Let me preface this with, I am glad the Gophers got this Phoenix Bowl game. New Mexico is a surprisingly good opponent, for a Bowl second choice. But I have some regrets about not facing the Big 12, specifically Iowa State.
Iowa State is my second favorite team in college football. I was an adjunct professor there for a year. Academically, it is a good school. I would have been rooting for a Gopher victory, but a strong Cyclone showing.
The year I taught there was the year after the Gophers beating West Virginia in the Rate Bowl. I rather tongue-in-cheeck asked my class at the beginning of the fall semester if the Gophers were again in the Rate Bowl and had to face ISU that year, to vote for who I should root for.
The vote was 14-0 ISU. Rotfl!
Iowa State is my second favorite team in college football. I was an adjunct professor there for a year. Academically, it is a good school. I would have been rooting for a Gopher victory, but a strong Cyclone showing.
The year I taught there was the year after the Gophers beating West Virginia in the Rate Bowl. I rather tongue-in-cheeck asked my class at the beginning of the fall semester if the Gophers were again in the Rate Bowl and had to face ISU that year, to vote for who I should root for.
The vote was 14-0 ISU. Rotfl!
