Recent content by Bad Gopher

Love him or hate him, I'm very glad for him. What he's done is possible, but it ain't easy.

And an expanded national championship playoff field awaits.

Oh, you were there!

The name of the priest who baptized me was Roman Paur. I kid you not, his name was Roman Paur.

Same

This is usually the point in the dream when I wake up.

Many years ago, when there were still twelve rounds in the NFL draft, I heard some commentator say that, in the last round, with your final pick, select someone big and unusual. What that really means, in essence, is to take someone with peculiar potential to round out your roster. Someone not...

I'm a sucker for innovation.

I will never get over Kentucky in the national semifinal as long as I live. That's why I can't watch the Clemson game: Harris' injury ended our title contention.

Stole my post. 2,000 is a lot!

I think we all were. It's possible Niko and his staff see real potential in these guys and thought this was the right move long term. Medved has enough of a track record of finding and developing talent that it's reasonable to trust him.

It's important to remember that you start 5; trust 7; play 9. These are guys 14 and 15 on the roster. Had they reeled in a couple bigger fish at some point, two of the others on the roster would have fallen to 14 and 15 on the depth chart and might never see the floor--guys who likely came in...

Not sure about Maximus, but as for Max, any two-sport athlete who averages 26 points in his senior season in the top MN class of high school competition can help you in some way. We'll find out if he can defend and create his own shot, but the guy can put the ball in the basket from multiple...

Buffalo should be higher. Any city that's got a big, fat goose egg should be top three.

...along with Undercut the Jump Shooter