Post Game Thread: Gophers Are Mayo Bowl Champs!!!! Finish 8-5!!!

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Some information after this game:
  • PJ Fleck is now 7-2 all time in bowl games and 6-0 at Minnesota
  • In postseason games overall, Fleck is 8-2 (MAC Title Game and bowls)
  • Fleck now has 4 seasons with 8 or more wins. That’s the most since Bernie Bierman’s tenure (Glen Mason and Kill/Claeys eras had 3 seasons each)
  • It was clinched earlier but Fleck now has five winning seasons, tying him with Glen Mason. That number is the most since Murray Warmath’s tenure. Including seasons ending at .500, Mason has six such seasons.
  • The bowl win streak is now at 8. That matches a streak set by Boston College from 2000-2007. Ahead of Minnesota and Boston College with a 9 win streak is Utah from 1999-2009. Florida State from 1985—1996 had an 11 game win streak.
  • Fleck is at fifth in all time wins at Minnesota with 58. Ahead of him is Mason with 64.
For Max Brosmer
  • With 211 yards and 1 touchdown in the game, Brosmer finishes 2024 with 2,828 yards and 18 TDs in total.
  • Those numbers put him at No. 3 in single season passing yards and No. 8 in single season touchdowns (tied with Cory Sauter’s 1995 campaign.
  • Ahead of Brosmer all time in yards is Tanner Morgan’s 2019 season with 3,253 and Adam Weber’s 2007 year with 2,895. For touchdowns, directly ahead of Brosmer is Asad Abdul-Khaliq and Bryan Cupito with 19 in 2002 and 2005 respectively.
Elijah Spencer earned Most Valuable Player in the game for 81 yards and 2 touchdowns.
He joins the following MVPs in bowl games.
  • 1962 Rose Bowl - QB Sandy Stephens. 75 passing yards, 46 rushing yards, 2 rushing touchdowns
  • 1985 Independence Bowl - QB Rickey Foggie: 60 rushing yards, 123 passing yards, 1 passing touchdown.
  • 1999 Sun Bowl, QB Billy Cockerham (Loss). 26 rushing yards, 257 passing yards, 3 passing touchdowns
  • 2002 Music City Bowl, K Dan Nystrom. 5 field goals made, 2 extra points made
  • 2004 Music City Bowl, RB Marion Barber III. 187 rushing yards, 1 touchdown
  • 2015 Quick Lane Bowl, QB Mitch Leidner. 223 passing yards, 1 passing touchdown, 19 rushing yards, 1 rushing touchdowns
  • 2016 Holiday Bowl, RB Rodney Smith: 74 rushing yards, 1 rushing touchdown, 1 receiving yard/LB Blake Cashman: 9 solo tackles, 3 assisted, 2 tackles for loss, 1 sack
  • 2018 Quick Lane Bowl, RB Mohamed Ibrahim. 224 rushing yards, 2 rushing touchdowns
  • 2020 Outback Bowl, WR Tyler Johnson. 204 receiving yards, 2 touchdowns
  • 2021 Rate Bowl, RB Ky Thomas. 144 rushing yards, 1 touchdown/S Tyler Nubin 7 solo tackles, 1 assisted, 1 sack, 1 pass defended
  • 2022 Pinstripe Bowl, S Coleman Bryson. 7 solo tackles, 1 interception, 1 touchdown return, 1 pass defended
  • 2023 Quick Lane Bowl, Darius Taylor. 208 rushing yards, 1 rushing touchdown
 
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Frustrating we let them hang around, but hard to be too frustrated with a game that never really felt in doubt.

Fun to see some of the young guys get some run. Feel better about the young talent on D than O, but definitely reason for optimism heading into next year.
 






IceBoxGopher said:
Some information after this game:
  • PJ Fleck is now 7-2 all time in bowl games and 6-0 at Minnesota
  • In postseason games overall, Fleck is 8-2 (MAC Title Game and bowls)
  • Fleck now has 4 seasons with 8 or more wins. That’s the most since Bernie Bierman’s tenure (Glen Mason and Kill/Claeys eras had 3 seasons each)
  • It was clinched earlier but Fleck now has five winning seasons, tying him with Glen Mason. That number is the most since Murray Warmath’s tenure. Including seasons ending at .500, Mason has six such seasons.
  • The bowl win streak is now at 8. That matches a streak set by Boston College from 2000-2007. Ahead of Minnesota and Boston College with a 9 win streak is Utah from 1999-2009. Florida State from 1985—1996 had an 11 game win streak.
  • Fleck is at fifth in all time wins at Minnesota with 58. Ahead of him is Mason with 64.
For Max Brosmer
  • With 211 yards and 1 touchdown in the game, Brosmer finishes 2024 with 2,828 yards and 18 TDs in total.
  • Those numbers put him at No. 3 in single season passing yards and No. 8 in single season touchdowns (tied with Cory Sauter’s 1995 campaign.
  • Ahead of Brosmer all time in yards is Tanner Morgan’s 2019 season with 3,253 and Adam Weber’s 2007 year with 2,895. For touchdowns, directly ahead of Brosmer is Asad Abdul-Khaliq and Bryan Cupito with 19 in 2002 and 2005 respectively.
Elijah Spencer earned Most Valuable Player in the game for 81 yards and 2 touchdowns.
He joins the following MVPs in bowl games.
  • 1962 Rose Bowl - QB Sandy Stephens. 75 passing yards, 46 rushing yards, 2 rushing touchdowns
  • 1985 Independence Bowl - QB Rickey Foggie: 60 rushing yards, 123 passing yards, 1 passing touchdown.
  • 1999 Sun Bowl, QB Billy Cockerham (Loss). 26 rushing yards, 257 passing yards, 3 passing touchdowns
  • 2002 Music City Bowl, K Dan Nystrom. 5 field goals made, 2 extra points made
  • 2004 Music City Bowl, RB Marion Barber III. 187 rushing yards, 1 touchdown
  • 2015 Quick Lane Bowl, QB Mitch Leidner. 223 passing yards, 1 passing touchdown, 19 rushing yards, 1 rushing touchdowns
  • 2016 Holiday Bowl, RB Rodney Smith: 74 rushing yards, 1 rushing touchdown, 1 receiving yard/LB Blake Cashman: 9 solo tackles, 3 assisted, 2 tackles for loss, 1 sack
  • 2018 Quick Lane Bowl, RB Mohamed Ibrahim. 224 rushing yards, 2 rushing touchdowns
  • 2020 Outback Bowl, WR Tyler Johnson. 204 receiving yards, 2 touchdowns
  • 2021 Rate Bowl, RB Ky Thomas. 144 rushing yards, 1 touchdown/S Tyler Nubin 7 solo tackles, 1 assisted, 1 sack, 1 pass defended
  • 2022 Pinstripe Bowl, S Coleman Bryson. 7 solo tackles, 1 interception, 1 touchdown return, 1 pass defended
  • 2023 Quick Lane Bowl, Darius Taylor. 208 rushing yards, 1 rushing touchdown
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I reserve the right to be critical of Fleck😉, but I think that he's been the best coach of my Gopher fandom (1972-the present day). It's also nice that Elijah Spencer was the MVP. I would guess that he had a contingent of family and friends at the game being from Irmo, SC, which is about 100 miles from Charlotte. Go Gophers!
 


denguegopher said:
I reserve the right to be critical of Fleck😉, but I think that he's been the best coach of my Gopher fandom (1972-the present day). It's also nice that Elijah Spencer was the MVP. I would guess that he had a contingent of family and friends at the game being from Irmo, SC, which is about 100 miles from Charlotte. Go Gophers!
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And he was a transfer from UNC Charlotte.
 

Nice way to end the season. Offense and defense both played well in spite of missing some key pieces on both sides of the ball. O-Line down 3 starters protected Brosmer well, and we got a chance to see some of the younger receivers in action. Feel bad for Mangham, he probably would have been a solid player for us but got stuck behind Taylor and Major.

Everyone is excited about Perich and the player he can become but Kerry Brown has superstar potential as well and if those two stick together we will have one hell of a safety duo for at least the next 2 years. He saved a couple of TDs and made some great plays.

Always good to end the year with a win. Will be interesting to see what kind of portal activity happens after the game as we make our way towards spring ball.
 



Gotta say, I'm proud of how Midwestern/Big Ten teams have looked this bowl season and glad Minnesota could join in on the fun.
  • Penn State, CFP Semis
  • Ohio State, CFP Semis
  • Notre Dame, CFP Semis
  • Indiana, CFP Berth
  • Illinois, Won Citrus Bowl
  • Michigan, Won ReliaQuest Bowl
  • Minnesota, Won Duke's Mayo Bowl
  • Nebraska, Won Pinstripe Bowl
 


D was awesome! Whole unit was fun to watch. Kerry Brown was huge tonight. Max, DT, Spencer all had great games. Mangham provided a spark and toughness too. Fun to see Flav. Great to see PJ get the mayo bath! I thought we’d be 5-7. Satisfied with 8-5.
 


Igor95 said:
D was awesome! Whole unit was fun to watch. Kerry Brown was huge tonight. Max, DT, Spencer all had great games. Mangham provided a spark and toughness too. Fun to see Flav. Great to see PJ get the mayo bath! I thought we’d be 5-7. Satisfied with 8-5.
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Me too. After that Iowa loss I was not so sure. I was pissed and had doubts that we would win another game. Then after that game Fleck told us to "not give up on this team." I thought that that comment was so so "full of it", but it turned out to be true. Go Fleck, Go Gophers!
 


IceBoxGopher said:
Gotta say, I'm proud of how Midwestern/Big Ten teams have looked this bowl season and glad Minnesota could join in on the fun.
  • Penn State, CFP Semis
  • Ohio State, CFP Semis
  • Notre Dame, CFP Semis
  • Indiana, CFP Berth
  • Illinois, Won Citrus Bowl
  • Michigan, Won ReliaQuest Bowl
  • Minnesota, Won Duke's Mayo Bowl
  • Nebraska, Won Pinstripe Bowl
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I think part of your post was deleted. I don't see WI or IA anywhere.
 

Back from the game and it was a good time. Yes, it was closer than I liked but never really felt like VT would take over.

Could not tell for sure but it looked like once again we traveled pretty well. Certainly the pub we chose ended up being a big spot for VT but that ended up being fine. Met MinneNoVa in person and a great guy.

Yes, 8-5 looks pretty good all things considered. We saw a lot of good football but certainly some bad too. Pretty normal for a middle-of-the-pack developmental program in an 18-team conference.

Ski U Mah!
 




BilldGopher said:
Yep. Nippy but manageable. And yes, great stadium but they kept cutting off the piped in Rouser. It also would have been nice if they displayed team stats during the game but oh well.
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Team stats would have been nice. I knew it was the Duke's Mayo Bowl. That chunk of the scoreboard could have displayed the stats rather than a large picture of a mayonnaise jar. ;)
 


DarthGopher said:
Team stats would have been nice. I knew it was the Duke's Mayo Bowl. That chunk of the scoreboard could have displayed the stats rather than a large picture of a mayonnaise jar. ;)
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As someone else noted Duke's played it up pretty hard like Cheez Its and Pop Tarts. It was more hokie than the Hokies but so be it. Mrs. Billd noted they did not have Duke's as a condiment at the food court. Bad miss there.
 




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