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We would've got the Music City, if we had beaten Northwestern. Losing that game likely took it off the table.

If you don't think Skule being the LT has a significantly higher chance of taking a bad, blindside sack than Darrisaw ... I don't know what to say. You're way too smart and know way too much football, for me to believe that. Your second sentence is not true, at all. The fact of the matter for...

You haven't made any point why anyone should care about a one year blip in season cash. You just point at it, as if it's supposed to be self evident of something. I don't see any valid reason for there to be any such "something", though. Very easy to show why it doesn't work: - scenario A...

Moot point anyway, he failed a physical with a badly sprained hamstring. Seems extremely weird to have this big announcement if they knew about that injury then, so he must have just sustained it since the announcement. Good. If he truly wants to un-retire, he shouldn't get to play until the...

That was what the QuickLane Bowl was setup to be, the Big Ten vs ACC. Looks like they were only actually able to get teams into that matchup three times: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GameAbove_Sports_Bowl Just too low on each confs pecking order to consistently make it happen. ACC appears to...

Ah, thanks, didn't even know they were already doing that. And of course, it is indeed an indoor stadium: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Nissan_Stadium

Wish I could say I was excited, but it's a terrible first matchup and we're going to be missing starters on left side. Hope like hell it's a bunch of handoffs and quick passes. Hoping Max doesn't take too many sacks.

That was four years ago, and we want to go to the Rate, if we don't have a better option.

Well of course, it's entirely because of the 8 vs 9 And of course, of course, Indiana has the weakest schedule. That's how Cig has skated by Very much looking forward to them losing to Ohio State

I get the traditional aspect of top 10, but when the playoff is 12 teams with guaranteed berths for conf champs, and soon to be 16 teams ... excluding #11 BYU and #18 Virginia doesn't carry as much weight. Duke really the only "outsider".

But that's also because Wisconsin can only run the ball to gain yards. Not withstanding the one massive play they had. NW was, is, clearly capable of throwing the ball in good weather and against a DC who doesn't know what he's doing.

Man coverage and 3-man rushes. Danny Collins special

NW is much closer to Detroit, Penn State is much closer to NYC. Makes way too much sense to divide it regionally like that

He can come back to college if the NFL opportunity he's looking for isn't there. Question will be if that's back with Gophers or with some other school with more money.

Next stadium in Nashville, they need it to be indoor. Seems like most new NFL stadiums are going that way, anyhow Current stadium 26 years old, probably still a while yet

I mean honestly, unless you're at Tampa or lower, or the desert Southwest ... it's not likely to be actual warm weather. Atlanta, Dallas, lot of the south ... not that warm in mid-late Dec. Warmer than here, for sure

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...