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“Our brand is spreading at a rapid rate nationally. I think that’s healthy,” Fleck said. “Everybody knows, especially outside the state of Minnesota. That’s what this is all about.”
The Gophers (10-2) went back to work on Sunday, and during their first practice back, learned that they were headed to Florida and will face Auburn. No disrespect to Georgia Tech, but it’s quite the leap for the program after playing in the Quick Lane Bowl last year the day after Christmas.
They get a New Year’s Day bowl game in Florida against a top-tier SEC team.
“Now you’re playing one of the top 12 teams in the country in Auburn, you know what they bring to the table in one of the best bowl games you can possibly go to that’s not a New Year’s Six bowl. I think that level changes and the expectation changes and the level of competition changes, and I think that’s very healthy for your program,” Fleck said.
DeLattiboudere takes pride in the fact that he’s part of a team that accomplished as much as the Gophers did in 2019. But there’s still one more game left, and one more opportunity for the seniors to prove how far the program has come since the day they stepped foot on campus.
Gone, they hope, are the days of 5-win seasons, or having to beat your biggest rival to earn bowl eligibility in the last game of the season, which is how last year ended. They finished this year one win away from likely locking up a trip to the Rose Bowl in Pasadena.
It’s up to the players coming back next year to keep that trajectory pointing up. It won’t be easy, the Gophers won’t be sneaking up on anybody next year.
“We don’t suck. That’s what happens when the expectations are so high,” DeLattiboudere said.
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“Our brand is spreading at a rapid rate nationally. I think that’s healthy,” Fleck said. “Everybody knows, especially outside the state of Minnesota. That’s what this is all about.”
The Gophers (10-2) went back to work on Sunday, and during their first practice back, learned that they were headed to Florida and will face Auburn. No disrespect to Georgia Tech, but it’s quite the leap for the program after playing in the Quick Lane Bowl last year the day after Christmas.
They get a New Year’s Day bowl game in Florida against a top-tier SEC team.
“Now you’re playing one of the top 12 teams in the country in Auburn, you know what they bring to the table in one of the best bowl games you can possibly go to that’s not a New Year’s Six bowl. I think that level changes and the expectation changes and the level of competition changes, and I think that’s very healthy for your program,” Fleck said.
DeLattiboudere takes pride in the fact that he’s part of a team that accomplished as much as the Gophers did in 2019. But there’s still one more game left, and one more opportunity for the seniors to prove how far the program has come since the day they stepped foot on campus.
Gone, they hope, are the days of 5-win seasons, or having to beat your biggest rival to earn bowl eligibility in the last game of the season, which is how last year ended. They finished this year one win away from likely locking up a trip to the Rose Bowl in Pasadena.
It’s up to the players coming back next year to keep that trajectory pointing up. It won’t be easy, the Gophers won’t be sneaking up on anybody next year.
“We don’t suck. That’s what happens when the expectations are so high,” DeLattiboudere said.
'We don't suck': Gophers changing national perception with 10-win season, bid to Outback Bowl
The No.18-ranked Gophers (10-2) were rewarded for their first 10-win season in 115 years with an invite to the Outback Bowl against Auburn (9-3) on New Year's Day in Tampa, Florida.
Go Gophers!!
