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MINNEAPOLIS — The Gophers are headed to a bowl game; that became a lock when Minnesota reached the required six wins with their 20-13 comeback victory over Nebraska on Saturday.
The uncertainty lies in where the Gophers will end up playing come late December or early January. That has shifted by the week, and sometimes wildly, as the St. Paul Pioneer Press tracked 10 projections since after Week 8’s games Oct. 25.
Among 10 national projections, the most-popular destination this week is Minnesota going to the Pinstripe Bowl on Dec. 29 at Yankee Stadium in New York City. Five outlets picked that location (CBS, The Athletic, The Action Network, Athlon and USA Today).
The current runner-up pick after Week 10’s games is either the Duke’s Mayo Bowl on Dec. 30 at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte or the Music City Bowl on Dec. 31 at Nissan Stadium in Nashville, Tennessee. There were two picks apiece for those bowls: ESPN, which has two pickers, took Music City; Sporting News and 247 Sports each had Mayo.
Last week, Music City and Mayo were tied for the top selection, with three picks apiece.
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Those weren’t the only shifts. After one pick in each of the past two weeks, no prognosticator is guessing the Gophers are headed to the Quick Lane Bowl on Dec. 26 at Ford Field in Detroit. If that holds up, few people wearing maroon and gold will be sad about that after appearances there in 2015 and 2018.
The only constant has been one pick for Minnesota to go to the ReliaQuest Bowl (formerly known as the Outback Bowl) on Jan. 2 at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida.
Gophers’ week-by-week bowl projections
The number of national projections for Minnesota to go to certain bowl games this winter:
Pinstripe Bowl: 4, 2, 5
Mayo Bowl: 4, 3, 2
Music City Bowl: 0, 3, 2
ReliaQuest Bowl: 1, 1, 1
Quick Lane Bowl: 1, 1, 0
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