In addition to the others: 1996 - Tyrone Carter returns 2 fumbles for TDs vs. Syracuse, and 1998 the Gophers defeat Iowa 49-7. The Gopher D almost got the shutout, until Iowa scored with only 45 seconds remaining. One report said it was the Gopher's largest margin of victory in a BIG conference...
The 1986 and 1996 Sun Devils each finished ranked #4 in the final AP poll. They entered the 1997 Rose Bowl game ranked #2, but lost to #4 ranked Ohio State, a game I attended and one of the few times it has rained at the Rose Bowl game.
With the number of times I've seen the Gophers dissed at bowl selection time, I'm expecting Pinstripe Bowl. If it turns out better, then I'll be pleasantly surprised.
I had moved from MN to the south a few years before the 2018 MCB and attended it because it was the closest bowl game. Purdue trailed 56-7 at halftime and many Purdue fans (naturally) left at halftime to beat the traffic onto I-65. I'm hoping that Ramsay at MCB considers that Purdue fans may...
My condolences to his family. Working at the Supervalu home office in Eden Prairie in the 1990s, as a Gophers season ticket holder I took the opportunity to ask his secretary if he would autograph his senior year program.
Jerry Palm's bowl projections updated this morning show the Gophers to San Diego vs. Washington State. And despite yesterday's loss it does make some sense.
I seem to remember after the last time the Gophers went to the Music City Bowl (for the fourth time), the President and CEO of the MCB...