ESPN Big Ten bowl projections: Week 2 (Gophers in Buffalo Wild Wings, Dec. 28)

[BleedGopher]

per ESPN:

Like we said, it has been only two weeks. These things can change dramatically. Today, however, our projections look like this:

Rose Bowl presented by VIZIO, Jan. 1: Ohio State
BCS at-large: Michigan
Capital One, Jan. 1: Wisconsin
Outback, Jan. 1: Northwestern
TaxSlayer.com Gator, Jan. 1: Nebraska
Buffalo Wild Wings, Dec. 28: Minnesota
Texas, Dec. 27: Michigan State
Heart of Dallas, Jan. 1: Illinois

http://espn.go.com/blog/bigten/post/_/id/83247/big-ten-bowl-projections-week-2-2

Go Gophers!!

 

[JMWZ]

I noticed this yesterday. Last week they had us in the heart of Dallas bowl, so apparently we went up in the power rankings but down in the bowl projections.

 

[Gopher07]

I noticed this yesterday. Last week they had us in the heart of Dallas bowl, so apparently we went up in the power rankings but down in the bowl projections.

BWW gets to pick a B1G team before Heart of Dallas, so we went up in their bowl projections.

 

[JMWZ]

BWW gets to pick a B1G team before Heart of Dallas, so we went up in their bowl projections.

Oh cool! I had thought that the January 1 bowl was more desirable, but apparently not in this case. That's good to know.

 

[CP Gopher]

The idiocy of having 4 Big Ten teams play simultaneously on New Year's Day is almost beyond comprehension.

 

[Jike Spingleton]

I would rather play in Dallas on January 1st. No knock on Tempe, which is a fantastic destination, but a fourth trip in eight years is a bit much.

 

[Nokomis]

Feels good to see Minnesota up there between Nebraska & MSU. I would have swapped Northwestern & Wisconsin at this point. Those 'Cats look darn good this year.