WVSports.com continues with our popular feature: The 3-2-1. We'll breakdown three things we learned that week, two questions we have and give one prediction.

Here is the next installment of the 3-2-1 looking at the West Virginia football program, the latest on basketball and what’s happening in recruiting.

3 things I learned:

1—West Virginia is bowling, bowling, bowling. Excuse the awful musical reference, but it doesn't change the fact that the Mountaineers are back in a bowl game for the second consecutive year and now we know the details.

West Virginia will square off against Minnesota in the Guaranteed Rate Bowl scheduled for 10:15 p.m. Dec. 28. It will be the third time that the Mountaineers have appeared in this game with the program holding a 1-1 record over the years.

The Gophers are likely going to be the favorites heading into the game considering that they enter being 8-4 with a third place finish in the Big 10 West Division. But it is a golden opportunity for West Virginia to build some real momentum heading into the off-season if the Mountaineers are able to knock off the Gophers.