Do we have a shot at Game Day if we enter the Northwestern came at 10-0?

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I'm assuming Northwestern would also have to be 10-0, or at least no losses in the B1G. A second way out possible if both the Gophers and Iowa are 4-0 when the Hawkeyes come to TCF. I don't see any other combination unless horrors to be, both the Gophers and Becky are undefeated in the B1G
West and they do a "Game Day" in Madison. Still, for that to happen Becky would have to beat MSU, Michigan,and Iowa, and Northwestern on the road, plus the Buckeyes at home. Astronomical odds on that happening. Almost as worse is Nothwestern's schedule. At Iowa, MSU, and Ohio State. They
did game day at NDSU against a doormat Maybe they would come to Minnie on November 5th against Purdue if we're 8-0/5-0 in the B1G going into the final 3 weeks of the season. All right, I'm going with that. When's the last time the Gophers were 8-0 ; the Bernie B. era? I can't believe the Gophers won't be a topic in the media on the National level if this plays out. Ok, call me crazy about this pipe dream, but what the "h" we're do for the stars to be aligned.
 

What are the other games being played that week? in B1G, SEC, ACC, PAC?

I think it would have to be a pretty weak lineup of games that weekend for us to get a GameDay anytime this year.

It really has less to do with us and more to do with the other options.
 


The way the schedule sets up I think game day is a near impossibility this year. The only way a Minnesota-Northwestern game gets it would be if they are both 0 or 1 loss teams.

They aren't going to pick two no-names unless something like a division title is on the line. Unlikely both have dream seasons the same year.



Iowa is the best shot. If they are both unbeaten Minnesota 4-0 possibly fringe top 25 if they win convincingly at Penn State and Iowa 5-0 and top 10...maybe. But the game would have to be a better draw than Oklahoma vs Texas (cheer for Ohio state), Texas A&M vs Tennessee (cheer for them to do what they typically do), Auburn Vs Arkansas, BYU vs Michigan State, Virginia Tech vs North Carolina, Florida State vs Miami, LSU vs Florida,


I would rank the Minnesota Iowa game as unlikely to jump all of those games.
 

Best chance for game day this year is probably Minnesota at Nebraska if both are having great years. Would probably require Nebraska to either upset Ohio state the week before OR pretty firm idea that Minnesota vs Nebraska is going to be for a division title.

Other good games that week:
Michigan vs Iowa
Auburn vs Georgia
Mississippi state vs Alabama
LSU vs Arkansas
Baylor vs Oklahoma
Stanford vs Oregon


I do think this is the most likely week for it to happen. But I do not think this is the year for game day.
 


Right now....

the only game that matters is Oregon State, September 1. Win that, move on to week two. One game at a time. :cool::cool02::clap:
 

Some guy said:
Best chance for game day this year is probably Minnesota at Nebraska if both are having great years. Would probably require Nebraska to either upset Ohio state the week before OR pretty firm idea that Minnesota vs Nebraska is going to be for a division title.

Other good games that week:
Michigan vs Iowa
Auburn vs Georgia
Mississippi state vs Alabama
LSU vs Arkansas
Baylor vs Oklahoma
Stanford vs Oregon


I do think this is the most likely week for it to happen. But I do not think this is the year for game day.
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Yeah, can't see any home game having a chance. Sconny game might have a chance if it's for the West and they both have 0 or 1 loss.
 

If sconny game is for the west it means sconny is really good. So I hope it isn't. If they're in contention with that schedule it likely means they won all or all but one of these games:
Nebraska
Iowa
Ohio state
Michigan
Michigan state

If both Minnesota and Wisconsin go in at 0 or 1 loss to that game I think it has a very good shot. Let's hope Wisconsin has 6 losses at that point to those 5 and LSU.
 

60's Guy said:
the only game that matters is Oregon State, September 1. Win that, move on to week two. One game at a time. :cool::cool02::clap:
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"One game at a time" is a nice cliche for the coaches and players, but really is irrelevant for fans.
 



I just don't see it happening on the regular schedule. Unless we make it to the B10 Championship game. Looking at College Gameday in 2015, that's what happened there.

Also, Alabama was featured in far too many Gameday broadcasts.
 

Ski U Master said:
"One game at a time" is a nice cliche for the coaches and players, but really is irrelevant for fans.
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Only if you think it is just a cliche and depending how attached, invested or fanatical you are as a fan. I think it might also depend if you coached or played and were absolutely ALL IN on winning a championship
but missed out because you stumbled to an opponent you overlooked. One game at a time is irrelevant to casual fans, I'd agree.
 

Gameday really starts with the SEC and then looks outward as necessary. The Southeast is their target market, and they already have two "pity" weeks with ndsu & the Army/Navy game. Other than those two, you really have to be OSU, Notre Dame, USC, or a Big12 team in their (ESPN) footprint (the South). I'm not hung up on it, because I don't watch the show but the Gophers will have to be playing in a HUGE national spotlight-type game. Maybe we get their pity week if we're undefeated and ndsu has lost to some high school program taking them out of any national consciousness.
 

Some guy said:
If sconny game is for the west it means sconny is really good. So I hope it isn't. If they're in contention with that schedule it likely means they won all or all but one of these games:
Nebraska
Iowa
Ohio state
Michigan
Michigan state

If both Minnesota and Wisconsin go in at 0 or 1 loss to that game I think it has a very good shot. Let's hope Wisconsin has 6 losses at that point to those 5 and LSU.
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Why? You think they would be easier to beat? I want the Gophs to win that game as much as anybody...much more of a quality win if badgers have a good record. Win over them will be awesome...more so if they have a good record and we stump them in Camp Randall.
 



Just me, but I can't see an 8-0 Gopher team not getting National attention. My gosh It's been 70 some years since they've posted that kind of record. I know the home schedule doesn't bode well for a Game Day, but never say never.
 

Some guy said:
Best chance for game day this year is probably Minnesota at Nebraska if both are having great years. Would probably require Nebraska to either upset Ohio state the week before OR pretty firm idea that Minnesota vs Nebraska is going to be for a division title.

Other good games that week:
Michigan vs Iowa
Auburn vs Georgia
Mississippi state vs Alabama
LSU vs Arkansas
Baylor vs Oklahoma
Stanford vs Oregon
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Yeah that's tough. Lot of strong games that week
 

We finish 12-0 this year. Bank on it. Who cares when the national attention comes - it will come.


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PMWinSTP said:
Why? You think they would be easier to beat? I want the Gophs to win that game as much as anybody...much more of a quality win if badgers have a good record. Win over them will be awesome...more so if they have a good record and we stump them in Camp Randall.
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Won't speak for "Some Guy" but my personal view is that bad things for wisconsin is the same as good things for the Gophers. I would rather beat an 0-11 badger team than an 11-0 for the simple fact that they lost 11 other games. Every time the badgers touch the field, I hope they lose regardless of what that means in the 'big picture.' I can live with the fact that I won't ever see the Gophers win a national title, but I'll die a happy man if I can sit on my death bed and knowing the badgers never did (law of averages says it will be another 40-50 years).
 

PMWinSTP said:
Why? You think they would be easier to beat? I want the Gophs to win that game as much as anybody...much more of a quality win if badgers have a good record. Win over them will be awesome...more so if they have a good record and we stump them in Camp Randall.
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If they are good I think they will be tougher to beat. If they are average or worse, they will be easier to beat.

So yes.



I personally think that the toughness of the team leads to record more than record leads to toughness of team.


Would love them to be 5-6 and have the opportunity to keep them out of a bowl game.
 

I believe that the WI/LSU game at Lambeau will be on game day.
So no matter the MN/WI record when they meet in Madison it is very unlikely WI would be on game day twice in the same year.
 

GopherHomer said:
Won't speak for "Some Guy" but my personal view is that bad things for wisconsin is the same as good things for the Gophers. I would rather beat an 0-11 badger team than an 11-0 for the simple fact that they lost 11 other games. Every time the badgers touch the field, I hope they lose regardless of what that means in the 'big picture.' I can live with the fact that I won't ever see the Gophers win a national title, but I'll die a happy man if I can sit on my death bed and knowing the badgers never did (law of averages says it will be another 40-50 years).
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Couldn't agree less. I don't like the badgers but dude, set aside the hate and bitterness a minute and look at what it would mean for the Gophs to beat a good badger team soundly on their turf.
 

Some guy said:
If they are good I think they will be tougher to beat. If they are average or worse, they will be easier to beat.

So yes.



I personally think that the toughness of the team leads to record more than record leads to toughness of team.


Would love them to be 5-6 and have the opportunity to keep them out of a bowl game.
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That type of win will be heavily discounted if the Badgers record is under .500 or even worse...Gophs get better in every way by beating good teams in situations like this. To me that is a much sweeter victory. Would completely suck if we go play a very down badger team with the West on the line and lose. You actually want that as a potential? I don't.
 

More important than Game Day appearance is can they win out all their seven home games?

9/1 Oregon State
9/10 Indiana State
9/24 Colorado State'
10/8 Iowa
10/22 Rutgers
11/5 Purdue
11/19 Northwestern

Then can they also take three out of the five away games?

10/1 Penn State
10/15 Maryland
10/29 Illinois
11/12 Nebraska
11/26 Wisconsin

A 10-3 record will be history making. Mark Coyle will reward Claeys.
 

The schedule is fairly favorable but we've never been 10-0 in our history as far as I can recall and the winnable road game that turns into a frustrating 27-13 loss is as much a Gopher Football tradition as the Rouser. Talking about 10-0 and a visit from ESPN Gameday is putting the cart way before the horse.
 

Sports_Realist said:
The schedule is fairly favorable but we've never been 10-0 in our history as far as I can recall and the winnable road game that turns into a frustrating 27-13 loss is as much a Gopher Football tradition as the Rouser. Talking about 10-0 and a visit from ESPN Gameday is putting the cart way before the horse.
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I'm going the full Monty .....cart before the horse.
 

PMWinSTP said:
That type of win will be heavily discounted if the Badgers record is under .500 or even worse...Gophs get better in every way by beating good teams in situations like this. To me that is a much sweeter victory. Would completely suck if we go play a very down badger team with the West on the line and lose. You actually want that as a potential? I don't.
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I think the gophers have a lot better shot of beating a bad Wisconsin team than a good one. Regardless of the gopher record
 


Sports_Realist said:
The schedule is fairly favorable but we've never been 10-0 in our history as far as I can recall and the winnable road game that turns into a frustrating 27-13 loss is as much a Gopher Football tradition as the Rouser. Talking about 10-0 and a visit from ESPN Gameday is putting the cart way before the horse.
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We were 10-0 in 1903 and 1904.
 

Fair enough, but that's so far back that the forward pass wasn't even legal. I admire ambition and admire optimism within reason, but speculation about us being 10-0 at this stage seems very premature given our history.
 


Some guy said:
I think the gophers have a lot better shot of beating a bad Wisconsin team than a good one. Regardless of the gopher record
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Think you already said that once before, got it. I will take my long view, big picture explanation every time. Gophs take huge step toward breaking their long history of mediocrity in my scenario.
 

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