Big Ten bowl projections: Who's going where? (And are the Gophers part of the party?)

per Randy:

Gophers (5-5; vs. Northwestern, at Wisconsin): The Gophers are one-point favorites over Northwestern, so I’ll project them to gain bowl eligibility. If that happens, their likely destination would be either the Quick Lane Bowl in Detroit or the First Responders Bowl in Dallas. Since they played in Detroit in 2015, let’s put them in Cotton Bowl stadium against an opponent from either Conference USA or the ACC. If the Gophers beat both the Wildcats and Badgers, they could be in play for the Pinstripe Bowl. Projection: First Responders Bowl vs. North Texas.

http://www.startribune.com/big-ten-...-are-the-gophers-part-of-the-party/500645091/

Go Gophers!!

Matched my predictions from the other thread almost exactly.

I do think, in the scenario Randy lays out, the Gophers would wind up in Detroit instead of Dallas. The ACC is going to have enough bowl-eligible teams to place someone in Detroit and that would hold more appeal to the Big Ten than a game against Conference USA.