Quick Lane Bowl in Detroit. Minnesota has won six straight bowl games, including the past four under PJ Fleck. Top running back Darius Taylor and No. 1 WR Daniel Jackson are set to play, although Minnesota did lose its starting QB and a some other guys to the portal. Bowling Green has lost its top two defensive players and is without its top two running backs in Terion Stewart and Ta'Ron Keith, who is also the team's leading receiver. The Falcons struggle to stop the run and the Gophers figure to run all day with the QB situation.

Yes, Minnesota has had good bowl success in recent years, winning six straight in the postseason, since 2017 with PJ Fleck at the helm. In 2023, however, the offense lacked bite after long-serving QB Tanner Morgan and TB Mo Ibrahim departed, and the defense sagged as did Minny to 5-7. Moreover, QB Athan Kaliakmanis entered the portal, putting 5th year Cole Kramer, with only 14 career passes, into the lineup. BGSU has a QB edge with much-traveled Connor Bazelak, and the Falcs will be looking to atone for last December in Detroit when losing this Quick Lane Bowl to NMSU. Play Bowling Green (Quick Lane Bowl)