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These comments coming from a fan base of the Gophers who have endured Fleck’s commentary for the last decade.

He had no ties to the south as far as I know so the Bama job seems more an outlier. from the Midwest and coached Midwest and west

Venables must be regretting that he didn’t take a free shot at the end zone or try to get to a long FG attempt at the end of the first half.

I wouldn’t think the top meteorologists flock to Arizona TV stations.

Good game for Washington. Boise I think had some injury issues? I think itvwould be a good bowl to keep despite the name. SoFi stadium and a trip to LA is not a bad destination. Las Vegas Bowl is also a nice stadium and easy tourist destination.

It is 1) Moore’s association with Stallions and Harbaugh and the associated recruiting and play stealing, and 2) the pattern of lack of institutional control that kept him and others in their roles when they should’ve been out. If UM had stricter self oversight and swifter disciplinary action...

The concept of consent gets more difficult when there is a large power gradient. Initially very likely things were consensual (which means she also knowingly violated the university policy). However when there’s a power gradient it becomes more difficult for the subordinate to withdraw consent...

He’s a Midwest guy mostly, with some time on the west coast and no prior southeast experience. Taking the Bama job was probably a no brainer but maybe he has found that he doesn’t like the environment and would rather be in Big Ten country. Expectations are high at Michigan but not as high as...

No but they may have further protracted the internal investigation until after the playoffs.

Isn’t it ironic, don’t you think? Maybe they will take a break from the nonsensical Mr. Brightside tradition.

I thought Fleck said this was probably his most talented team yet. 7-5 required come from behind wins against the very worst of the conference, a pedestrian MAC win, and a high school team. Nebraska win was very solid and Wisconsin was showing some fight at the end of the season but they were...

The money allowed a faster build. Coaching, which includes talent identification as well as development (remember many of their transfers were JMU and G5 players) and finally getting all these new players to play effectively together, is the main component. There are loud people who say it’s...

The point is no one except highly knowledgeable CFB fans thinks New Mexico is a quality opponent. So a win is just ho hum expected for a Big Ten team and a loss is a field day for the local sports columnists. Really no big upside.

How much money did you lose betting against IU?? In 2024 the majority of IU transfers were from JMU and non power 5 teams (so, add them to the remnants from a 3-9 IU team). They beat the snot out of every team except OSU and ND. If those players were more talented than all but OSU/ND then it has...