Who Do You Want To Play In A Bowl?

[TXGopher09]

Who do you want to face?

 

[Schnauzer]

I just have so much disdain for the SEC, any team from there is always my first choice.

 

[MGGopher]

Any P4 team with a winning record and pulse is fine with me.

 

[BilldGopher]

Mizzou to avenge for the onside kick to start the 2nd half of the Citrus Bowl.

 

[ergopher]

LSU would be the dream matchup for me, as we have never played them before. Would be fun to be undefeated all-time (read: 1-0) against another southern powerhouse like we are against Alabama, Auburn, Ole Miss, Texas and Clemson.

 

[fmlizard]

I would love to see the Gophers versus a beatable LSU squad led by Lane Kiffin learning his players names.

 

[MNVCGUY]

I gravitate towards most of the same names others appear to be (Clemson, LSU, Tennessee...) but honestly as long as it is a power 4 team I really don't care who it is.

 

[holereader]

I’d take Tennessee in the music city bowl - we can finally put the “rocky top” controversy to bed

 

[Breakin' The Plane]

This poll is incredibly biased.

 

[gopherbadgerman]

I wonder how many of those schools really wanna face Minnesota?

 

[denguegopher]

Utah in Las Vegas.

 

[PMWinSTP]

Clemson or Mizzou

 

[Cmich Gopher]

I wonder how many of those schools really wanna face Minnesota?

I'm sure they are all intimidated by the gophers' super tough nation leading bowl winning streak that was not at all a product of iffy competition*.

* Not their fault, if you are playing you may as well win.

 

[minnyrules11]

I would love to see the Gophers versus a beatable LSU squad led by Lane Kiffin learning his players names.

Is he really coaching the bowl game?

 

[DinkytownDelight]

Whoever else is in the Music City Bowl!

 

[BilldGopher]

I’d take Tennessee in the music city bowl - we can finally put the “rocky top” controversy to bed

Back in the day RuppertFlyWheel had real issues playing southern teams (a.k.a. Alabama; Arkansas) in the Music City Bowls. The War of Northern Agression and so on led to some misunderstanding around The Band doing The Swinging Gates Formation for the Battle Hymn of the Republic.

I also believe Rocky Top was played in at least one of them that was also confusing since UT was not on the slate.

We were different then.

This was also when we met DeltaHog...class act. Regardless, Minnesota is 2-0 versus the SEC in the Music City Bowl.

 

[Eastside Forever]

 

[TwistingMyMelon]

Mizzou to avenge for the onside kick to start the 2nd half of the Citrus Bowl.

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I think it's just as likely that they would attempt the same thing and succeed in a rematch. I want no part of Missouri.

 

[btowngopher]

Beating Brohm was always fun, but our pass defense scares me so not sure this is the year I want to face them. WF, Duke, Cinci, and TCU are just blah to me, no disrespect to them. Kansas St would be fun to beat as they seem to battle us for a lot of recruits. Missouri, Tennessee, LSU and Clemson would all be fun teams to beat as they have more brand recognition. Ultimately I want to win the bowl though, any thoughts on if we’d be favored against any of these?

 

[GooningGopher]

I wonder how many of those schools really wanna face Minnesota?

None of those cowards want to be a notch in the peeeeej’s bowl belt.

 

[Costa Rican Gopher]

Beating an unmotivated helmet school from the SEC is always my 1st choice. Don't care who, as long as they're dissapointed to even be there.

 

[GopherMenace]

I want any and all SEC smoke

 

[gopherdudepart2]

Utah in Las Vegas.

Las Vegas would pull a lot of Minnesotans, not us Gopher fans, we would get people just because it is Vegas to go. Plus it's a bowl we have never played in.

 

[MNfootballfan]

Any SEC team... mainly Tennessee because they are vastly overrated. LSU is a no win situation. If we win, everyone will have the built in excuse of they don't really have a head coach right now...

 

[The Deliberate Stranger]

Utah in Las Vegas.

That would be a great opportunity and would really put the bowl streak to the test, but I'd welcome it

 

[bleedsmaroonandgold]

I used to always just want a P6/P5/P4 team because I wanted to beat a recognizable school from a solid conference. We still say P4, but realistically, after the most recent realignment, it feels like there is really a P2, with the Big 12 and ACC being in a separate tier between B1G/SEC and the mid majors (i know before the realignment, they were weaker conferences, but then they felt like the lower part of the top tier, now they seem like an entirely different tier). Long story short, I want to beat an SEC school.

 

[fmlizard]

Is he really coaching the bowl game?

no, but it's funny to imagine him coaching a team he beat this year in a minor bowl against the Gophers instead of in the CFP

 

[2nd Degree Gopher]

I would love to see the Gophers versus a beatable LSU squad led by Lane Kiffin learning his players names.

If his critics at Ole Miss are to be believed, Lane hasn't bothered to learn the players' names in years.

 

[FanSinceTheFifties]

Kansas State

 

[TwistingMyMelon]

I used to always just want a P6/P5/P4 team because I wanted to beat a recognizable school from a solid conference. We still say P4, but realistically, after the most recent realignment, it feels like there is really a P2, with the Big 12 and ACC being in a separate tier between B1G/SEC and the mid majors (i know before the realignment, they were weaker conferences, but then they felt like the lower part of the top tier, now they seem like an entirely different tier). Long story short, I want to beat an SEC school.

Would you also be fine with getting our asses kicked by an SEC school?

Look, this whole thing about conference prestige is attributable to the teams at the top of those conferences. Yes, we have some very good teams in our conference. The Gophers met three of them this season and were obliterated on the field.

I'm sure you noticed that this team really wasn't very good this season. The five conference teams defeated by the Gophers had a combined conference record of 9-36 (20%) and 4 of those 9 victories were by one team.

So, the SEC is prestigious, the Big Ten is prestigious, but the Gophers are not prestigious. I looked up 7 college football rating indexes and the average rank for the Gophers among that set was #55.

Among bowl eligible P4 teams, the Gophers are lower tier.