BleedGopher
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Unfortunately for college football fans, teams from the Big Ten and SEC rarely face each other more than once in the regular season. Why should we have to wait until late December and early January to see these two conferences clash in bowl games?
In an effort to spice up the non-conference slates of both leagues, I propose the following matchups. As a bonus, I have suggested a slogan to promote the proposed two-year series.
Minnesota vs. Georgia
Promotional Slogan: Hypothermia vs. Hyperthermia
Series History: None
Minnesota vs. SEC: 4-2
Georgia vs. Big Ten: 10-4
College football fans with a sadistic streak would like to schedule this game in early August to see the Gophers melt in Athens. The following season, the Bulldogs would head to Minneapolis in late December to freeze. Fortunately for the players, the NCAA’s scheduling rules would prevent both daunting possibilities.
The Bulldogs have not headed north to face a Big Ten opponent since their trip to Ann Arbor in 1965. And they had made just two other such trips prior to that. Since then, Georgia has tangled with Big Ten foes11 times, all in bowls located in Florida.
Minnesota’s only excursions southward to square off against SEC opponents occurred in four bowl games. The Gophers did host Vanderbilt in 1959.
https://athlonsports.com/college-football/proposed-big-ten-versus-sec-football-challenge
Go Gophers!!
Unfortunately for college football fans, teams from the Big Ten and SEC rarely face each other more than once in the regular season. Why should we have to wait until late December and early January to see these two conferences clash in bowl games?
In an effort to spice up the non-conference slates of both leagues, I propose the following matchups. As a bonus, I have suggested a slogan to promote the proposed two-year series.
Minnesota vs. Georgia
Promotional Slogan: Hypothermia vs. Hyperthermia
Series History: None
Minnesota vs. SEC: 4-2
Georgia vs. Big Ten: 10-4
College football fans with a sadistic streak would like to schedule this game in early August to see the Gophers melt in Athens. The following season, the Bulldogs would head to Minneapolis in late December to freeze. Fortunately for the players, the NCAA’s scheduling rules would prevent both daunting possibilities.
The Bulldogs have not headed north to face a Big Ten opponent since their trip to Ann Arbor in 1965. And they had made just two other such trips prior to that. Since then, Georgia has tangled with Big Ten foes11 times, all in bowls located in Florida.
Minnesota’s only excursions southward to square off against SEC opponents occurred in four bowl games. The Gophers did host Vanderbilt in 1959.
https://athlonsports.com/college-football/proposed-big-ten-versus-sec-football-challenge
Go Gophers!!