Recent content by GrampaGopher

I was wondering why Ola Joseph was not getting minutes. I finally figured it out, Parker Fox. He gives this team energy, effort, defense, shot blocking, and rebounding. Any scoring by Parker is a bonus. We have enough scorers on this team. It is a nice 3 player rotation with Garcia and...

Johnson on the postgame interview said the plan was to foul Bouie in that situation up 3. I know that some coaches will play it out and some will foul, but don't use Hawkins to be the fouler. He is to valuable to waste his foul on.

I was at the game and enjoyed the win. It was a fun atmosphere. A couple of observations. 1. Our half court offense has much to be desired. For me, to much dribble and standing around. They need to play more inside out. Often times they have opportunity to throw it inside, but are...

Iowa did anything they wanted offensively. The Gophers did nothing to take Iowa out of its offense. Iowa played harder, beat MN up and down the court. If you don't shoot the ball you better defend and rebound, see Michigan State. Garcia at the 5 gives us no defense and no physical presence...

In my opinion, college sports is being ruined by NIL. I grew up listening to Ray Christenson on a Saturday afternoon call 50+ handoffs to Kent Kintzmann in a victory over Illinois, or Mike Hoehnsee throwing 4 td against OSU in an upset win. I cheered loudly for the home state team win or lose...

Irving wanted to get paid. Oregon has a lot of green$.

Any one know the story on Taison Chatman from Totino? He is an Ohio State signee but just haven't seen or heard as much as you might expect from a big time recruit. You would think that he would be the main offensive scorer, but have not seen any blow up games. I saw he was listed as a MN...

12 players in hoops 86 in football, much easier to absorb in football.

The body language on Henley was bad all year. He didn't seem to care for the team or his teammates. His leaving wasn't at all surprising to me. Henley was a developmental player who received significant minutes only because Minnesota was losing so much. If Fox or Ihnen was healthy Henley...

Rob Fornasiere and Todd Oaks were top notch assistant coaches. Ever since they left it has been down hill.

Evans is linked to be headed to Louisville. It was not about wins and losses it was more about the Benjamin$.

The word on Tessa Johnson from STMA was South Carolina had 25K NIL deal for her. This is what college sports has come to: the creation of the haves and the have nots. Remember when Whalen, Schonrock, McCarville, Bolden, Roysland and Co. made that historic run. Hang on to those memories...

A poor Big Ten record and not getting the top 22/23 MN recruits signals a hot seat. I would say give her another year and if you don't make a significant improvement it is time to for a change.

Context does matter. It was said in an educational context. This coach is not just an X and O guy, but uses athletics to teach life lessons. Maybe he shouldn't have read the n word in the social media post, but for the school district to take 7 weeks to decide what to do is ridiculous. As...

No hyperbole here just well thought out analysis.