2024 Bowl Projections Tracker

[IceBoxGopher]

Here's a thread for the 2024 season for all things bowl predictions and projections. After week 2:

At ESPN, Mark Schlabach has Minnesota in the Guaranteed Rate Bowl Vs. UCF.

Action Network has the Gophers in the Boca Raton Bowl Vs. Georgia Southern

 

[Gophers7NatTitlesBadgers0]

Boca Raton Bowl would be a cool destination, but things would have to be worse case scenario for this to happen I imagine.

 

[Arminius]

Hoping for the Duke's Mayo bowl... I have family in Charlotte

 

[Schnauzer]

I remember two years ago, seeing Pinstripe Bowl projections all season long and being offended by that. And last year seeing some Detroit Bowl projections and REALLY being offended by that. I guess I have learned my lesson. I shouldn't be shooting the messengers.

 

[MaxyJR1]

Our over under is about 5 and we are projected in a bowl? Nice.

 

[gopherbadgerman]

Boca Raton Bowl would be a cool destination, but things would have to be worse case scenario for this to happen I imagine.

Why is that? Is that the last option?

 

[Gophers7NatTitlesBadgers0]

Why is that? Is that the last option?

It's a game that usually has two G5 schools. It's just slightly better than the Bahamas Bowl in terms of matchups!

 

[gopherbadgerman]

It's a game that usually has two G5 schools. It's just slightly better than the Bahamas Bowl in terms of matchups!

Good weather though

 

[Ski-U-Ham]

Here's a thread for the 2024 season for all things bowl predictions and projections. After week 2:

At ESPN, Mark Schlabach has Minnesota in the Guaranteed Rate Bowl Vs. UCF.

Action Network has the Gophers in the Boca Raton Bowl Vs. Georgia Southern

Cue GSUTALON!!!

 

[IceBoxGopher]

After Game No. 3. Apparently not many thinking we'll make a bowl

Action Network has Minnesota playing Memphis in the Myrtle Beach Bowl

247 Sports is projecting Minnesota to play Georgia Southern in the Boca Raton Bowl

 

[BleedGopher]

After Game No. 3. Apparently not many thinking we'll make a bowl

Action Network has Minnesota playing Memphis in the Myrtle Beach Bowl

247 Sports is projecting Minnesota to play Georgia Southern in the Boca Raton Bowl

4.5 point underdogs in a game that may or may not happen in 3 months! Whomever made that line is a dink!

Go Gophers!!

 

[gopherbadgerman]

Just beat Iowa

 

[short ornery norwegian]

South Carolina or Florida sound like better bowl destinations compared to Detroit or another trip to Phoenix to play on slip-and-slide field at a baseball stadium.

 

[TwistingMyMelon]

4.5 point underdogs in a game that may or may not happen in 3 months! Whomever made that line is a dink!

Go Gophers!!

Early indications are that Memphis could be a pretty good team again. They were 10-3 last season. That actually might be a pretty decent bowl assignment.

 

[IceBoxGopher]

Minnesota is back in bowl projections after the USC win:

• ESPN’s Mark Schlabach has Minnesota playing UCF in the First Responders Bowl
• 247 Sports is projecting Minnesota to play in the Military Bowl Vs. Navy
• Action Network places Minnesota in the First Responders Bowl against Arizona State
• College Football News predicts Minnesota will play OK St in the First Responders Bowl
• Saturday Tradition is predicting Minnesota to play Eastern Michigan in the Detroit Bowl

 

[Panthadad2]

Per Sagarin, 4 of the last 6 Gopher opponents are bunched up together in the ratings. To make a decent bowl, the Gophs need to beat UCLA and make some hay against these matchup opponents. UCLA has one of the hardest schedules in the country so far, so they might be underrated. This is the part of the season last year where the Gophers fell apart. Here's hoping that major injuries, etc. (an et cetera being Rossi shopping other jobs and allowing the defense to crater) don't crop up.

 

[IceBoxGopher]

A couple new projections after last night's game.

• At ESPN, Kyle Bonagura has Minnesota in the Birmingham Bowl Vs. South Carolina , while Mark Schlabach predicts the Gophers will play UCF in the First Responders Bowl
• 247 Sports has Minnesota playing Arizona State in the First Responders Bowl

 

[washgopher]

Here's a thread for the 2024 season for all things bowl predictions and projections. After week 2:

At ESPN, Mark Schlabach has Minnesota in the Guaranteed Rate Bowl Vs. UCF.

Action Network has the Gophers in the Boca Raton Bowl Vs. Georgia Southern

i guess that assumes there is a boca raton after hurricane season

 

[MGGopher]

I had to look up the FIrst Responder’s Bowl since I’m seeing so many projections. It used to be called Heart of Dallas bowl and was affiliated with the B1G. It’s now played at SMU and will be held on 1/3/25. B1G affiliation went away before the most recent contract an last year Texas St. beat Rice.

 

[TwistingMyMelon]

I had to look up the FIrst Responder’s Bowl since I’m seeing so many projections. It used to be called Heart of Dallas bowl and was affiliated with the B1G. It’s now played at SMU and will be held on 1/3/25. B1G affiliation went away before the most recent contract an last year Texas St. beat Rice.

When it started, it was (briefly) called the Ticket City Bowl. Northwestern lost to Texas Tech (38-45) there on January 1, 2011. That day was infamous as perhaps the worst beat down of the Big Ten in bowl history. Alabama beat Mich St 49-7 in the Capital One Bowl, Miss State beat Michigan 52-14 in the Gator Bowl, Florida beat PSU 37-24 in the Outback Bowl, and TCU beat Bielema coached Wisconsin 21-19 in the Rose Bowl. 5 Big Ten losses on a single day!

Big Ten had some really bad bowl performances during that period of time. Two years earlier, the conference was 1-6 in bowls.

 

[IceBoxGopher]

A couple more projections:

• Action Network has Minnesota in the Detroit Bowl Vs. Toledo
• KSL Sports has Minnesota playing TCU in the Guaranteed Rate Bowl

 

[A_Slab_of_Bacon]

I'll take any bowl game but Boca sounds great!

Hell I don't even care if it is a lower level bowl game ...

 

[restovich]

Palm and College Football News do not have the gophers projected to *any* Bowl.

Beat Mayland! That will help, a lot!

 

[NoelarBear]

 

[A_Slab_of_Bacon]

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I don't even known what I'd DO in Detroit outside the game ...

 

[A_Slab_of_Bacon]

My response to a bowl game in Detroit:


Granted I'd probably still go this year.

 

[TwistingMyMelon]

Palm and College Football News do not have the gophers projected to *any* Bowl.

Beat Mayland! That will help, a lot!

Palm is always very low on the Gophers. He'll put us in a bowl projection once we get six wins and then he'll probably pick us for Detroit.

 

[Ski-U-Ham]

I don't even known what I'd DO in Detroit outside the game ...

The airport is... adequate

 

[A_Slab_of_Bacon]

The airport is... adequate

 

[stocker08]

My response to a bowl game in Detroit:


Granted I'd probably still go this year.

Many people are saying this.