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Tremendous athlete. Bleed and I watched him in person as a senior in San Diego and he looked like a can't miss prospect. Turns out he was a much better athlete than a basketball player. He was also a stud running back in high school. I think his true calling would have been as a cornerback.

I think I read somewhere that the Wisconsin people finally found The Slab of Bacon buried in some storeroom in Camp Randall. Does anyone have the details? And then what did they do with it?

Or the old Irish ballad called "Good-Bye, Mrs. Durkin". The Pogues version is quite good.

First Bucky and then Goldy! If you missed it, the category was "Mascots". A photo identifying Bucky Badger appeared with his name given and then Goldy's picture was shown and the contestant had to identify him as a "Gopher". He did so!

April Fools gag?

When Monson was hired, we thought he was the guy who was responsible for the sudden rise of the Gonzaga program. Maybe the Gophers should have looked into the role of that Mark Few played.

About that horrific Illinois meltdown. I think Kevin Burleson got most of the blame against that press, deserved or not. If he is recalled at all over 20+ years, that day may be what most of us remember.

Yup- And on that steamy, sticky, Miami night the holes were still there for him in the 4th quarter but he was just too tired to hit them! Blowing a 24-0 lead to a team led by some freshman quarterback named Phillip Rivers was painful. When the Gophers gave up a touchdown on a blocked punt and a...

Yes! He abused a Purdue db once 10 yards downfield and then did it again when the same kid got up and tried to tackle him at the goal line. Just a remarkable, Marshawn Lynch kind of run.

And Jackson is the only Gopher with a pair of 200-yard games in the same season... and he did it in consecutive games! 238 yards vs. Northwestern (while Tapeh ran for 176) and then 239 the next week at Michigan State.

Loved watching Purdue vs. Illinois back when Keady and Henson would model their amazing hair-dos!

I can still see Walter Bowser putting a big lick on a Trojan at midfield to help Wintermute along the way. Murray was hardly known for creativity, which made this play even more remarkable.

I had the feeling they reprised that tight end lob from late in the Auburn game because Brosmer did not want his last collegiate pass to have been that interception! Mission accomplished.

Yes, they were inept but the stupid schtick they were forced to execute made them look like clowns. I actually felt sorry for them. The guy who threw up was clearly an unwilling shill throughout. I am sure the Duke's people were annoyed at his obvious lack of enthusiasm for their wares. As a...

Much has been made of the inability of our receivers to gain separation. This was especially apparent on deep balls/