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Yes, Indiana has quickly built a powerful team. Maybe it's possible here, but 6 decades, 11 coaches, and new facilities haven't done...

Haven't been to the Falls in years.

I think there is something to the old Sid theory that higher ups at the U want academics to be considered superior to athletics, as in...

Interesting analysis. Thx

I think the loss was to a more skilled team. My point was that I think it's easier to recruit top kids to a college town where they are...

They didn't want to come well before the influence of NIL. The decline began in the 60s.

I was referencing decades of results. But thanks for pointing that out.

Live long and prosper.

Actually, I’m good with the state of the program and don’t want to see it change for a long time. I’m sure that I’ve said, at some...

If Iowa is considered by UM to be the top or second most important rivalry, how could the players not be intense? You could see on the...

Yes, recruiting is the cure. Why don't enough 4 and 5 star players want to come to Minneapolis? That's the question few here want to...

Sounds like those matters have contributed to the low interest in winning sports. Those are recent, however, at least to a codger like...

All true. But why does the U not really care about winning? At least since the 60s.

The athletic department at the U in men’s athletics is in bad shape, right? I don’t follow as close as in my younger days, of which...

But not similar environments.