2024 Bowl Projections Tracker

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Sunday AM projections:

CBS (Palm): Mayo vs. Duke (he has Bama in the playoff BTW)
Action Network (McMurphy): Mayo vs. VT (SMU in playoff, Mich vs. Bama in Reliaquest)
247: Mayo vs. NC St (SMU in playoff, Bama vs. Illinois in Citrus)
 

Some guy said:
Missouri is about the only SEC matchup that I would find boring.
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Same. But it would be better than almost any ACC matchup outside of Louisville.

Only good thing about SMU potentially getting snubbed is that it would deepen the potential opponent pool for the Mayo Bowl.
 

stocker08 said:
Basically all the projections point to the Mayo Bowl now. Virginia Tech looks like the most common opponent.....but I've also seen NC State, Duke, and Louisville. Hoping for one of the two latter teams....and the opportunity to play a power conference teams with a record better than ours in a bowl game for a change.
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stocker08 said:
Same. But it would be better than almost any ACC matchup outside of Louisville.

Only good thing about SMU potentially getting snubbed is that it would deepen the potential opponent pool for the Mayo Bowl.
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Agree

The only saving grace about Syracuse is that they’re ranked
 



TNGophfan said:
I'm probably alone but that would be great for me as my family has a lot of Mizzou connections. Lots of side bets.😁
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That’s always fun.
It’s also why I like the pinstripe bowl

It’s also why I liked the big ten west because of Nebraska and Purdue connections
 


MGGopher said:
Sunday AM projections:

CBS (Palm): Mayo vs. Duke (he has Bama in the playoff BTW)
Action Network (McMurphy): Mayo vs. VT (SMU in playoff, Mich vs. Bama in Reliaquest)
247: Mayo vs. NC St (SMU in playoff, Bama vs. Illinois in Citrus)
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Virginia Tech would be interesting, never played them. Duke would be a first meeting also. The Gophers played NC St. once in a 2000 bowl game.
 

GoForGold said:
Virginia Tech would be interesting, never played them. Duke would be a first meeting also. The Gophers played NC St. once in a 2000 bowl game.
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Yep, the Gophers played in Micron PC Bowl where most fans went "the what bowl?" when announced. The tech bubble bursting was in full swing but this tech industry sponsor was still alive and breathing for the bowl. Gophers lost to NC State 38-30 for that one.
 



GoForGold said:
Virginia Tech would be interesting, never played them. Duke would be a first meeting also. The Gophers played NC St. once in a 2000 bowl game.
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According to Sagarin (who ranks the Gophers at #31), VA Tech is ranked as the third highest 6-6 team at #35 behind USC (#26)) and Oklahoma (#28). Despite their 9-3 record, Duke is ranked well below at #53. NC State is ranked at #61.

Massey ranks the Gophers at #33, Duke at #37, Virginia Tech at #56, and NC State at #63.

Team Rankings has the Gophers at #33, Duke at #56, Va Tech at #28, and NC State at #64

Sports Reference has the Gophers at #29, Duke at #45, Va Tech at #19, and NC State at #71.

Gophers' ratings range is pretty tight (#29-#33) among the four rating services. NC State's are pretty close too but consistently the lowest so I hope we don't get them. VA Tech's ratings are the most variable ranging from #19 to #56.

Average Ranking:

Gophers: 31.5

Duke: 47.75

VA Tech: 34.5

NC State: 64.75
 

BilldGopher said:
Yep, the Gophers played in Micron PC Bowl where most fans went "the what bowl?" when announced. The tech bubble bursting was in full swing but this tech industry sponsor was still alive and breathing for the bowl. Gophers lost to NC State 38-30 for that one.
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Yes, I remember that bowl. It was in Miami, not many people there. It was a fairly big step down for the previous year's trip the the Sun Bowl against Oregon. Yes, Oregon and Minnesota were pretty much at the same level 25 years ago.
 

BilldGopher said:
Yep, the Gophers played in Micron PC Bowl where most fans went "the what bowl?" when announced. The tech bubble bursting was in full swing but this tech industry sponsor was still alive and breathing for the bowl. Gophers lost to NC State 38-30 for that one.
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I remember Mason's post game interview where he shrugged and basically went, "oh well."
 

tikited said:
I remember Mason's post game interview where he shrugged and basically went, "oh well."
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Yep. This was really the first indication we got of Mase's somewhat on-off love affair as Minnesota's coach. Cooper had just been fired from the Buckeyes and Mase was waiting for the call. Good times.
 




Igor95 said:
If I remember we were up at half and then we couldn’t stop Philip Rivers and Koren Robinson in the second half.
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I was at the game—it was a misty night at a largely empty stadium. Tellis Redmond ran wild in the first half and, if memory serves, we were leading 21-0 and driving. Perhaps we had a fourth & short and we settled for a field goal. This seemed to have angered the football gods and NCSU came roaring back. I recall thinking at the time it was much like the ‘89 Ohio State game. All of this may be wrong because the games of nightmare blown Minnesota leads tend to blend into a mobius strip of gridiron disaster outtakes.
 


Married@SiebertField said:
I was at the game—it was a misty night at a largely empty stadium. Tellis Redmond ran wild in the first half and, if memory serves, we were leading 21-0 and driving. Perhaps we had a fourth & short and we settled for a field goal. This seemed to have angered the football gods and NCSU came roaring back. I recall thinking at the time it was much like the ‘89 Ohio State game. All of this may be wrong because the games of nightmare blown Minnesota leads tend to blend into a mobius strip of gridiron disaster outtakes.
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I was there as well. We were soaking wet but having a great time. Then the bottom fell out in typical Mase fashion.
 




denguegopher said:
He did fire the strength and conditioning coach. Must have been his faulty that we lost.
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Strength and conditioning coach's always seem on the clock for a bad season / injuries occur and they get the blame.

It's weird.
 

Married@SiebertField said:
I was at the game—it was a misty night at a largely empty stadium. Tellis Redmond ran wild in the first half and, if memory serves, we were leading 21-0 and driving. Perhaps we had a fourth & short and we settled for a field goal. This seemed to have angered the football gods and NCSU came roaring back. I recall thinking at the time it was much like the ‘89 Ohio State game. All of this may be wrong because the games of nightmare blown Minnesota leads tend to blend into a mobius strip of gridiron disaster outtakes.
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Felt bad that the 2000 MicronPC Bowl was Ray Christensen's last as a Gopher announcer. Would have been nice to send him off with a win.
 

cemba99 said:
Felt bad that the 2000 MicronPC Bowl was Ray Christensen's last as a Gopher announcer. Would have been nice to send him off with a win.
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Oh man just out of computer nostalgia I would totally have loved some MicroPC Bowl gear now ;)
 

Gardsy has reposted on X from Pierre Noujaim who says Gophers are indeed headed to the Mayo. The post didn’t say who against.
 

cemba99 said:
Felt bad that the 2000 MicronPC Bowl was Ray Christensen's last as a Gopher announcer. Would have been nice to send him off with a win.
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On a happier note our win at Columbus in 2000 gave him a Gopher win in every Big Ten stadium. Crazy: Ray’s first year announcing Gopher football was 1950–we won at OSU in 1949 and not again until 2000.
 

Married@SiebertField said:
On a happier note our win at Columbus in 2000 gave him a Gopher win in every Big Ten stadium. Crazy: Ray’s first year announcing Gopher football was 1950–we won at OSU in 1949 and not again until 2000.
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That sounds bad and it is bad. But from 1950-1971 the gophers played in Columbus just twice
From 1972-2000 the gophers played there 14 times

So as bad as it sounds it was only a 15 game road losing streak
 




Can we sample anything at the Mayo bowl that ... has Duke's mayo?
 

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