Recent content by 99Gopher

I think people forget that Coach P was at SDSU before WV and was likely at several AAU games that Taylor played in. She might have known that Taylor wasn't a legitimate option for her SDSU squad but was scouting other players who were playing against Taylor. So, I agree that she knows more than...

I think it's really hard to evaluate Taylor based on her 8.9 min a game this year at Mich. There are a lot of variables that went into Taylor's and Grace's playing time based on need and team dynamics. I have the feeling that if MN had a deeper bench with veteran leadership I don't think you see...

On3 also had an article today that indicated that Larry Worth was a target for USC as well.

We know Mara is with Dinkytown Athletes. Is there any way there is NIL in play for Taylor and could that be a factor holding up a decision depending on if there's a conversation going on? However, I know there weren't any huge numbers at Mich last year.

The Athletic did a great story back in 2022 on her Lake Cabin in MN. At the time she was still water skiing at 69. It's a good read, so I attached it if anyone is interested. https://theathletic.com/3555324/2022/09/02/stanford-tara-vanderveers-minnesota-lake-house/ She'll no longer have to...

With PJ's big on-campus recruiting weekends coming up in June (8th & 15th), I thought I would take a look at the Official Visit list on 247. I would say I was a little surprised by the lack of offensive players on this current list for those two weekends. They have some impressive kids coming in...

I think this might be a little bit of the Koi Perich effect. When kids like Emmanuel see another kid like Koi not taking the big last-minute push from schools like OSU, I think it helps make it a little easier for him to think they can get it done here.

I don't think many are paying as much attention to the Dartmouth basketball lawsuit as they should. The fact that you have a federal regulatory body in the NLRB that has already ruled that players are already being treated like employees adds a huge amount of credibility to this lawsuit. The...

Nope, no disagreement here. There are many times when we each could have completely different weather. However, not on this day. The whole region was seeing crappy weather with both of them seeing some snow during their games. Don't believe it, just check out the Big1G video archive on YouTube.

Well, last year for example. Iowa, MN & Wisky all had their Spring Games on April 22nd and somehow despite not ideal weather both Iowa and Wisky both managed to hold their games outside, but yet again here we are in the practice facility another year. I guess it's not really an issue as I don't...

Instead of the annual Spring Game this is more like my annual Pet Peeve. The Spring Game is supposedly for the fans, but not with PJ. Somehow the programs in the surrounding states can execute their Spring Games with the same weather we have, but not us. So, done with it and I'll keep my eye out...

Since these are the official numbers based on ticket sales, I assume that UCLA must have an astonishing number of no-shows. I remember the following comments from Troy Ailman back in 2022. “This is an embarrassment but we couldn't fill the Rose Bowl in 1988 when we were the #1 team in the...

Sorry for being late to the party with my comments as I've been out of town all week. I think Lisa Bluder is a very good coach, but not great. In her 23 prior seasons at Iowa she has made 17 NCAA appearances, but with all those appearances she made it to the Sweet 16 twice, the Elite 8 once, and...

There are plenty of distractions on Super Bowl Sunday, but it was great to see NEB take down #2 Iowa 82-79 in Lincoln. Iowa tightened up blowing a 14 pt lead in the 4th Qtr. I think Clark went into the 4th Qtr needing 8 pts to break the record and I don't think she scored in the 4th. I never...

If you also take into consideration that the LA market now has 2 Pro franchises and one of them just had Jim Harbaugh walk in the door, things are not looking up. If he gets the Chargers rolling (which I'm sure he will) then UCLA quickly becomes an afterthought as they will always fall behind...