Quick Lane Bowl: Bowling Green Falcons vs. Minnesota Golden Gophers | Full Game Highlights

Check out these highlights from the 2023 Quick Lane Bowl, where the Minnesota Golden Gophers took home the win 30-24 over the Bowling Green Falcons.
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[@ArthurMcCann-s5v]

If there are not enough 6-6 teams to fill the bowl games then 5-7 teams are chosen based on scholarship standings of the programs

[@johnturner7952]

As of the time of this comment on 12-26-2023 at 5:30 PM Chicago time zone, the Minnesota Golden Gophers college football team has more wins at the Quick Lane Bowl (3) then the 2023-24 Detroit Pistons NBA team (2).

[@JosephJohnson-kg5yr]

Good grief 😂

[@Henni_10]

Even though this game means nothing, at least the future for the gophers looks bright.

[@Focus12388]

I just went to this game and got some gloves. Thank you Jack Hawkinson, Devon Williams, and Nathan Boe.😊

[@R7wStandOverShit]

Yay a terrible small college unknown football players gloves. Man put those in a museum immediately

[@JaxonSmithers]

I wonder if Nathan Boe is related to Mr. Boe, old physical education teacher and football coach from Burnsville. That dude was a badass.

[@jaymoret7418]

B10 off to a 2-0 start. Great job.

[@deanfirnatine7814]

Oh if you could just see the terrible Big Ten performance 4 days after your post

[@jaymoret7418]

4-2 now I believe. Lots of players not playing, especially at QB and even new OCs and DCs. Not bad overall. The early games tomorrow don't look good. Hopefully they put up a fight.@@deanfirnatine7814

[@thepmshow7929]

How Minnesota make a bowl game at 5-7 thought you had to win 6 to qualify

[@TrickShotCentral16]

Because they are good

[@tremaynestephens5955]

if a team opted out then they probably just got 2nd choice

[@MinnesotaMan]

They needed one more team and they qualified via academic requirements I believe

[@johnobrien7945]

Not enough teams were 6-6 this year so the Gophers got in because of the work they do in the classroom

[@GallopingScallop]

​@johnobrien7945 what he said, although also this year James Madison and Jacksonville State also received first dibs on those invites since there were not enough 6-6 or better teams

[@colinoneill-hz9cb]

I was there it was a great game

[@ostrichwayne]

Minnesota holding it down for the Big 10.👍

[@Minny_Paul]

Gophers get a little revenge for being upset by Bowling Green in 2021. And how fitting at a Bowl Game.

[@beulahverdell]

Good win GOPHERS!🏈❤For the people wondering...That is why we play to see which team is best. I've seen football and basketball teams with just a few wins during the regular season Win, or Almost Win, their Conference Championships! So for me as a high school coach, and a fan, this is not a throw away game!

[@georgemcflyerson3269]

I honestly didn't realize MN was 5-7. I'm totally surprised they made a bowl game. You learn something new everyday....I thought a team had to have at least 6 wins to go bowling.

[@mikeh283]

Good game. Great win for the big10 gophers. We'll see yah around

[@rbbrbb4715]

Good season Falcons!

[@jamesswain2465]

Big Ten!

[@JaxonSmithers]

Tough to be impressed with this team but I do like Darius Taylor and the Gopher running game. I hope PJ opens it up next season though. You need a passing game to win in the Big Ten!

[@lordhegamonster6931]

The Minnesota Golden Gopher are one of the best teams in the NCAA. They proved this today by winning yet another Bowl game. Lost a few heartbreakers but always Win when it matters most 🏆🏆🏆

[@jaymea8907]

There’s no way you typed that with a a straight face 😂

[@seldomseensavage3459]

@@jaymea8907😂😂😂😂😂

[@TheRoyaltyart2]

that boy from milwaukee

[@BlueInOrangeAgain]

that dance is, "look at me, look at me...ain't I great? I did that all by myself."

[@robetheridge6999]

I was really surprised to see that first 4th and 1 shown in completion as well as the TD because...ESPN,

[@hansgordy]

Wow... champions of the quick lane bowl... amazing.

[@jamesswain2465]

A bowl win is a bowl win.

[@hansgordy]

@@jamesswain2465 ... with a 5-7 record. Silliness.

[@fierce-green-fire8887]

@@hansgordy silly for you, not silly for the Minnesota football program. But thanks for sharing your irrelevant opinion. Silliness is how I feel about most people’s nonsense they feel they need to share for no reason except being haters, being negative, lacking the ability to see outside their narrow views.

[@hansgordy]

@@fierce-green-fire8887 ... if there ever was an irrelevant bowl... Minnesota was in it today. 5-7 is a bad year. A bowl doesn't fix that. I save hatred for important things. I see all of the views. Any way you look at it... the view was bad.

[@hansgordy]

@@lordhegamonster6931 ... that... is funny. They were playing Bowling Green.

[@thomasbridges7323]

Wow these bowl games were very good

[@cassmoney5755]

7 str8 bowl win for Minnesota!!

[@minnybiker4505]

Go Gophers!

[@jordane19969]

Gophers play like a team from 1940

[@paulhoffer3123]

That's your COACH! Coach RAH RAH!

[@jordane19969]

@@paulhoffer3123 Still a better offense than iowa though

[@JosephJohnson-kg5yr]

How you figure? Besides the head coach wearing a tie which is cool, I don't understand

[@jordane19969]

@@JosephJohnson-kg5yr They had 28 passing yards and ran the ball close to 50 times

[@JosephJohnson-kg5yr]

@@jordane19969 I apologize 😔 those numbers are abysmal. I was watching the highlights of the game. Unbelievable

[@tadroid3858]

The only team to get a bowl game without 6 wins (Gophers) gets sent to Detroit to play the 4th best MAC squad to get it. Was that Big 18 penance?

[@themi6sportsnetwork171]

How do you not go for 2 up 12 points late in the 4th?

[@olemangames]

PJ got it done in this one!

[@andrewrasmussen3275]

These games are great for the players that show up. But the bowls as a a measure of your season? Hardly.

[@robertchamberlain452]

I don`t watch college games but I enjoyed watching the Quick Lane Bowl ! Good game both teams, congratulations Everyone. 👍👍

[@sebazelaya3445]

😂😂😂😂 Poor

[@robertchamberlain452]

to each his own ! did your team lose ?@@sebazelaya3445

[@jaymea8907]

😁😂😂

[@edl4767]

Fleck got a fist full of bowl rings. I guess its something.

[@kentmilbrandt3989]

Got in because of grades that were some of the highest in ncaa.

[@dustinhilltenor]

Regardless of the result of the game, VERY proud of these falcons this year. The future is always bright for BG!

[@TJ-bk9vf]

35 carries for Taylor? Kid will be 3/4 burned out by the time PJ is done with him.

[@lordhegamonster6931]

Good running backs want lots of carries, no?

[@funkster007]

Until we get a passer, get used to Taylor. lol

[@KangaKucha]

Thanks Falcons... You has 2 wins over them and while I like Minnesota, I figure I chose you. You disappointed me! Congratulations to Minnesota as I wasn't aware but you needed the victory much more and got it! Well done! PS: just go with Gophers ok? You and other sport teams just make it 1 word, especially plural but I don't mind that as much (like Glory is fine as so)

[@funkster007]

The Fleck Bowl. PJ's greatest achievement. LOL

[@markcrosby1939]

Why when ESPN does a hilight video do they have to reply every single play?

[@JohnSmith_1280]

Hopefully Taylor stays around. Heck of a player and he’s a true freshman!!

[@AquaRius-0127]

8:46 Jameson Geers, woop woop!!

[@grubbs517]

Bowling Green still traumatized nearly seven years after massacre. -Kellyanne "Alternative Facts" Conway

[@Dusty-ed5io]

I'd rather see Jackson State vs Bowling Green because i don't think a 5-7 team should get a bid. I think FCS teams that aren't eligible tor their playoffs should be able to apply for FBS bowl bids atleast.

[@triggerwarning9725]

I remember when there were only about 8 bowl games total. They add more every year. It's a money racket, like everything else.

[@elie1888]

Have a great day God’s love you

[@macdddy09]

How did Min get to be bowl eligible ?

[@cheesegyoza]

A team with a losing record should never be rewarded with a bowl invitation.

[@LilWebba]

They won tho 😭🤷

[@jtphr33ky]

Wait, how did Minnesota get a bowl with only 5 wins? o_O

[@tobeytrepanier5196]

Academic achievements

[@KangaKucha]

Dance after TD, big deal... CFL does it, hello?...

[@analyrical]

As a gopher fan, I honestly didn't want them to take the invite. There needs to be a higher standard of excellence. While I think people hate on PJ too much ( he has 3 9-win seasons in his tenure, which is more than all of the gopher coaches going all the way back to the glory years) But his time is coming to an end I think. The Row the boat mantra has grown tired and they aren't getting any 5 star talent or evolving the offense in any way. With the Big Ten adding more good teams next season, the gophers and a lot of other big ten west programs are going to be in the lower rung of the conference overall. Just too many good teams with better players ( OSU, Michigan, Penn State, USC, UCLA, Oregon, Washington). Finishing in the top 2 of the conference for a lot of these schools will be almost impossible.

[@GoatedAtNFS]

with divisions finally gone in the B1G, here’s Minnesota’s schedule next year UNC URI Nevada Iowa @ Michigan USC @ UCLA bye Maryland @ Illinois @ Rutgers bye #2 Penn State @ Wisconsin

[@Airi_Iwin]

Quick glance looking like 3-9 to be honest

[@BrandonSobotka4IHP]

12-0!!!

[@jamesswain2465]

Four straight home games to open with

[@Airi_Iwin]

@@lordhegamonster6931 with what QB???

[@waitaminute7257]

Oof!! Michigan, USC, UCLA and Maryland all in a row 😮 That's a tough stretch.

[@waitaminute7257]

Gophers 👍😃

[@KangaKucha]

Got nothing against fake plays, but on a convert? That is too silly! Kick converts should die out (unless kickers need to be in Juniors thus BE A KICK PLAY) and it be 2 point or go to Kickoff w/o more point(s) unless in OT. None of this fake in converts much ok?

[@waqarkhan25]

I know there history in these bowl games but some of these bowls sound a bit stupid name please don't ask me which ones because I don't know

[@BBFHNSportsHighlights]

Nice win BGSU

[@drgoldk1ng878]

Minnesota won 24-30

[@MagnusPowerMaus]

Win?

[@BBFHNSportsHighlights]

im joking lol

[@shoob7979]

I kept waiting on the scoring to take the lead but alast it wasn't to be!!!!

[@KangaKucha]

Must they run the clock out with next to nothing? Also ESPN College Football KZbin Channel highlights of the games are just that, not done in a way that it tells a story like CFL KZbin channel does. DUH!

[@terryherrera5252]

WOW !!!!!!!! 2-PLAYS = TD !!!!!! MIGHT Big-10 ???????

[@RonAnderson-d3x]

EVERYONE GETS A TROPHY

[@RafaelSale]

The quarterback for the Golden Gophers fiancee is hot.

[@JaxonSmithers]

I’d hit it.

[@glennhubbard5008]

This is not a real bowl game. It's just another game with a corporate name slapped on it. Quick Lane should be embarrassed to have a 5-7 team in a game they paid for.

[@wesleygordon9413]

Giving the big 10 bowling green. No wonder they get blown out against good teams. Wonder why they didn't just give them an all girls Catholic school?! Do their fans feel good about this?

[@ThinkEagle7]

Too many bowl games are not good for the league.

[@markhayes2265]

Why was BG in a bowl game? They couldn't even beat a 5/7 team!

[@fierce-green-fire8887]

They qualified. You realize there’s a difference between power 5 programs and all other programs? They’re called power 5 for a reason.

[@markhayes2265]

@@fierce-green-fire8887 power 5 programs, does that mean 5 wins like Minnesota?

[@fierce-green-fire8887]

@@markhayes2265well, considering the gophers played and won, I think you know the answer. Are you always so mystified by sports? This your first season watching college ball?

[@YugDtf-p8o]

Thomas Ruth Wilson Kevin Allen David

[@blakebrown84]

How can Minnesota get into a bowl game with a 5-7 record? Please explain that to me!!! All college football teams need 6 wins to be bowl eligible. Right!

[@spiritboxyxbox]

Not enough teams means academically gifted 5-7 games get bowks and Minnesota qualified

[@blakebrown84]

@@spiritboxyxboxI ain’t heard of that before but thanks a lot

[@juiceproductions1558]

Go BGSU

[@Thebestboy3456]

No comment yet. Let me fix that

[@deanfirnatine7814]

Its BS Minnesota got into a bowl game, the bowl games were one short of teams officially eligible at 6-6 or better with at least 5 of those wins against D1A teams, so they gave 5-7 Minnesota a waiver since it had the best academic score of the 5 win teams, but here is the BS part, Army was 6-6 but because only 4 of those wins not 5 were against D1A teams they were ruled ineligible but Minnesota was also ineligible, so why would you not give Army that waiver instead of Minnesota, they actually won 6 games and we all know West Point is a FAR FAR better academic institution than Minnesota, like I said BS.

[@jimmyweathersby327]

I get your point but honestly you will see more of this in the future now theres a 12 team playoff more 5-7 teams will have a chance to be eligible for a bowl game all because the BIG10 and SEC sleeping in bed with espn and ncaa

[@YugDtf-p8o]

Anderson Ronald Smith Margaret Taylor Ruth

[@DavidBrown-dj7tw]

I'm going to send a dollar to the organizers of the Quick Lane Bowl. It is to be used to start a fundraiser to buy different colored paints for the endzones. How cheap can you get and not even put down the correct team colors? Booooo.

[@ItsJustMeCody22]

How did Minnesota make a bowl at 5-7? Isn’t six the cut off?

[@Dude-etiquette]

5-7 team in a bowl game. Colleges chasing after the $$. This is a certificate of participation game

[@beulahverdell]

But that is why we play to see which team is best. I've seen football and basketball teams with just a few wins during the regular season Win, or Almost Win, their Conference Championships!

[@Dude-etiquette]

@@beulahverdell To see which team is best? a team that is 5-7 isn't even close to being the best

[@paulhoffer3123]

Minnesota 0 Bye week. 0

[@griffmustard]

I thought you needed at least (6) Wins, in order to be Bowl Eligible. BG has a (5-7) record.

[@jacobrabenhorst5587]

Bg has a 7-5 record. Minnesota had 5-7

[@garywalz7914]

A toilet bowl game

[@MagKing001]

Just wake up. Bet favorite and over. Fkn joke.

[@ericsupermagnificent]

It's weird that a 5-7 Minnesota team is in a bowl game. I don't know how they got selected to be in one.

[@tobeytrepanier5196]

Not enough 6-6 teams

[@ericsupermagnificent]

@@tobeytrepanier5196 Army is 6-6

[@tobeytrepanier5196]

@@ericsupermagnificent did they not get in? I thought they did

[@ericsupermagnificent]

@@tobeytrepanier5196 They did not actually

[@allthingssports4957]

@@ericsupermagnificentbecause they tried to cheat to get Minnesota in

[@michaelgomez3044]

ESPN Sucks

[@JK-br1mu]

Pathetic bowl, letting a 5 win team in.

[@JJMcCarthysTinyCock]

When from being competitive against the top of the B1G a few years ago to this. Minnesota has some work to do lmao

[@santiago77920]

What a joke, Maybe next they can get in with 4 wins. 🥱😭🤮

[@robetheridge6999]

Haha, the awkward high-five-to-finger-interlock moment at 9:53.

[@kja9881]

Go Gophers!

[@jonathanhess4735]

Just goes to show: a bad team in B1G is still way better than a good team like bgk

[@tymoney1838]

GREAT GAME BOTH TEAMS THE GOPHERS FOOTBALL TEAM PLAYED GOOD OFFENSE AND DEFENSE PLAYED SOLID DECENT PASSING 100YDS OR BETTER THREW THE AIR 50YDS RUSHING OR BETTER DEPENDS GOOD RUNS THOUGH AN 100YDS EVEN MAYBE RECEIVING GOOD JOB GOPHERS AND THE TEXAS ST WAS THE TEAM THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO WIN IT I KNOW PEOPLE WAS SO UPSET GOOD JOB THOUGH AND GREAT GAME BOTH TEAMS

[@jesserobles4848]

Joyner looked like Clowney when he played at South Carolina

[@sunriver3946]

How the Heck can you be in a bowl game with a losing record?

[@Gbiese]

Not enough 6-6 teams to fill the bowl games.

[@JaxonSmithers]

@@GbieseDon’t try to explain it to those guys. They’re not good at math. The sort that sell insurance or used cars out of high school.

[@sunriver3946]

You're a Minnesota Yogi Homer. A losing record doesn't deserve a bowl game! It just showcases a weak team. @@JaxonSmithers