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71 Days Away! Jeff Wills Ben Davis Martes Lewis

72 Days out! Bronko Nagurski. 1927 Big Ten Champion, 1929 First Team All Big Ten, 1929 All American, College Football Hall of Famer. Also won 3 NFL championships, 4 time All-Pro selection, Pro Football Hall of Famer and 3 x World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion.

I think there's two things true here. First, Indiana's success is of course going to be the envy of every college football team that's been trying to turn a corner or get over the hump. I don't think Minnesota is alone in being one of those programs. But, secondly, I think Minnesota is a bit...

Monday brings us to 73 days out. Jason Meinke Joe Bjorklund Donnell Greene, 2022 All Big Ten Honorable Mention

Still a lot of summer left, so it's a good time to revist some classic Minnesota football games. Here's a list of games that are available to watch on YouTube if you want to revisit some Gopher victories. If anyone else has links to other full games, feel free to post. Unfortunately there...

74 days away. The late Nick Connelly, who passed away at 22 in 2018. Gale Gillingham, 1965 Second Team All Big Ten Karl Mecklenburg, 1981 Second Team All Big Ten, 1982 Second team All Big Ten Rian Melander, 2003 Second Team All Big Ten Marek Lenkiewicz

Another Saturday brings us to 75! Jake Kuppe Ernie Heifort Tyler Cooper

Pretty much made the same point in another thread. Fleck had better production at the Group of 5 level, and has been better at Minnesota than what Rhule's done at Baylor and Nebraska. The fact that Nebraska still has advantages in terms of recruiting and name recognition is another point in...

It’s still amusing how much good will the Nebraska name carries with Matt Rhule being in front. So he turned around Temple over four seasons and won a conference title in 2016. Fleck did the same at Western Michigan, but went 13-1 Vs. 10-3 and he went to a NY6 game. Rhule went to Baylor and...

I agree with this one. Last year the rush attack was really inconsistent and a big part of that was the line play. Here's the running game last year during the season with the game's top rusher: Vs. Buffalo. Team total: 153 Yards, 0 TDs. Darius Taylor, 141 Yards, 0 TDs - W Vs. NW State. Team...

To me it's less being upset about predicting fewer wins or having an "I told you so" attitude, and more about the lack of research that this and similar pieces show. The article mentions inconsistency at quarterback despite a returning quarterback with some experience and roster turnover despite...

We're at 76 days away! Carl Eller, 1960 National Champion, 1962 Second Team All Big Ten, 1963 First Team All Big Ten, 1963 All American Dominic Alford Vincent Calhoun

Without consistent quarterback play, despite having a junior quarterback coming in? Also not sure why Mississippi State is viewed at as a possible loss, at home, with them coming off two losing seasons. Speaking of two losing seasons, how about Wisconsin beating the Gophers in this prediction...

Thanks for including those Eastside. Here are a few more of both legends. Milt Sunde, 1960 National Champion Ed Widseth, 1934 All First Team All Big Ten, 1934 All American, 1934 National Champion, 1935 First Team All Big Ten, 1935 All American, 1935 National Champion, 1936 First Team All Big...

77 Days out. Tony Brinkhaus Foster Bush Blaise Andries Quinn Carroll