Describe the Gophers Rate Bowl win in 1 sentence.

[El Amin Fan]

We didn't come out ready to play, but we finished by winning our 9th straight bowl game and that makes me happy.

 

[BilldGopher]

Glad we won one on the road this season and let's do more of it next year.

 

[PMWinSTP]

Underwhelming.

 

[Eastside Forever]

We overcame ourselves.

 

[Spaulding!No!]

Ropey.

 

[A_Slab_of_Bacon]

Smith.

 

[MaxyJR1]

Par for the 2025 Course.

 

[CWCWCW]

Fleck beats Eck.

 

[Whytetale]

Nice start to the 2026 bowl preparation season.

 

[60's Guy]

Gophers win ugly, but finish 8 and 5.

 

[Some Day...Maybe]

Absolutely terrible offense, even worse than normal.

 

[GoldenRodents]

Lucky

 

[beavergopher]

Irritating

 

[MNVCGUY]

An ugly win still counts as a win!

 

[Gilthorp57]

Needed to take a shower after that one, but a win is a win.

 

[minnyrules11]

Fleck beats Eck.

 

[A_Slab_of_Bacon]

An ugly win still counts as a win!

Pretty much the slogan for a lot of wins this year.

 

[mngg11]

Another gritty win in a season that could have been pretty terrible if resilience wasn't part of the team's DNA

 

[Taji34]

A win is a win . . . . . I guess . . . .

 

[spermophilus]

Dominated the Lobos in all 1 of 3 phases.

 

[GopherGuy82]

From horses#$t to game blouses.

 

[Mulligan]

It's better than losing.

 

[pk2]

The Gophers won their ninth consecutive bowl game, keeping the Big Ten undefeated this post-season, while the skunks are watching from their couches… again.

 

[STPGopher]

Won without opening the playbook.

 

[gophernut1]

Good enough to get the win, not good enough to question the quality of our coordinators.

I am not sure if moving on is the answer, but outside of the Nebraska game, I never felt that our team was coached up in a way that made them shine at or above the level of talent they had.

 

[balds]

If we played a Power 4 team today, we would've lost by 40 plus.

 

[Indiana Gopher]

We didn't come out ready to play, but we finished by winning our 9th straight bowl game and that makes me happy.

It was touch-and-go and we played way under our/my standard, but we won our 9th straight bowl game

 

[Full Speed Ahead]

A payday as I bet on the under.

 

[Indiana Gopher]

Needed to take a shower after that one, but a win is a win.

My son and I chose the hot tub and pool 1st--we are in AZ after all--but then, yes, a shower felt good to wash the stink off

 

[Indiana Gopher]

If we played a Power 4 team today, we would've lost by 40 plus.

IDK. We may have lost but I don't believe New Mexico is that far behind some of the P4 programs that got bowl bids...Pitt, Duke, Arizona State, Mississippi State, Wake Forest, and add in Iowa State (who opted out). I don;t think we would lose by 40 to any of those teams