***OFFICIAL MINNESOTA VS SYRACUSE PINSTRIPE BOWL IN-GAME THREAD!!!***

[Dave H]

WTF are you talking about? They would have had to go 90 yards in 8 seconds.

I get disliking the conservative play calling by PJ but why the F would you rope Tanner in with that? We won this game when BSF recovered the onside.

Exactly.

As for the playcalling...normally I would have been annoyed but the second it became clear the field was a hinderance (and the injuries piled up) I would have done the same thing. And the people whining about it would have gone ape [bleep] if we starting "taking chances" and it lead to more injuries or a loss...

 

[Ewert86PC]

That Ralph Mouth - you heathen

Who would say Pottsie? Not, Pottsie.

Warren Weber would never call himself "Potsie".

 

[#2Gopher]

Flag was also thrown during the play review was to make sure

So if the flag was not thrown, they still could have reviewed it?

 

[Gold Rush]

I hope we never play in this bowl game on that field ever again!! ugly game but just glad we won.

 

[Panthadad2]

I'm glad the Gophs got the Pinstripe behind them. What a shitty ass phucked up bowl. Shitty field. Shitty weather. Shitty stadium for football. Shitty announcers. Shitty opponent.

Nice win.

 

[DanvilleGopher]

Great way to finish their careers!!

Tanner kneeling the game away with Mo in making sure he's got his back... AWESOME!!

 

[Dave H]

Like I said earlier, better to win than lose. But that game is doing nothing for your recruiting efforts! What a crappy field to play on!

So then it is a good thing we signed our guys already.

 

[Gopherchase]

Post game is on K fan.

 

[MirandaB]

MSM is well spoken.

 

[Dave H]

I think the idea is then you have a chance to make up for not converting it. If you wait until the end to go for 2 and don’t get it, you don’t have time to make up for it.

That is the way the nerds have always described it to me. Its about maximizing your chances.

 

[STPGopher]

WTF are you talking about? They would have had to go 90 yards in 8 seconds.

I get disliking the conservative play calling by PJ but why the F would you rope Tanner in with that? We won this game when BSF recovered the onside.

You act like that is improbable...

 

[upnorthkid]

That is the way the nerds have always described it to me. Its about maximizing your chances.

The problem with math nerds is you analyze everything in a vacuum and ignore flow, pressure, momentum, etc.

 

[SPEGOPHER]

This feels remarkably similar to how I felt after last season. An ugly bowl win on a criminally sloppy field after a season-redeeming win against Wisconsin.

 

[Gopher_In_NYC]

Who would say Pottsie? Not, Pottsie.

Warren Weber would never call himself "Potsie".

Okay Mr. C.

 

[LakevilleBro]

To let two teams play on that awful field, is something the NCAA should never let happen again.

 

[Ewert86PC]

Okay Mr. C.

Glad we talked, Chuck.

 

[50PoundHead]

We always seem to get good initial pressure, but for some reason don't seem to finish well after that. Changing nature of the game with more mobile quarterbacks and five-man patterns, but there's really no reason Schrader wasn't on his backside during their final drive near the goal line. It's a quibble, but a little frustrating.

 

[WindyCityGopher]

I'm glad the Gophs got the Pinstripe behind them. What a shitty ass phucked up bowl. Shitty field. Shitty weather. Shitty stadium for football. Shitty announcers. Shitty opponent.

Nice win.

Then we should’ve won winnable games against Iowa (or Illinois or Purdue) and we would’ve been in Florida with better weather and better turf in better stadiums playing a better opponent. When you lose games you should win, you end up in shitty second-tier bowls like this.

 

[Cobra]

I hope we never play in this bowl game on that field ever again!! ugly game but just glad we won.

Agreed
No more baseball stadium bowl games.

 

[Tully55]

What did they flag the cuse guy for?

I think he was in the pile giving the Gopher on the ground "The Business Down There".

 

[GophersInIowa]

Then we should’ve won winnable games against Iowa (or Illinois or Purdue) and we would’ve been in Florida with better weather and better turf in better stadiums playing a better opponent. When you lose games you should win, you end up in shitty second-tier bowls like this.

I think the point is it shouldn’t be a bowl game. It’s bad football.

 

[GoForGold]

Great win! Great defense!

 

[DarthGopher]

Did you guys see those band kids all disgusted with their sub prime accommodations?!?!?

My son texted he is having the worst time of his life because of all the injustices.

They were having a field day yesterday with the snowplow mom.

 

[gwbbfan82]

It is. This guy has no idea what he’s talking about

He was calling the point after a field goal.

 

[Panthadad2]

Happy to see Filiaga putting the Cuse noseguard in his place on the last play.

 

[Cobra]

Did Mo get all the records he was after today?

 

[Tully55]

Per PJ...Mo pulled due to rolling his ankle.

 

[Dave H]

The problem with math nerds is you analyze everything in a vacuum and ignore flow, pressure, momentum, etc.

You dont have to tell me! I get in fights all the time with analytics people. Not everything is quantifiable. Probability is a good data point for making a decision but it is not the ONLY data point.

In this case though I honestly think going for 2 was the smarter decision because they have no TOs and are kicking the onside anyways. Either way the odds are long you will get the points you need so it is not life or death either way. Babers had a lot of other decisions that were much more head scratchy...

 

[Panthadad2]

Where are you guys finding post-game interviews? ESPN moved right into the Cheez-It for me and there's nothing on the team YouTube channel.

 

[GopherVotary]

How TF is too many men reviewable?

Damn rule book!