The Minnesota Golden Gophers (8-4) have a date with the West Virginia Mountaineers (6-6) in the Guaranteed Rate Bowl on Tuesday, Dec. 28, in Phoenix, Arizona. This will be the first ever meeting between the Gophers and the Mountaineers. Minnesota has made three previous trips to the Guaranteed Rate Bowl, though it was called the Insight Bowl when the Gophers appeared in the bowl in 2006, 2008, and 2009. Minnesota lost all three games.
The game will kickoff at 9:15 p.m. CT and be televised on ESPN.
West Virginia is in its third year under head coach Neal Brown, who is 17-17 in his tenure with the Mountaineers.