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Bold: unfortunately, no ... that's not how it works. Proof: 2022 we had a 9-4 (5-4) record, and still only went to the Pinstripe Bowl.

OK, maybe swap Neb and Illinois for Vegas/Music City ... but I'll be shocked if Gophers beat out either of those. Those two bowls are a step above the Rate. I've been shocked before.

What would have been interesting and helpful is if Michigan had beaten Ohio State and gotten a fourth Big Ten team in the playoff. Alas, not to be. I don't think Illinois and/or Iowa losing would have mattered. If ILL wins and Iowa loses, then perhaps those two swap bowl games, but both would...

The Bowl Games and their host cities make money on the size of the traveling fan base. They don't make money on TV ratings. And it's still the Bowl Games who get to pick which teams come to play the games. TV gets their ratings pretty much any way. People turn it on to have something on TV...

I wish you were right ... but I think there's next to no chance that the Music City chooses the Gophers over Nebraska, if they are given that choice :( I don't think record matters, at all, and the conference will just group all teams from Washington to Nebraska together. (Caveat to that is...

These posts were correct for Nov 6, when they were made. Vikings had just won at Detroit, and were looking to climb back into contention. With the bad loss to the Bears, and then the abysmal loss to the Packers, the posts are now being taken out of context. That said, with the left side of...

These posts were correct for Nov 6, when they were made. Vikings had just won at Detroit, and were looking to climb back into contention. With the bad loss to the Bears, and then the abysmal loss to the Packers, the posts are now being taken out of context. That said, with the left side of...

If the Vikings decided to pay Justin Jefferson a $200M bonus, prorated over 10 years in cap hit .... that wouldn't mean anything in the sense that you're wanting it to mean. Cash, as opposed to cap, is just accounting shenanigans. Bonuses, and how they prorate into cap hit, basically. What...

Given how wildly out of tune some of your other takes about the Vikings (in general) are, I'm not too worried by this :)

Where are you getting that? I never said anything of the such. It's possible you misread or misinterpreted the point I was actually making.

It would purely be a thing of if he wants to try to win a college football national championship. I'm sure he had that drive coming out of Western, but it might be gone now. He surely knows he will never come close to that at Minnesota, with how college football is setup as an oligopoly.

Google AI says pre-teen to early teen? No idea how true that is

OK, fair enough. About an 8hr drive from the Twin Cities. Maybe Fleck can send a private jet whenever he wants and so it's less a big deal? No idea

Max could make it 3 for 3 Vikings QB's injured this season:

Max could make it 3 for 3 Vikings QB's injured this season:

Does Fleck have kids by his first wife and so he wants to be near Chicago, to be near to them? Apologies if that's not correct and I made that up

The only "bad" one is to a blood rivalry, @ Iowa State by 3 points. Others: Indiana by 5, Oregon by 2, @ USC by 5. Two playoff teams and USC will finish top 15 and just outside the playoff. Iowa is easily the best 8-4 team in the country.

Looks like there will be no third year bump in Lincoln for Rhule, like he had at Temple and Baylor. Losing your QB doesn't help.

Yeah, I don't disagree. Very much a crappy English Premiere League style. Trash

Well, the point is: Having Skule be your LT is not what you want for Max's first start.