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per Greder:
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/
Go Gophers!!
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/
Go Gophers!!