPN.

Notable: Wisconsin’s loss to Minnesota in the season finale cost it a place in the Big Ten championship game and halted a seven-game winning streak. Arizona State’s Pac-12 championship aspirations were thwarted with a second-half implosion at Utah and a first-half no-show at Washington State the following week.

Key matchup: Wisconsin RB Braelon Allen vs. Arizona State LB Kyle Soelle. It took a month for the freshman Allen to find himself before ripping off seven consecutive 100-yard games, totaling 1,013 yards and 11 touchdowns in

that span. Soelle leads the Sun Devils with 82 tackles.