Bowl Rumor - Gophers to Outback

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A buddy of mine and fellow season ticket holder said he has a source that Gophers are going back to the Outback Bowl

Take it for what it’s worth but he called Tanner Morgan coming back with a source he has 2 days before that was announced so I trust him.
 

Is the Opponent Arkansas?

I was hoping for Tx A&M
 

This would be awesome for someone moving to St Pete, FL before Jan 1

Also would be yet another lol to the media bowl pickers who routinely put the Gophers in the worst possible bowl yet it seldom turns out that way.
 


Triple D said:
A buddy of mine and fellow season ticket holder said he has a source that Gophers are going back to the Outback Bowl

Take it for what it’s worth but he called Tanner Morgan coming back with a source he has 2 days before that was announced so I trust him.
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Is your source named Griswold?
 


fmlizard said:
This would be awesome for someone moving to St Pete, FL before Jan 1

Also would be yet another lol to the media bowl pickers who routinely put the Gophers in the worst possible bowl yet it seldom turns out that way.
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Live for some of the year in st Pete beach. Went in 2019. Awesome time
 



Iowa is going to the Citrus Bowl.

The Gophers, having beat the other 2 teams in the the three-way tie for 5th should definitely be in the Outback Bowl.
 




CBS has Gophers 20th in the their top 25, headed for Music City and Tennessee.
 


I have never enjoyed a Gopher sports experience more than ‘19 Outback Bowl. Awesome area, good weather, big time feel and opponent (unlike lower bowls). My dad and I made a last second call and never regretted it. I’ll be there if this is indeed true.
 




gopherlaney said:
I have never enjoyed a Gopher sports experience more than ‘19 Outback Bowl. Awesome area, good weather, big time feel and opponent (unlike lower bowls). My dad and I made a last second call and never regretted it. I’ll be there if this is indeed true.
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Same! The better half and I decided to go in 2019. Yeah flights and hotels were more than I wanted to pay but it was a great experience! As we were walking out of Raymond James the better half said to me how great of a day is this for you? It was one of the best as a Gopher fan! I’m glad we went.
 


fmlizard said:
Also would be yet another lol to the media bowl pickers who routinely put the Gophers in the worst possible bowl yet it seldom turns out that way.
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Only a small minority of them. The substantial majority of prognosticators in recent weeks have picked the Gophers in the Music City Bowl or better.
 





Goldmember said:
Iowa is going to the Citrus Bowl.

The Gophers, having beat the other 2 teams in the the three-way tie for 5th should definitely be in the Outback Bowl.
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Head-to-head is not the only measure of success. The other two teams both had harder schedules and Purdue beat two 10 win teams.
 

So far I dont like any projected matchups, but my gold plated lock of the year is a Gopher bowl win.
 


HitMeAgainIAmStillMoving said:
I dont want Tennessee either, they are dross.
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I wouldn't say that. High powered offense (9th in scoring nationally) and they're 4-0 against Big Ten teams in their last four bowls. Arkansas and Mississippi State probably would do more for our post-season ranking potential but TN certainly isn't a weak opponent.
 

U2Gopher said:
Me either. I’d prefer the Outback bowl though, just not Arkansas. They are perhaps the most boring and irrelevant SEC team going to a bowl game that we could play IMHO.
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I don't have an opinion on whether or not they are boring (haven't watched them) but they are ranked so a victory over them would be a good one for the end of the season. I've heard friends of mine who aren't Gopher fans say that we're kind of boring with an old-school Woody Hayes type offense.
 

cjbfbp said:
Head-to-head is not the only measure of success. The other two teams both had harder schedules and Purdue beat two 10 win teams.
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Other than the fact that head to head is almost always used as a tiebreaker in standings.
 

cjbfbp said:
I don't have an opinion on whether or not they are boring (haven't watched them) but they are ranked so a victory over them would be a good one for the end of the season. I've heard friends of mine who aren't Gopher fans say that we're kind of boring with an old-school Woody Hayes type offense.
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I think a lot of people think the entire big ten is boring. Basketball and football.
 


cjbfbp said:
I don't have an opinion on whether or not they are boring (haven't watched them) but they are ranked so a victory over them would be a good one for the end of the season. I've heard friends of mine who aren't Gopher fans say that we're kind of boring with an old-school Woody Hayes type offense.
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I meant boring in that Arkansas itself has no “juice.” Not really talking about their style of play, which by the way is a little more old school. I’ve seen them play several times this year. They are a good, well coached team by Sam Pittman who loves a more smash mouth in your face style. They would certainly be a worthy on the field opponent. But beating them wouldn’t carry the same weight for me as beating Auburn did or almost any other SEC team.
 

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