Sports Illustrated: Texas Bowl breakdown: Minnesota vs. Syracuse

[BleedGopher]

per SI:

• Final analysis: The teams shared two common opponents this year: Penn State and Northwestern. The Golden Gophers beat both in tight games. The Orange lost to both. The ability to pull out a tight contest -- and the presence of first-team All-Big Ten defensive tackle Ra'Shede Hageman -- will be the difference.

• The pick: Minnesota 27, Syracuse 24

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/college-football/news/20131223/texas-bowl-preview/

Go Gophers!!

 

[Great Plains Gopher]

Say what you want, this could be a tough game for the Gophers. They will have to make a top level effort.

 

[Spoofin]

Say what you want, this could be a tough game for the Gophers. They will have to make a top level effort.

Agreed. Syracuse's run defense is very good. I think we win, but feel the line (-4) is pretty well set.

 

[Tater]

Got a feeling Kill will have these guys firing on all cylinders. Hopefully this game previews our future high octane offense.