PP: Seven of the Gophers’ 2018 opponents played in bowl games. All seven won.

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Without a bowl berth for the first time since 2011, the Gophers had ample opportunities over the holidays to watch next season’s opponents in postseason play.

Seven of the Gophers’ 12 foes for 2018 played in bowl games over the past few weeks; all seven programs won.

The Big Ten Conference went 7-1 overall in bowls, Michigan’s 26-19 loss to South Carolina on New Year’s Day the conference’s only blemish.

The Gophers open next season Aug. 30 against New Mexico State, which went 10-38 in coach Doug Martin’s first four seasons in Las Cruces but improved to 6-6 this season to earn its first bowl berth since 1960. The Aggies beat Utah State 26-20 in overtime of the Arizona Bowl on Dec. 29 but will have to replace their two-year starting quarterback, leading running back and top tackler, among others.

The Gophers won’t face a Power Five Conference team in the nonconference schedule, so a Sept. 8 meeting with Fresno State figures to be their biggest challenge before Big Ten play. Under former Cal coach Jeff Tedford, the Bulldogs improved from 1-11 in 2016 to 10-4 in 2017 and beat Houston 33-27 in the Hawaii Bowl on Dec. 24.

https://www.twincities.com/2018/01/...opponents-played-in-bowl-games-all-seven-won/

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EDIT: Embarrassing reading comprehension
 

Spend one second of being a mildly-informed college football fan and you'd know that stat is wrong.

We played Michigan - and lost 33-10 - on November 4. They lost their bowl game.

Embarrassing journalism.
What I was about to say.
 


Fellas, he's saying the 7 teams we play NEXT year that went to bowls, won their bowl games this year.

We don't play Michigan next year.

http://www.gophersports.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/future-schedules.html

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Unless they lost a ton of senior talent and have unproven guys for next year, Fresno is going to be a serious challenge.
 

We had 7 losses this year.
Six played in bowl games.
Five won.

Michigan lost.
 

We had 7 losses this year.
Six played in bowl games.
Five won.

Michigan lost.

Additionally, in total, seven of our 2017 opponents played in bowl games, going 6-1.

MTSU vs Arkansas State (W)
Purdue vs Arizona (W)
Michigan State vs Washington State (W)
Iowa vs Boston College (W)
Michigan vs South Carolina (L)
Northwestern vs Kentucky (W)
Wisconsin vs Miami (W)
 



We had 7 losses this year.
Six played in bowl games.
Five won.

Michigan lost.

Maryland could've also easily been a bowl team, if they hadn't had a murderers' row schedule.

Lost to Maryland by 7
Lost to Purdue by 14, but was much closer than that
Lost to Mich St by 3
Lost to Iowa by 7
 

Wow, look at Maryland's schedule.

Sat, Sept 2
@ #23 Texas
W51-41
1-0 (0-0)


Sat, Sept 9
vs Towson
W63-17
2-0 (0-0)


Sat, Sept 23
vs UCF L38-10
2-1 (0-0)

Sat, Sept 30
@ Minnesota
W31-24 3-1 (1-0)

Sat, Oct 7
@#10 Ohio State
L62-14
3-2 (1-1)

Sat, Oct 14
vsNorthwestern
L37-21
3-3 (1-2)

Sat, Oct 21
@#5 Wisconsin
L38-13
3-4 (1-3)

Sat, Oct 28
vs Indiana
W42-39
4-4 (2-3)

Sat, Nov 4
@Rutgers
L31-24
4-5 (2-4)

Sat, Nov 11
vs Michigan
L35-10
4-6 (2-5)

Sat, Nov 18
@ #17 Michigan State
L17-7
4-7 (2-6)

Sat, Nov 25
vs #10 Penn State
L66-3
4-8 (2-7)
 

Gophers could win six next year. It was a drag not seeing them in a bowl (while Troy, North Texas, Georgia State - playing football for about 8 yrs now, FL Atlantic, Marshall, W. Kentucky, Akron, Appalachian State, Arkansas State, et. al. did). Let's hope that doesn't happen again for a long time.
 

Next season lot of Big Ten teams will be playing teams that appeared in Bowl Games this season. Somebody who has interested will have to look-up how many Bowl Games those teams won. And yes, tOSU will only play 5.

Illinois will play 5

Penn State - 6

tOSU - 5

Indiana - 8

MSU - 8

NW - 7

Michigan - 8

Purdue - 7

Iowa - 6

Maryland - 7

Rutgers - 6

Nebraska - 9

Wisconsin - 6
 




Fair enough. Will be interesting to see what Tedford can do there.
 




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