Recent content by cemba99

Reminds that several times in my Gopher football history, a great win is followed up by a loss to Indiana

Been following college football for nearly 60 years - everyone is always looking for a "Cignetti." Doesn't matter if it is a helmet school or not. And yes, money is a factor - but we are talking thousands of times that teams were hiring a new coach hoping to find a "Cignetti." Call it luck...

FWIW: One of the reasons we have rarely played Indiana since Nebraska/Maryland/Rutgers joined the B1G was the "quirkiness" of the division setup. With 7 teams in each division, a normal schedule for a team was to play everyone in their own division and 3 crossover games from the other division...

Wondering if it will even be a close game....

Rate Bowl benefitted in that no other college or NFL football games occurred during their time slot (it was mentioned in the broadcast). I'm guessing most working people took Friday off and were done with the presents/big holiday meals - just looking for something to watch

Due to the bias of the SEC, the problem becomes the SEC 1-5th seeds go to the CFP - the 6th and 7th SEC seeds boycott the bowl games because they were "robbed" - and we are left with 6-6 SEC teams (where half the team chooses not to participate as they prepare for the portal/draft or have just...

hearing that Miami made it

If that is still on the ESPN website - I'd say "Bonagura - stop mailing it in - KSU has already said it will not play any bowl game!"

Out of curiosity (and I don't mean this to diminish anyone's season), any reason why 25 players receive First Team Big Ten honors? Seems like a lot when, counting a libero, teams typically "start" 7 players. In comparison, there are 22 starters in football (plus a handful of special teams...

1st timeout - during the team entrance to the stadium - wants a redo to "look better" 2nd timeout - before the coin toss, captains need to reconfirm with the sidelines as to whether they are supposed to choose "tails" - only to find out it is the visiting team's call. 3rd timeout - before the...

Funny how we scrutinize to save $2-3 on a ticket, yet don't think twice about a $16 beer......

The prices are coming down - saw a $25 single on a secondary market this morning (had been $50+ for most of the week). I think I'm waiting until gameday - if I do not find something at the 'Sota Social, I'll go to Stub Hub, etc.

Yes - Yak-Zies https://www.umnalumni.org/s/1867/23/1col.aspx?sid=1867&pgid=6082&gid=2&cid=19327&ecid=19327&post_id=0

I tried to track down some Gophers sections at Wrigley and came up empty as well. Appears that Wrigley (not Northwestern) is handling the ticket transactions - likely leading to a broad mix of fans. Looking for a single ticket if anyone happens to have an extra

As expected, the Northwestern game time on November 22 is 11a. For those of us attending Wrigley, the 'Sota Social starts at 8am at Yak-Zies, but I believe there may be other pub gatherings as well...