Recent content by EastCoastGophersFan

You are 100% correct and this has been a Fleck trademark in big games since he arrived. When the game gets close, he goes conservative and plays not to lose every time. This program will never truly reach the next level until Fleck figures out how to win when trailing and facing adversity...

Good NCAA programs lose top talent all the time but still find a way to reload their rosters. This is not a valid excuse for Pitino. In 7 years he’s had every opportunity to build a sustainable program but has shown no ability to develop talent and quality depth on his roster. His teams are...

In all fairness to the fans, those last 10 minutes were brutal for both teams. An absolute snooze-fest.

Can’t think of a coach in college basketball that has gotten less out of his roster than Mark Turgeon. He has a roster of 4 and 5 star recruits every year and he’s managed to make the Sweet 16 once in 8 seasons. It’s pretty incredible.

You are 100% correct about the problems with Pitino and it’s why this team will never see sustained success as long as he is the head coach. The development of talent outside his few star players has been nonexistent since he came here. Just look at how routinely bad our role players and bench...

The Citrus and Outback have the same kick off time. Citrus’ biggest advantage is that it’s broadcasted on ABC as opposed to ESPN.

Iowa and Michigan cannot go to the Outback Bowl Michigan is ineligible. The current Outback Bowl contract calls for 5 different teams in 6 years with only one repeat allowed. This is the last year of the contract. Wisconsin, NW, Michigan have been there during that span and Iowa went twice...

Since Iowa and Michigan are ineligible for the Outback Bowl, the Gophers are the only Big Ten team that can realistically play there. This assumes WI and PSU both get NY6 bowls. As far as the opponent, the Citrus gets the first pick of non-NY6 SEC teams (regardless of ranking) so it’s a near...

The argument for Wisconsin would be that they had top 25 wins over Ohio St., Michigan, Iowa, and Minnesota and won their conference while Clemson had no top 25 wins and lost their conference. Would one less loss trump four top 25 wins? Including the number one ranked team? I think it’s an...