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Minnesota Golden Gophers Clemson Tigers Georgia Bulldogs Tulane Green Wave

Crookston, Wheaton, Fergus Falls, Jackson, Montevideo, Canby, Breckenridge. Crazy how well represented western Minnesota was.

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31-20 Full Bananas

Moorhead High's sports programs quickly learn the pros and cons of being a growing one-high-school city MOORHEAD, MINN. – The Moorhead Spuds have an ultramodern high school with black-and-orange-painted facilities galore, but the place is getting crowded with trophies. Remember the boys hockey...

Minnesota Texas Clemson Notre Dame

Early/mid 40s here. Oldest kid is a high schooler...DEFINITELY heard HOCO before and cringed when I first heard it. I've resigned myself to the fact that if I battle youth slang I'm just accelerating the "get off my lawn" aging process.

Zero dispute from me

While not a Gopher, Blake Elliott of SJU D3 fame also going in the 2025 class.

I finally found the image I was looking for. This is my personal memory of Memorial Stadium as I am too young to have watched a game there. My old man brought me down to campus during a trip to the Twin Cities and we walked around, saw construction of the aquatic center while I took in the...

Are there any photos of the aquatic center construction taking place inside the still standing stadium?

I am more of a viewer than a poster on this board, but hands down this thread has been one of my favorites to read through. Sadly I was too young to take in a game at Memorial Stadium but have memories of it falling in disrepair before demolition. Simpler times, college shenanigans. GREAT...

This has been my thought as well. Sadly the Gophers don't need a 14k capacity. What would it look like if revamped to a 10k seat arena with modern creature comforts. I'm assuming the cost of renovation would be close to starting new.

Many SEC fans will need it explained to them

We took a tour of Wrigley with kids over MEA break. It's still very much a dump, but with nice video boards in the outfield and the plaza development along the west side of stadium. Most high schools probably have locker rooms as nice as the visitor's clubhouse.