It’s Official; Gophers play New Mexico in Rate Bowl

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Some guy said:
Somehow USAF thinks that the gophers wouldn’t get jumped if they beat northwestern
But when they lost to northwestern the only team that didn’t jump them was northwestern
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Hahaha.
This is possibly your worst take yet. Don't give up that crown without a fight!!
 



I would have other reasons to be in Phoenix, so would normally not be opposed to going. But the day after Christmas is just too difficult.
 






A_Slab_of_Bacon said:
I just can’t tell family “You’re not as important as the Rate Bowl”
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Sure you can, he’s your Sherpa-

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A_Slab_of_Bacon said:
Bummer that it’s on the 26th.


SKI-U-MAH RTB none the less.
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MaxyJR1 said:
9-3
6 game win streak
Lost to Michigan
Bear UCLA
Ties for 1st in conference, lost on tiebreaker.

Quality opponent. Arguably the best of Mountain West.
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The point is no one except highly knowledgeable CFB fans thinks New Mexico is a quality opponent. So a win is just ho hum expected for a Big Ten team and a loss is a field day for the local sports columnists. Really no big upside.
 





Catechol said:
The point is no one except highly knowledgeable CFB fans thinks New Mexico is a quality opponent. So a win is just ho hum expected for a Big Ten team and a loss is a field day for the local sports columnists. Really no big upside.
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If PJ cant beat New Mexico the local columnists' field day will be justified.
 

MaxyJR1 said:
9-3
6 game win streak
Lost to Michigan
Bear UCLA
Ties for 1st in conference, lost on tiebreaker.

Quality opponent. Arguably the best of Mountain West.
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Thank you for cutting through the morass of opponent whining with FACTS😃
 


howeda7 said:
Exactly. Can't blame them for making that choice. If we'd beaten Northwestern, maybe they'd have done it anyway, but at least then we'd have a real argument.
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Beat Cal OR Northwestern and we're in Vegas.
 

btowngopher said:
Should be close to a TD favorite in this one.
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Yeah. New Mexico by a TD. They played teams better than Minnesota has. Looks like a big loss for Minnesota incoming. 😭

The local sports people will have a field day for a month knowing most people don’t realize how good New Mexico is.

Would have rather had Iowa State or Kansas State to at least have a chance at winning. 😭
 

MNGoph24 said:
Yeah. New Mexico by a TD. They played teams better than Minnesota has. Looks like a big loss for Minnesota incoming. 😭

The local sports people will have a field day for a month knowing most people don’t realize how good New Mexico is.

Would have rather had Iowa State or Kansas State to at least have a chance at winning. 😭
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MaxyJR1 said:
9-3
6 game win streak
Lost to Michigan
Bear UCLA
Ties for 1st in conference, lost on tiebreaker.

Quality opponent. Arguably the best of Mountain West.
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Yup. Very good opponent from the G5, almost zero national interest/brand recognition, passed over by a Nebraska team with a worse conference record and H2H domination.

Detroit was the worst case scenario for MN, but this is a very close second.
 

stocker08 said:
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Okay. I laughed at that.

If the Gophers win, I will make a post admitting I was wrong. Just like I did with the Wisconsin game.

Looking at New Mexico’s record and games, I don’t have a good feeling about Minnesota winning. I hope and pray I am wrong. 🙏
 

Some guy said:
The pinstripe bowl is a way better bowl than the rate bowl

Sorry if you can’t handle cold weather but it’s just true
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It makes sense for PSU to be in that bowl though. Lots of alumni in the area.
 



MNGoph24 said:
Okay. I laughed at that.

If the Gophers win, I will make a post admitting I was wrong. Just like I did with the Wisconsin game.

Looking at New Mexico’s record and games, I don’t have a good feeling about Minnesota winning. I hope and pray I am wrong. 🙏
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UNM's offense looks very mediocre, their calling card is what they do on defense. Feels like a pretty traditional G5-P5 game where we can win off of having better talent on both sides of the ball. Mow them over on defense and create openings on offense. If Anthony Smith decides to play i think it's a lock. Gophs 24 UNM 14 is my guess
 

Just looked at the bowl ticket, hotel, and pregame packages offered by the U, man, substandard accommodations at a premium price!

First for the hotel, they’re offering bowl goers the Renaissance Downtown Phoenix hotel with the pregame tailgate package! It’s about 4-5 blocks of walk to Chase field and $599/person! They’re charging $349/child!

The tickets for the game itself, whether it’s “club seats, sideline seats or endzone seating, you’ll be at the New Mexico side and FAR from the actual
Field!? $85 for endzone seats and $155 for Club Level seats!

HOME2Home hotel is one block away from the field at $200/night

Tickets directly from Fiesta’s website, 50 yard line for $109 on Gophers’ side line! Albeit its bleachers but I rather be close to the actual field on our team’s sideline rather than paying more to sit in the baseball stadium seats far from the action.

U Athletic dept really suck at putting a package together! You wonder why MN fans travel weak to these games. You over charge for shitty seats and accommodations.

Highly recommend you get tickets directly from Fiesta’s Rate Bowl website if you want better seats!
 

Everyone settle down....

We beat wisconsin AGAIN to end the season.

Yeah, New Mexico is not a big name.

Yeah, we have been in this bowl before.

Yeah, if we win national and local.media don't care. If we lose, they will write articles about how embarrassing it is to lose to a MW conference team.

All that said, these extra practices, this time together to build culture for the team, and the ability to get some new stuff put into the playbook is all going to payoff for next year's squad.

We will get to see a ton of new faces get snaps in the bowl game as it's essentially an early preview of next year's squad.

Wisconsin is sitting at home. Florida and Florida State are home. Mississippi State is at home.

Find the positive.
 

MNGoph24 said:
Yeah. New Mexico by a TD. They played teams better than Minnesota has. Looks like a big loss for Minnesota incoming. 😭

The local sports people will have a field day for a month knowing most people don’t realize how good New Mexico is.

Would have rather had Iowa State or Kansas State to at least have a chance at winning. 😭
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Looks like every time you’ve said something like this in the past we’ve won 😂
 

Texan Gopher said:
Everyone settle down....

We beat wisconsin AGAIN to end the season.

Yeah, New Mexico is not a big name.

Yeah, we have been in this bowl before.

Yeah, if we win national and local.media don't care. If we lose, they will write articles about how embarrassing it is to lose to a MW conference team.

All that said, these extra practices, this time together to build culture for the team, and the ability to get some new stuff put into the playbook is all going to payoff for next year's squad.

We will get to see a ton of new faces get snaps in the bowl game as it's essentially an early preview of next year's squad.

Wisconsin is sitting at home. Florida and Florida State are home. Mississippi State is at home.

Find the positive.
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I do not think this bowl game placement says anything about the coaching staff

Nor does the result


Id rather win than lose. But outside of the playoff you obviously have to judge coaches on the regular season where variables are more controlled
 

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