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Despite its 2-3 record, the Gophers football team is still in the hunt for at least one bowl game during this COVID-19 season — the Guaranteed Rate Bowl on Dec. 26 at Chase Field in Phoenix.
“We’re contracted with the Big Ten and the Big 12,” Bowl chairman Mike Nealy told the Pioneer Press on Friday.
The Gophers are projected to play Kansas State at Chase Field, home of the Arizona Diamondbacks baseball team, by BowlSeason.com. Kansas State (4-4) was to play at Baylor (1-5) on Saturday evening.
“I’d say certainly there’s credibility to it,” Nealy said. “That (Minnesota-Kansas State) very well could be a matchup. As a Minnesotan, I’d love to see that.”
Nealy, 55, who is also CEO of the Fiesta Bowl, is an Alexander Ramsey and University of Minnesota grad. He said it’s too early to say if there’s a frontrunner for the Guaranteed Rate Bowl.
“Games still have to happen — there’s so much that’s going on,” he said.
A lot of Minnesotans winter in the Phoenix area. Although Chase Field’s seating capacity is 48,519, virus protocol probably would limit seating to fewer than 10,000, if at all.
“We don’t know, but we still are hopeful to have some fans there in some capacity,” Nealy said. “We certainly will be on the safe side.”
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Despite its 2-3 record, the Gophers football team is still in the hunt for at least one bowl game during this COVID-19 season — the Guaranteed Rate Bowl on Dec. 26 at Chase Field in Phoenix.
“We’re contracted with the Big Ten and the Big 12,” Bowl chairman Mike Nealy told the Pioneer Press on Friday.
The Gophers are projected to play Kansas State at Chase Field, home of the Arizona Diamondbacks baseball team, by BowlSeason.com. Kansas State (4-4) was to play at Baylor (1-5) on Saturday evening.
“I’d say certainly there’s credibility to it,” Nealy said. “That (Minnesota-Kansas State) very well could be a matchup. As a Minnesotan, I’d love to see that.”
Nealy, 55, who is also CEO of the Fiesta Bowl, is an Alexander Ramsey and University of Minnesota grad. He said it’s too early to say if there’s a frontrunner for the Guaranteed Rate Bowl.
“Games still have to happen — there’s so much that’s going on,” he said.
A lot of Minnesotans winter in the Phoenix area. Although Chase Field’s seating capacity is 48,519, virus protocol probably would limit seating to fewer than 10,000, if at all.
“We don’t know, but we still are hopeful to have some fans there in some capacity,” Nealy said. “We certainly will be on the safe side.”
Charley Walters: Ex-Woodbury standout Louis Ayeni thriving as Northwestern assistant
It seems like just yesterday that we were watching Louis Ayeni romp through defenses while scoring 34 touchdowns in leading Woodbury to the 1998 state football championship. Today, Ayeni is 39, mar…
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