Gophers vs West Virginia in Guaranteed Rate Bowl

[BleedGopher]

Go Gophers!!

 

[GopherVotary]

Yes!

 

[A_Slab_of_Bacon]

I’m a bit whelmed aft Penn St with fewer wins gets a NYD and teams we beat get bowls before us….

 

[GringaGopher]

Underwhelming......

 

[West Fargo Gopher Fan]

Always thought Brett Mcmurphy looks like Cliff from Cheers. Just saying.

 

[mnsportsgeek]

Underwhelming. Glad I won’t have Fomo about not being able to go this year. We should be heavily favored in this one.

 

[Gilthorp57]

Go Gophers!!

Penn State should have been there instead. Get a NYD bowl with a losing conference record, Bulls#it!

 

[Replacement Gopher]

I’m a bit whelmed aft Penn St with fewer wins gets a NYD and teams we beat get bowls before us….

And people said loses to BG and Illini didn’t matter.

 

[Some guy]

I’m a bit whelmed aft Penn St with fewer wins gets a NYD and teams we beat get bowls before us….

There isn’t a draft. Wisconsin didn’t get a bowl “before us”

they got placed and we got placed.
If you want to know why we are in Arizona and Purdue is in Nashville keep in mind it is a 5 hour drive from west Lafayette to Nashville and Minnesota has a large alumni base in Arizona and hasn’t played a game there in 12 years.

I honestly would be surprised if admin wasnt lobbying for Arizona when it became clear it wasn’t going to be Tampa.

 

[Gilthorp57]

I’m a bit whelmed aft Penn St with fewer wins gets a NYD and teams we beat get bowls before us….

They did, they got the Outback I'm hearing

 

[Some guy]

And people said loses to BG and Illini didn’t matter.

They 100% matter
They 100% didn’t matter to big ten west race

I’m not sure people said they didn’t matter.

Iowa, Illinois, bowling green.
win 1 of those 3 it’s Outback bowl. Win 2 it’s citrus bowl. Win 3 it is Rose, peach, or fiesta (or playoff if you beat Michigan)

 

[West Fargo Gopher Fan]

On the positive side Phoenix will be warm. Its bot Detroit

 

[Vandy]

Ahhhh the pageantry of a December 28 bowl game!

 

[swingman]

this is the old Insight Bowl...Mase got fired after losing to Tech in 2006, Brew made it there in 2008, 2009

terrible start time, terrible day, not much gained by beating WVU

now played in a baseball stadium, terrible sight lines

 

[Goldmember]

Which offense does Kirk Ciarrocca coach?

 

[USAF]

There isn’t a draft. Wisconsin didn’t get a bowl “before us”

Of course they did. To quote Mase: Are you nuts?

 

[Ron Johnson Super Fan]

Ultimately disappointing but I guess we have ourselves to blame with some of the L’s we took.
Hopefully PJ gets them ready to thump WVU. All that can be done at this point.

 

[CentralGopher]

That’s horsecrap. Should have been no worse than Vegas bowl.

 

[Gilthorp57]

Ahhhh the pageantry of a December 28 bowl game!

Kinda of a downer, but I'll take the warm weather

 

[U2Gopher]

Iowa, Illinois, bowling green.
win 1 of those 3 it’s Outback bowl. Win 2 it’s citrus bowl. Win 3 it is Rose, peach, or fiesta (or playoff if you beat Michigan)

We have probably never had an easier path to the Rose Bowl than this year….and we blew it.

 

[akgo4]

Beat who you are supposed to, and we aren't having this conversation. Focus on beating WV !!

 

[mnsportsgeek]

9:15 CST kick on a Tuesday night. Fun.

 

[pharmacygopher]

this is the old Insight Bowl...Mase got fired after losing to Tech in 2006, Brew made it there in 2008, 2009

terrible start time, terrible day, not much gained by beating WVU

now played in a baseball stadium, terrible sight lines

Is it in the Diamondbacks stadium? I've never been in the Cardinals stadium and was looking forward to it.

Will have fun regardless!

 

[FormerFatOL]

Ish.

 

[BTChamp]

Another team to be undefeated against. Along with those pansy assed alabama schools.

 

[gopherbadgerman]

I think I’ll take the family. Never been to Arizona and weather should be great!

 

[FormerFatOL]

Honestly, I'm guessing the players would rather be in Phoenix than the cold in NY or even Nashville in two other no-name bowls.

 

[JWG]

PSU also lost to IL, Iowa, and OSU. We share 3 losses and they’re placed 4 bowls above in ” placement” order? BS.

We will go as we’re trying to end the stereotype on Gopher travel. Will probably be us and 3 others. Oh well.

Play angry.

 

[Gopher028]

This is criminal and corrupt AF.

 

[I'm A Maroon 2!]

9:15 CST kick on a Tuesday night. Fun.

Ultimately it sucks, but just like the Thursday night kick off game, it's not always terrible to be the only game on for a nationally televised audience. Just kick ass and not be the ones getting their ass kicked.