Week 13 Bowl Projections Thread

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I thought the B1G office determines which teams go to which bowls and not the bowls themselves. Maybe I have that wrong, but having quotes about some bowl rep saying which teams they'd choose doesn't make any difference then, right?
 

Marooned said:
I thought the B1G office determines which teams go to which bowls and not the bowls themselves. Maybe I have that wrong, but having quotes about some bowl rep saying which teams they'd choose doesn't make any difference then, right?
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I don't think it's quite that simple. I think they work together. Rather than, the old way, where the bowls simply picked whomever they wanted, in order. So the Big Ten has some control, rather than none.
 

Looks like Vegas has become our new "Alamo Bowl" in terms of choosing lesser teams....

From Stewart Mandel:

The Las Vegas Review-Journal reported Friday that the Las Vegas Bowl’s Big Ten pick will be Penn State if the conference places three teams in New Year’s Six bowls, or Wisconsin if No. 11 Michigan State falls out of that tier. Its opponent will be Arizona State or UCLA. I’m projecting a Penn State-Arizona State matchup.

BTW, his projection:
PinstripeDec. 29Virginia Tech (ACC)Minnesota (Big Ten No. 6)
 

Damn.

This is shaping up to all but guarantee Wisconsin in the Outback and Penn State in Vegas. Mich St should be solid to make the NY6.

Music City will want Purdue.

I don't see why Pinstripe wouldn't prefer to have Maryland's much closer fanbase over our's. Guess we'll see
 

FireDaveLee said:
Looks like Vegas has become our new "Alamo Bowl" in terms of choosing lesser teams....

From Stewart Mandel:

The Las Vegas Review-Journal reported Friday that the Las Vegas Bowl’s Big Ten pick will be Penn State if the conference places three teams in New Year’s Six bowls, or Wisconsin if No. 11 Michigan State falls out of that tier. Its opponent will be Arizona State or UCLA. I’m projecting a Penn State-Arizona State matchup.

BTW, his projection:
PinstripeDec. 29Virginia Tech (ACC)Minnesota (Big Ten No. 6)
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Would be a damn disgrace if Penn State....along with two other 8-4 teams that we beat head to head all place above us in the bowl pecking order.
 


MplsGopher said:
OR, maybe it means that the Big Ten and Outback have a "gentleman's agreement" to keep the deal with the no same team in 5-year span continuously rolling even over new cycles?

No idea why Wisc would get it over us, otherwise.
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Well, I'm not sure if these even come into play, but in the AP poll, Wisconsin is 26th, and we are 29th. In the AFCA poll, Wisconsin is 26th and we are 30th. I don't believe the CFP rankings show others receiving votes.

So clearly, there are people that still think Wisconsin is a better team than MN.
 

stocker08 said:
Would be a damn disgrace if Penn State....along with two other 8-4 teams that we beat head to head all place above us in the bowl pecking order.
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Penn State yes. The other two I can see a case for despite the head-to-head victories. Purdue has beaten two ranked 10-2 teams while we have not beaten a currently ranked team (although Wisconsin was ranked when we beat them). Wisconsin beat Iowa and had an overall tougher schedule than us.
 


MplsGopher said:
Damn.

This is shaping up to all but guarantee Wisconsin in the Outback and Penn State in Vegas. Mich St should be solid to make the NY6.

Music City will want Purdue.

I don't see why Pinstripe wouldn't prefer to have Maryland's much closer fanbase over our's. Guess we'll see
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Well, if the been-there-too-recently thing is still operative, Purdue was in the Music City bowl in 2018 and they were demolished by Auburn.
 




FireDaveLee said:
Looks like Vegas has become our new "Alamo Bowl" in terms of choosing lesser teams....

From Stewart Mandel:

The Las Vegas Review-Journal reported Friday that the Las Vegas Bowl’s Big Ten pick will be Penn State if the conference places three teams in New Year’s Six bowls, or Wisconsin if No. 11 Michigan State falls out of that tier. Its opponent will be Arizona State or UCLA. I’m projecting a Penn State-Arizona State matchup.

BTW, his projection:
PinstripeDec. 29Virginia Tech (ACC)Minnesota (Big Ten No. 6)
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So much for the B1G having a say in anything. That would be a joke.
 


cjbfbp said:
How do we know that Stewart Mandel knows anything? I wouldn't worry about it.
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Well the Vegas reporter is the one who wrote the article. Either way, we will see if that guy has good insider info from the Bowl Committee in a few days.
 



cjbfbp said:
Well, if the been-there-too-recently thing is still operative, Purdue was in the Music City bowl in 2018 and they were demolished by Auburn.
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I had moved from MN to the south a few years before the 2018 MCB and attended it because it was the closest bowl game. Purdue trailed 56-7 at halftime and many Purdue fans (naturally) left at halftime to beat the traffic onto I-65. I'm hoping that Ramsay at MCB considers that Purdue fans may remember that nightmare. Leading to a Gopher offer.
 

FireDaveLee said:
Looks like Vegas has become our new "Alamo Bowl" in terms of choosing lesser teams....

From Stewart Mandel:

The Las Vegas Review-Journal reported Friday that the Las Vegas Bowl’s Big Ten pick will be Penn State if the conference places three teams in New Year’s Six bowls, or Wisconsin if No. 11 Michigan State falls out of that tier. Its opponent will be Arizona State or UCLA. I’m projecting a Penn State-Arizona State matchup.

BTW, his projection:
PinstripeDec. 29Virginia Tech (ACC)Minnesota (Big Ten No. 6)
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Man, this thread is starting to bum me out! Vegas is apparently PSUs and Wisconsin is assumed to have the Outback. This is shaping up to be a worst-case scenario type of outcome with a lackluster game against a 6 win ACC or PAC team. I'm dying inside a little...

On the bright side, here's CFN's updated bowl projections done this morning after a MYSTERY bowl in Texas was apparently created on the fly since there's more bowl eligible teams than bowls! These have MN vs Arkansas in the Outback. Please, please, please...
 

cjbfbp said:
Well, if the been-there-too-recently thing is still operative, Purdue was in the Music City bowl in 2018 and they were demolished by Auburn.
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I think Big Ten just started up again with Music City in 2020, though. And only get it every other year, so not sure they have any such five year span deal?
 

Captain Obvious said:
I had moved from MN to the south a few years before the 2018 MCB and attended it because it was the closest bowl game. Purdue trailed 56-7 at halftime and many Purdue fans (naturally) left at halftime to beat the traffic onto I-65. I'm hoping that Ramsay at MCB considers that Purdue fans may remember that nightmare. Leading to a Gopher offer.
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They got their money though. Tickets sold.

But perhaps lots fewer hotels and bars were satisfied. Not sure how deep the arrangements and deals go.
 

MGGopher said:
Man, this thread is starting to bum me out! Vegas is apparently PSUs and Wisconsin is assumed to have the Outback. This is shaping up to be a worst-case scenario type of outcome with a lackluster game against a 6 win ACC or PAC team. I'm dying inside a little...

On the bright side, here's CFN's updated bowl projections done this morning after a MYSTERY bowl in Texas was apparently created on the fly since there's more bowl eligible teams than bowls! These have MN vs Arkansas in the Outback. Please, please, please...
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I think the big thing with the "extra" bowl game, is it allows Hawaii to stay home and play in the Hawaii bowl.

They weren't eligible before, because they play 13 games a year (to help re-coup some money with an extra home game) and thus had an ineligible 6-7 record.
 
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Action Network updates their projections as well based on the unnamed bowl game and (I'm assuming) the PSU to Vegas news:

Guaranteed Rate Bowl: Minnesota vs. West Virginia (MN -2, by the way).

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Well, I just visited a PSU message board where a poster "with sources" insists PSU will get the Outback. So yeah, I don't know what's true or not, but I do know this: prepare to be screwed and sad as per usual for Gopher fans. Nobody will know for sure until Sunday, but considering all the steam I'm now feeling it'll be the freaking Pinstripe or Guaranteed Rate bowl behind a team with a worse record (and losing conference record) and two teams MN beat head-to-head. The joys of bowl placement.
 

MGGopher said:
Well, I just visited a PSU message board where a poster "with sources" insists PSU will get the Outback. So yeah, I don't know what's true or not, but I do know this: prepare to be screwed and sad as per usual for Gopher fans. Nobody will know for sure until Sunday, but considering all the steam I'm now feeling it'll be the freaking Pinstripe or Guaranteed Rate bowl behind a team with a worse record (and losing conference record) and two teams MN beat head-to-head. The joys of bowl placement.
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lol. PSU isn't jumping three 8-4 teams for the Outback Bowl.
 

stocker08 said:
lol. PSU isn't jumping three 8-4 teams for the Outback Bowl.
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Logic would dictate that and I definitely hope you're right, but the guy who posted it has over 10k posts on the PSU board and said he has a source. Then 2 or 3 other posters with huge counts confirmed they're hearing the same, so I'm definitely not dismissing it out of hand. At the very least I see it as a possibility now, whereas I wouldn't have considered it this morning. Paired with what the Las Vegas paper said about PSU to the Vegas Bowl, things definitely aren't trending Minnesota's way. But hey, what's new for us?
 

I have a source. The source confirmed the Rose Bowl is going to dig deep and select the Gophers if Michigan goes to the CFP.







PS: the source is my dog.

PPS: by “confirmed” I mean that he didn’t deny it when I asked him if that was going to happen.
 

MGGopher said:
Logic would dictate that and I definitely hope you're right, but the guy who posted it has over 10k posts on the PSU board and said he has a source. Then 2 or 3 other posters with huge counts confirmed they're hearing the same, so I'm definitely not dismissing it out of hand. At the very least I see it as a possibility now, whereas I wouldn't have considered it this morning. Paired with what the Las Vegas paper said about PSU to the Vegas Bowl, things definitely aren't trending Minnesota's way. But hey, what's new for us?
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10k posts on a fan board doesn't mean squat.

This would mean that the Big Ten brass.....who also have a say in things.....would be putting the 4th East team above the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th West teams. All of whom have better records than PSU. I just don't buy that.
 

Well. If we get dropped to Phoenix, which would be a slap in the face given we qualify for Outback, I hope we light that team up for 50.
 


Gophers are 4th in the nation in total defense and Wisconsin is 2nd. Neither are ranked!
 

Question if Gophers should decline invite if less than Vegas. No need to get hurt for ESPNs money - not sure this is a year that the Grating or Pinup Bowl has any program value.
 

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