2021 Minnesota Game Poster No. 2: Miami (OH)

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Previous game posters:

Ohio State

This week's game poster stars Goldy in the place of Bo Jackson in Tecmo Bowl, spiking the ball after a touchdown. The stadium in the background is adjusted slightly to look more like the Gophers', and the referee is dressed like a Big Ten referee instead of an NFL one.

This one was relatively straightforward — it was one of the posters that took the least amount of time — but it had its own minor difficulties. It was hard to make Goldy look just right; as much as I tried to downsize his biceps from how absurdly large digital Bo's are, I could only do so much. So Goldy is a bit more buff than he is in real life. The colors are also a little more muted than I initially had them in order to better match the game's color palette.

And there was the simple difficulty of figuring out what this poster should be. There's little history and no animosity between Minnesota and Miami. The game is unlikely to be very close. There was no interesting way for Goldy to interact with Swoop the RedHawk. I could be accused of sidestepping the issue by not finding a Miami tie-in, but I'm fine with that. Everyone knows Tecmo Bowl. Unless the Gophers play with their food for a while or break some records, this game shouldn't be memorable for anyone. An essentially generic poster, then, is suitable.

Come back next week to see the poster for Minnesota's trip to Colorado.