Week 13 Bowl Projections Thread

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Would be an interesting game, but I have a feeling we'd be in big trouble against Washington St. All the Pirate haters here would scream we'll kill them, but we could lose by 40 no problem.
 

Sparlimb said:
Would be an interesting game, but I have a feeling we'd be in big trouble against Washington St. All the Pirate haters here would scream we'll kill them, but we could lose by 40 no problem.
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Agree it would be interesting -- the ultimate contrasting styles. We definitely could lose by 40, but I could also seeing us handling them pretty easily if things went our way. Our D is built to stop a team like that, with a stout interior 3 to handle run and athletic edge and back end players rushing the passer and covering. Guys like Cashman, Coughlin, and Devers would play a lot. I think it'd be fun.

That said, I don't see how MN gets Holiday over Iowa who hasn't been there for a very long time. They did go to Southern Cal last year, but SD is not the same as LA. We haven't been to Nashville in a long time. I'm not sure why the conference wouldn't place us there.
 

Other projections:

SB Nation: Music City vs. Arkansas
NBC Sports: Music City vs. Georgia
College Football News: Music City vs. Tennessee
Campus Insiders: Holiday Bowl vs. Utah
 

Whether we make the Holiday Bowl or the Music City Bowl.....we are bound to see a good matchup. Honestly......the Music City Bowl against one of those SEC teams might be more interesting than one of the Pac-12 matchups.
 


Both Holiday & Music City are solid options, IMO, considering the season. Holiday is obviously the preferred destination. But Nashville is a rad city and probably easier on the pocketbook.

If it is Holiday, my 4yo daughter thought of a chant: Fa la la la la la Ski-U-Mah.
 

Nokomis said:
Both Holiday & Music City are solid options, IMO, considering the season. Holiday is obviously the preferred destination. But Nashville is a rad city and probably easier on the pocketbook.

If it is Holiday, my 4yo daughter thought of a chant: Fa la la la la la Ski-U-Mah.
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Nashville would probably mean a game time temp in the 40's, but it IS a really cool city to visit.
 

MplsGopherFan said:
Other projections:

SB Nation: Music City vs. Arkansas
NBC Sports: Music City vs. Georgia
College Football News: Music City vs. Tennessee
Campus Insiders: Holiday Bowl vs. Utah
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Interesting :cool:
 

Sparlimb said:
Would be an interesting game, but I have a feeling we'd be in big trouble against Washington St. All the Pirate haters here would scream we'll kill them, but we could lose by 40 no problem.
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I think it would be a good game. Similar in style to the Houston Bowl in 2012, Only were much more talented than we were back then. Can Wazzou slow our ground game? it would be strength on Strength when they have the ball!
 





Stewart Mandel's latest: http://www.foxsports.com/college-fo...chigan-ohio-state-texas-week-13-mandel-112916

Music City Bowl: Tennessee vs. Minnesota
Date: Dec. 30 — Nashville
Bowl affiliation: SEC No. 3-8 vs. Big Ten No. 5-7

Has Indiana going to Foster Farms, Iowa going to Holiday & Nebraska to Outback.

I've seen a variety of teams from SEC getting supplied, mostly Minnesota or Iowa from Big Ten. Seems Music City Bowl Prez isn't a huge fan of Minnesota from years ago, but I think that 3 in 4 years had a little to do with that (Arkansas didn't exactly travel lights out considering their proximity in '02). Tennessee should quiet any fears in terms of ticket sales. All on what Big Ten decides to do, since placement is more up to them.

From what I'm reading on Iowa, they don't really care between the two. Almost preferring Nashville over San Diego due to easier drive, being in California last year, and fear of seeing a passing offense, although their D was pretty good to end the season.
 

>Neb is a lock for the Outback. Never been, Iowa has been there several times recently

>Holiday is the next "best" bowl, as it's in Tier 1. Iowa hasn't been there for like 20 years, so it seems pretty clear they'd be penciled in here...

...BUT, I've read a couple articles from the Tennesean and other outlets, and it seems as though their committee will do ANYTHING they can to avoid Minnesota. in fact, they won't even say the word "Minnesota" in an article. They even make a case for getting Wisconsin should they lose the B1G Championship. I mean, come on.

So yeah, they seem desperate not to have MN. In contrast, the Holiday Bowl committee openly talks about Minnesota in several places and goes so far as to say there's a case for MN over Iowa (I don't know what that case would be, but that's beside the point). All of this makes me think it's unlikely MN ends up in Nashville...which sucks, because it's a cool place and I'd definitely go. So that leaves these possibilities:

a) As a one-time courtesy to the Music City Bowl (which hasn't taken a B1G team since 2005), the B1G works it out so MN goes to Holiday (where they've never appeared) and Iowa goes to Music City. As mentioned above, it's sold to Iowa fans as a new destination within driving distance. It also falls on a holiday weekend, features an SEC team, and is on TV unopposed. Lots of positives here...

b) Music City selects an ACC team, bringing the TaxSlayer Bowl into play for MN. This would lock the MCB into a B1G team the next 3 years in a row, but maybe they'd be this desperate to avoid MN.

c) Since they're in the same "Tier" of bowls, B1G arranges MN in Foster Farms Bowl and somebody like IN in Music City due to geographics.

Who knows. Fun times. We wait as usual...
 



MGGopher said:
>Neb is a lock for the Outback. Never been, Iowa has been there several times recently

>Holiday is the next "best" bowl, as it's in Tier 1. Iowa hasn't been there for like 20 years, so it seems pretty clear they'd be penciled in here...

...BUT, I've read a couple articles from the Tennesean and other outlets, and it seems as though their committee will do ANYTHING they can to avoid Minnesota. in fact, they won't even say the word "Minnesota" in an article. They even make a case for getting Wisconsin should they lose the B1G Championship. I mean, come on.

So yeah, they seem desperate not to have MN. In contrast, the Holiday Bowl committee openly talks about Minnesota in several places and goes so far as to say there's a case for MN over Iowa (I don't know what that case would be, but that's beside the point). All of this makes me think it's unlikely MN ends up in Nashville...which sucks, because it's a cool place and I'd definitely go. So that leaves these possibilities:

a) As a one-time courtesy to the Music City Bowl (which hasn't taken a B1G team since 2005), the B1G works it out so MN goes to Holiday (where they've never appeared) and Iowa goes to Music City. As mentioned above, it's sold to Iowa fans as a new destination within driving distance. It also falls on a holiday weekend, features an SEC team, and is on TV unopposed. Lots of positives here...

b) Music City selects an ACC team, bringing the TaxSlayer Bowl into play for MN. This would lock the MCB into a B1G team the next 3 years in a row, but maybe they'd be this desperate to avoid MN.

c) Since they're in the same "Tier" of bowls, B1G arranges MN in Foster Farms Bowl and somebody like IN in Music City due to geographics.

Who knows. Fun times. We wait as usual...
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I recently read somewhere that Music City Bowl is already committed to selecting a B1G team this year, so I believe option b) is out.

We'll be going regardless of destination. Nashville and San Diego would both be great options!
 

If the B1G title game is a blowout, it's possible the loser could fall out of NYD6 contention, replaced by a third Pac-12 team if Washington-Colorado is a nailbiter. That would throw the Outback and Holiday selections out of whack, and is why the Music City reps are still mentioning Wisconsin, which has played in the aforementioned bowls the last two years.

I still think it's between Nashville and Santa Clara, with the latter perhaps having a slight edge.

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MGGopher said:
Agree it would be interesting -- the ultimate contrasting styles. We definitely could lose by 40, but I could also seeing us handling them pretty easily if things went our way. Our D is built to stop a team like that, with a stout interior 3 to handle run and athletic edge and back end players rushing the passer and covering. Guys like Cashman, Coughlin, and Devers would play a lot. I think it'd be fun.

That said, I don't see how MN gets Holiday over Iowa who hasn't been there for a very long time. They did go to Southern Cal last year, but SD is not the same as LA. We haven't been to Nashville in a long time. I'm not sure why the conference wouldn't place us there.
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Sawvel could probably scheme it correctly against WSU, but I think we'd need to go with a speed package at LB to help in coverage. I love what Cashman has done, but blitzing doesn't really work against Leach's offense because of all the underneath stuff he uses. Much would depend on how our LBs would do in pass coverage. We could see a 3-2-6 defense employed by Sawvel.
 

http://www.espn.com/college-footbal...owl-projections-2016-season-championship-week

New Era Pinstripe Bowl

Yankee Stadium, New York
2 p.m. Dec. 28 (ESPN)

Schlabach: Minnesota vs. North Carolina
McMurphy: Iowa vs. North Carolina

National Funding Holiday Bowl

Qualcomm Stadium, San Diego
7 p.m. Dec. 27 (ESPN)

Schlabach: Iowa vs. Washington State
McMurphy: Minnesota vs. Washington State

Done after the rankings show last night.
 



MaxyJR1 said:
http://www.espn.com/college-footbal...owl-projections-2016-season-championship-week

New Era Pinstripe Bowl

Yankee Stadium, New York
2 p.m. Dec. 28 (ESPN)

Schlabach: Minnesota vs. North Carolina
McMurphy: Iowa vs. North Carolina

National Funding Holiday Bowl

Qualcomm Stadium, San Diego
7 p.m. Dec. 27 (ESPN)

Schlabach: Iowa vs. Washington State
McMurphy: Minnesota vs. Washington State

Done after the rankings show last night.
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This was obviously done before Kevin Wilson was relieved of his Indiana coaching duties. Both of them have Indiana going to Nashville.

I don't know how much a fired coach plays into teams deciding. One thing I think is stupid is hearing about Music City Bowl's prez disliking Minnesota. Send any team to the same bowl 3 out of 4 years & it will obviously be affected when it comes to tier-2 bowls.
 

MaxyJR1 said:
http://www.espn.com/college-footbal...owl-projections-2016-season-championship-week

New Era Pinstripe Bowl

Yankee Stadium, New York
2 p.m. Dec. 28 (ESPN)

Schlabach: Minnesota vs. North Carolina
McMurphy: Iowa vs. North Carolina

National Funding Holiday Bowl

Qualcomm Stadium, San Diego
7 p.m. Dec. 27 (ESPN)

Schlabach: Iowa vs. Washington State
McMurphy: Minnesota vs. Washington State

Done after the rankings show last night.
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Better hope that it doesn't end up being UNC. The U can't afford another 800k to buy their way out of that one.
 

Jike Spingleton said:
From Stewart Mandel (FOX Sports):

"I’m hearing the Outback Bowl is leaning toward Iowa over Nebraska, which would send Minnesota to the Holiday Bowl and the Huskers to Nashville."

http://www.foxsports.com/college-fo...postseason-before-championship-weekend-120216
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I find this an interesting choice by Outback. You'd think with them never having played there yet that they'd be the logical choice. I suppose they have been to Orlando & Jacksonville a bit though....

It would be nice if some of the similar bowls could have a similar arrangement to how Jacksonville & Nashville do it with them kind of alternating between the conferences, so fans aren't going to the same places over & over again. Bottom line is that these mid-tier bowls are usually going to be picking from the same handful of teams over & over. Outback is probably a tier above this, but I think it would be nice if San Antonio & San Diego could kind of have the same thing. I suppose it makes sense to have a Pac team in SD & a Big XII team in San Antonio to help with tickets though....
 


Bowl Payout

Holiday $2.075M
Music City $1.837M
Pinstripe $1.8M
 

In order of how good it would be for the program:

1. vs. Georgia
2. vs. Tennessee
3. vs. North Carolina
4. vs. Arkansas
5. vs. Utah
6. vs. Washington State

I think Tenessee would be the best match-up for the Gophers, and Washington State would be a very challenging/ high-risk opponent.
 

Gopher028 said:
Bowl Payout

Holiday $2.075M
Music City $1.837M
Pinstripe $1.8M
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All goes into a Kitty and is equally redistributed in B1G...so for Gophs it's more which bowl seems more appealing. Getting two in the playoff really ups each school's distribution as well.
 

Goldmember said:
In order of how good it would be for the program:

1. vs. Georgia
2. vs. Tennessee
3. vs. North Carolina
4. vs. Arkansas
5. vs. Utah
6. vs. Washington State

I think Tenessee would be the best match-up for the Gophers, and Washington State would be a very challenging/ high-risk opponent.
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What do you mean by Good v. Best? As in winning or beating the best available opponent?
 

PMWinSTP said:
What do you mean by Good v. Best? As in winning or beating the best available opponent?
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I'm thinking overall potential return on opportunity.
Georgia is the most prestigious, most eyes, best recruiting area, but they have a lot of talent and would be tough to beat, despite that they aren't even ranked.
I think TN would be a game MN can win, and they are ranked. MN almost certainly ends the season ranked with a win over TN, but it would basically be a home game for them.
 

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