Predict the Score Thread: Minnesota vs Virginia Tech in Duke’s Mayo Bowl

[Slim Tubby]

Gophers are currently favored by 9 but ESPN’s FPI predictor gives Va Tech a 51% chance of winning. Someone please explain this to me.

Someone at ESPN must think Virginia Tech is in the SEC.

 

[Great Plains Gopher]

Gophers 27
VT 23

 

[BTChamp]

31-13 G Men.

 

[Spaulding!No!]

Mn 19 vat 13

 

[Ogee Ogilthorpe]

Gophers are currently favored by 9 but ESPN’s FPI predictor gives Va Tech a 51% chance of winning. Someone please explain this to me.

ESPN, doing ESPN things... surprised the network is still viable

 

[short ornery norwegian]

I just read Noel Thompson's "5 questions" thread with a VA Tech beat writer. Yikes. the writer is estimating that, due to injuries, opt-outs and transfers, VA Tech will be missing 13 of the 22 players who started the last game of the regular season.

so I am revising my prediction:

Gophers 30
VA Tech 13

(and that is based on this notion - Gophers get a lead throwing the ball in the 1st half, and they mainly run the ball to eat up clock in the 2nd half.)

 

[fmlizard]

Gophers are currently favored by 9 but ESPN’s FPI predictor gives Va Tech a 51% chance of winning. Someone please explain this to me.

ESPN FPI does not model opt-outs, injuries, or coaching departures. It is backward-looking based on performance to predict future outcomes.

 

[gopherbadgerman]

Gophers 31
Tech 23

 

[pinky mingo]

Gophers 34
Tech 17

 

[ajpete7]

Gophers 34
Tech 6

 

[gopher71runner]

Gophers 45
Hokies 13

 

[Stan]

Gophers 27
Hokies: 21

 

[MaxyJR1]

31-10 Gophers

 

[MNGoph24]

Virginia Tech 42
Minnesota 10

 

[nitramnaed]

Gophers 84
VT 13
With the Gophers scoring 3 throwing Td's in the last 5 minutes just to show everyone we can be bigger pricks than Lane Kiffin.
I think he went to HS school here. But thank God he wasn't born here.
Guess where he was born? Score is clue.

 

[highwayman]

Minnesota 56 VT 3. Defense gets 6 scores, including 3 by Perich. Feeling a little left out, Brosmer volunteers to play Free Safety in 4th quarter.

 

[Strongazzoffer]

I'll go 27-10 gophs

If only Dragon had made the first kick

 

[Tech Machine]

Lou Brown is correct, Minnesota 24 Virginia Tech 13

See, I almost told ya so.

 

[USAF]

Gophers 24
Va Tech 10

We have a winner.

 

[Lifeleadership]

We have a winner.

Thanks USAF. Do I win free Gopher FB Season Tickets for 2025?

 

[Whytetale]

Thanks USAF. Do I win free Gopher FB Season Tickets for 2025?

No, just our best regards.