I would suggest buying the Gopher Pass right away. I had it in 2019 and it was perfect for me. i have my season tickets again, but sort of now wish I could go back to Gopherpass, and save about 1K as it was perfectly executed.
Some of the seats I had flashed to me on my phone in 2019 were really good (#102, #204) (they did not just give us the worst seats out of the chute, but moved us down for less attended games), and some like Penn St/ Wisconsin were standing room only, but I spent most of the game squatting in the lower deck in some pretty good open seats, or since we were all standing!!!!! I just blended in.
Some of my best memories at recent games have been standing under the big scoreboard, or at the top of the lower bowl, behind the handicapped areas, with other fans watching from those points with beer stands and restrooms nearby!