Insight Bowl: A Quick History

by JDMill on Dec 10, 2009 9:16 AM CST in Minnesota

They say that those who ignore history are doomed to repeat it. So what exactly does that say about the Minnesota Gophers football squad returning to the Insight Bowl for the third time in four years?

We'll get to that another time. As for today, what is the history of this bowl?

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The Insight Bowl is the third incarnation of the name of the bowl that started out as the Copper Bowl in 1989, then changed to the Insight.com Bowl in 1996 when Insight Enterprises took over the naming rights. The game has been called the Insight Bowl since 2002.

The Big Ten got involved with the Insight Bowl in 2006 when the game began to feature a match-up between our beloved conference and a Big 12 school. That, of course, was the year Texas Tech staged the biggest comeback in Division I bowl history, coming back from a 38-7 deficit mid-way through the 3rd quarter. That utter collapse also proved to be the final straw in Glen Mason's undoing as head of the Gophers.

In the three year history of the Big Ten v Big 12 match-up in the Insight Bowl, the Big Ten is 0-3, with Minnesota accounting for two of those losses (2006 v Texas Tech, 2008 v Kansas). The other was an Indiana loss in 2007 to Oklahoma State.

The reality of the situation is that, outside of the first two and a half quarters of the 2006 Minnesota v Texas Tech Insight Bowl, the Big Ten has not been competitive in this game.

Gopher fans and Big Ten fans alike can agree on one thing, that needs to change this year.

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Thank goodness we’ll have Brewster for that game, as he shot down all of those pesky Kansas rumors. Gee Tim, we don’t have any idea how those got started either! Couldn’t have been your people contacting Kansas to drum up interest? Hard to believe KU wasn’t interested in a guy with a 6-18 Big Ten record, o-fer November against Big Ten teams, and an o-fer-nine in trophy games. I would think any school would be lucky to have a coach like that! I know we are!

by Jeffrick on Dec 10, 2009 10:07 AM CST reply actions

Such venom!

"Don't you want a little taste of the glory... see what it tastes like?"

by JDMill on Dec 10, 2009 10:16 AM CST up reply actions

JACK TRICE WILL BE AVENGED

"I am so proud to be your coach." -Paul Rhoads

by CyHawk on Dec 10, 2009 10:42 AM CST reply actions

Is it too late for B10 to send another team?

by KenK on Dec 10, 2009 11:13 AM CST reply actions

Had Danny Hope not called that dumb timeout at the end of the Notre Dame game, Purdue would have been the Big Ten’s rep in this game- or they probably would have even bumped Michigan State down to this one.

by Jeffrick on Dec 10, 2009 11:15 AM CST up reply actions

ugh

I just don’t know what Minnesota brings to the table this Holiday season. Maybe some defensive toughness?

The Rivalry, Esq.

by Graham Filler on Dec 10, 2009 11:31 AM CST up reply actions

Wouldn't that be nice?

"Don't you want a little taste of the glory... see what it tastes like?"

by JDMill on Dec 10, 2009 11:52 AM CST up reply actions

You can be sure their coach will bring lots of positivity- and tweets!

by Jeffrick on Dec 10, 2009 1:32 PM CST up reply actions

Don't forget an abundance of

exclamation GOPHER FIGHT FOOTBALL WIN TRY points!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I ate the blue ones ... they taste like burning.

by HoyaGoon on Dec 10, 2009 6:18 PM CST up reply actions