ESPN: 2023 preseason college football bowl projections (MN: Guaranteed Rate Bowl vs Baylor; Music City Bowl vs Ole Miss)

BleedGopher · Aug 23, 2023

Per ESPN:

Guaranteed Rate Bowl
Chase Field (Phoenix)
9 p.m., ESPN and the ESPN App
Bonagura: Minnesota vs. Baylor
Schlabach: Illinois vs. UCF

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Go Gophers!!

Gopher_Devil · Aug 23, 2023

God anything but that

cemba99 · Aug 23, 2023

These are the types of articles that get generated at the end of August when football (college or pro) has yet to see meaningful games, baseball postseason positioning has yet to start, golf is winding down, World Cup Soccer is over, etc.

PeoplesFront · Aug 23, 2023

Gopher_Devil said:
God anything but that

K

Quick lane bowl
Ford Field, Detroit, MI
The afternoon of the day after Christmas, because fck you, ESPN
Minnesota vs University of Akron

Schnauzer · Aug 24, 2023

It would be soooo Gopher to play a bowl game in a baseball stadium three years in a row.

I get it that stuff like this is meaningless this time of year, but just the words “Guaranteed Rate” or “Pinstripe” trigger a little PTSD.

MGGopher · Aug 24, 2023

If they're not in Florida, I'd bet a lot of money it's Vegas or Nashville. The B1G has tried hard to stick with the terms of those 5 year bowl contracts. Gophers have drawn the very short of the stick on that the past 2 seasons, but the upside to that is no repeats.