Recent content by fmlizard

wisconsin was a lot worse than Minnesota last year, recruited significantly worse (28 vs 78 by 247 composite), comparable in transfer rank (38 vs 51). Minnesota returns 68% of production from last year and wisconsin 59%...

XRP? So they are gonna do 2nd tier sh*tcoins and 2nd tier energy drinks as jersey sponsors? I'm not one of those super purists but I hope I don't see the Gophers wearing NOS energy drink and the Melania scam coin

A roadie vs a 5-4 Big Ten team (2025) returning its coach and starting QB on the road >>> A home game vs a 1-7 SEC team with a new coach and new QB It's also not the most important game on Miss St schedule...non conference games never are

That sounds cheap for such prominent sponsorship with each member school and about as tacky as a can of Monster energy spilled on the floor of a 7-11

A 6th round pick would be the highest in Gopher football history for a QB and would probably align with being a top 10 QB in the country and at least a 2nd team All Big Ten nod.

I thought this thread was going to be about Bo Pelini era Nebraska The Huskers did a great job breaking out of the constant drudgery of 9-3. They can be role models for Michigan.

Oh great, another ranking of Big Ten coaches that's just the prior year's standings with absolutely zero adjustment for the degree of difficulty winning at one school versus another.

Eslinger is the most accomplished Gopher football player of the last 50-60 years if we're basing it only on his time as a Gopher.

2 weeks ago I would have said it's a record that may never be broken since Conner started 4 full seasons plus extra covid games. Now it's a record that will be broken soon.

No Gopher has started more games (58) than Conner Olson. No Big Ten football player from any school has started more games than Conner Olson.

I want to see it go the other way. "OK Paraguay fans, it's time for you to Do The Gopher!"

Best case scenario is 8-4 but could fall to 7-5 is a very narrow range of outcomes. I would call best case 10-2 and sneaking into the Playoff and worst case 3-9. 3-9 is going to take a long term injury to Drake Lindsey. Barring that I think the floor is 5-7.

I think recruiting class sizes would end up being smaller, too. If they don't enlarge the number of scholarships and now we're dividing by 5 instead of 4 (or 4.5ish with redshirts), then teams will probably take a few less HS players. Meaning HS talent trickles down to anyone who didn't have...

This probably helps teams like the Gophers, on balance. More of our roster is comprised of guys who the NFL isn't dying to draft after 3 or 4 years. There's transfers in both directions but we have more guys who would use 5 college years, overall. Helps the Gophers build an older and more...

Yeah he did incredible work at Western Michigan to give them an undefeated regular season Minnesota is in no way resource or recruiting poor. It's P4 average and is financially well above average with all the Big Ten revenue sharing. Gopher football is near the top of the college football...