“I looked up at the screen because I couldn’t believe it,” said Bryson, who had played in four games and wasn’t expected to play this game until the NCAA relaxed its four-game redshirt rule for this year’s bowl season.
He picked it off, made Shrader miss with his attempted tackle downfield, then had an easy path to the end zone after that. They were thirsty to take the lead on a third drive that Bryson flipped on its head.īryson shared that he got beat on that kind of quick out route three or four times during the season, but he was ready for Garrett Shrader’s pass Thursday. It wasn’t going well right before and right after halftime as Syracuse used big passing plays to score 10 straight points and cut Minnesota’s lead to 14-10. The Gophers secondary was shorthanded after absorbing two injuries and one transfer, meaning Bryson and others would have to step up. The Gophers’ first pick-six in their 23-game bowl history was a key turning point in the victory. The fourth was a little-known true freshman safety who made his first collegiate start a few hours earlier.Īnd the bowl game’s shiny MVP trophy sat in front of Coleman Bryson, that little-known defensive back, after the Waynesville, N.C., native produced a 70-yard interception return for a touchdown in the third quarter.
They were Minnesota’s all-time leading rusher Mo Ibrahim, its all-time winningest quarterback Tanner Morgan and veteran tackling machine Mariano Sori-Marin. NEW YORK CITY - The Gophers brought four players to the news conference room at Yankee Stadium after their 28-20 victory over Syracuse in the Pinstripe Bowl on Thursday three were as routine as a New Yorker telling an outsider, ad nauseam, how great it is to be in the city over the holidays.
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