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1.) Holiday Bowl vs Washington State (8-4)
December 2016 is the 10th anniversary of the infamous Insight Bowl, where Mike Leach’s Texas Tech squad rallied from a 38-7 third-quarter deficit to stun the Gophers and Glen Mason 44-41 in overtime. That collapse, a bowl-game record which was equaled by Oregon in last year’s Alamo Bowl, put in motion the sequence of events leading to Mason’s firing and the hiring of Tim Brewster.
After Brewster was fired in 2010, the St. Paul Pioneer Press reported Leach was interested the Gophers’ coaching vacancy. Leach never interviewed for the position, though, and stayed out of coaching for of two seasons (2010, 2011) until surfacing in the Palouse at the beginning of 2012.
The 55-year old coach, in his fifth season at Washington State, has the program going to its third bowl game during his tenure. He was the Pac 12 Co-Coach of the Year last season, when the team improved to 9-4 overall and 6-3 in conference play, which was the Cougars best record in more than a decade.
The Cougars finished second to Washington in the Pac 12 North this season after losing to the rival Huskies 45-17 in the Apple Cup last weekend. They’re among the NCAA leaders in scoring offense (40. 3/game) and passing yards per game (370.8/game), led by junior quarterback Luke Falk.
Falk is flawlessly executing Leach’s Air Raid offense in his second full season as a starter and would be an interesting matchup for the Gophers defense. The former walk-on has thrown for more than 4,000 yards and 37 touchdowns, which is tied for No. 3 in the FBS in both categories. His favorite target is senior Gabe Marks, who’s caught 85 passes for 867 yards and 13 touchdowns.
Could the Gophers defense slow down the Cougars and earn a sliver of revenge for the program from 2006? Hopefully we will find out.
http://www.1500espn.com/gophers-2/2016/11/gophers-5-juiciest-bowl-matchups/
Go Gophers!!
1.) Holiday Bowl vs Washington State (8-4)
December 2016 is the 10th anniversary of the infamous Insight Bowl, where Mike Leach’s Texas Tech squad rallied from a 38-7 third-quarter deficit to stun the Gophers and Glen Mason 44-41 in overtime. That collapse, a bowl-game record which was equaled by Oregon in last year’s Alamo Bowl, put in motion the sequence of events leading to Mason’s firing and the hiring of Tim Brewster.
After Brewster was fired in 2010, the St. Paul Pioneer Press reported Leach was interested the Gophers’ coaching vacancy. Leach never interviewed for the position, though, and stayed out of coaching for of two seasons (2010, 2011) until surfacing in the Palouse at the beginning of 2012.
The 55-year old coach, in his fifth season at Washington State, has the program going to its third bowl game during his tenure. He was the Pac 12 Co-Coach of the Year last season, when the team improved to 9-4 overall and 6-3 in conference play, which was the Cougars best record in more than a decade.
The Cougars finished second to Washington in the Pac 12 North this season after losing to the rival Huskies 45-17 in the Apple Cup last weekend. They’re among the NCAA leaders in scoring offense (40. 3/game) and passing yards per game (370.8/game), led by junior quarterback Luke Falk.
Falk is flawlessly executing Leach’s Air Raid offense in his second full season as a starter and would be an interesting matchup for the Gophers defense. The former walk-on has thrown for more than 4,000 yards and 37 touchdowns, which is tied for No. 3 in the FBS in both categories. His favorite target is senior Gabe Marks, who’s caught 85 passes for 867 yards and 13 touchdowns.
Could the Gophers defense slow down the Cougars and earn a sliver of revenge for the program from 2006? Hopefully we will find out.
http://www.1500espn.com/gophers-2/2016/11/gophers-5-juiciest-bowl-matchups/
Go Gophers!!
