Recent content by Hates Monikers

Our group did the tunnel team for the first time against Rutgers. It was tough getting info from the marketing people on when to be there and where to go. But, yes -- you get there 30 minutes and basically stand and wait. There was a guy doing trivia with the crowd as we waited, and we won a...

I understand what you're saying. But when the Gophers have injuries or bad luck, and nobody gives a damn. To the outside world, we're just bad. This year, Wisconsin is bad. It doesn't matter why, unless we're talking about how it might affect next year.

Wait, people actually expect to get inside? I mean, I know it happens, but don't expect it. :) Also, take cash to Stub & Herb's and Buffalo Wild Wings -- they're cash only outside. And, the drink lines will be long. I'm not trying to be critical; we go to both and like them.

Playoffs?!? Five games in, "contention" for anything isn't on my mind this year. We can still have a good season, but I don't think we'll be able to look back and consider it a good year if we don't beat one of Nebraska or Iowa. Both would be great, but ...

I thought it was the other way around: Drake was not recruited until Petrino became the OC and got interested and made a late push. At any rate, Drake himself said Arkansas was never really interested, even late in the process, despite the rumors.

I'm all for them finding a coach mediocre enough to accept a three-year contract for little or no money. Alas, I don't see it happening.

The dollars coming directly from the schools under revenue sharing is separate from NIL. NIL still exists and is still has huge discrepancies from school to school. The NCAA claims pay-for-play is not allowed, but I'll believe it when they start rejecting deals.

I don't think it's weird at all. It feels like this is a rivalry that's grown pretty strong pretty quickly. I wouldn't doubt it if a large majority of Gopher fans consider Nebraska our biggest rival behind Wisconsin and Iowa.

Correct. Keep in mind I started with 1999 as the cutoff, which eliminates two Mason seasons.

Conference records.

I keep trying to tell the casual fans of my generation that we've been much better this century than they realize. Brewster skews these numbers, unfortunately. But 1999 is really the dividing line between mediocrity and competitiveness. Between 1999 and 2016, we were at or above .500 39% of the...

For the past few years, you've needed to buy a tailgating permit from the Park Board. Even with the permit, you still have to pay for parking at the lot, and no -- you're not guaranteed a spot in the lot. We've only gone there once (last year) because we didn't want to get stuck without a spot...

Where have you seen that tailgating there is no longer allowed? It was last year (not that it's relevant for this year), but I haven't seen anything stating it won't be this year. The city sold tailgating permits online, with each game specifically listed; my assumption is the site isn't updated...

Oh, that would be great!

I'm not saying our helmet is anything special, but aren't most helmets little more than an oversized letter in the team colors (which they said works well for us)? And did they really use the helmet in that picture for their rating? I'm sure it's been used a few times, but probably less than...