Not this guys best work, but he sees there's reason to be optimisitc about Cooper and the rest of the linebackers.
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/370072-university-of-minnesota-the-next-linebacker-u
Help me out here. I'm watching BYU-Florida. Kid from Florida dives on the floor for the ball, ends up with possesion and slides on his backside while maintaining possesion. BYU dives in and he rolls over, at that point ref calls travel. The analyst (not sure who, he's working with Kevin...
If anyone on the Gophers led and pushed off with their off hand while dribbling like Turner does, they'd be called for an offensive foul each and every time.
Don't know if this has been brought up, but ESPN did a 2.5 hour special on all the bowls. Jesse Palmer gave his predictions on all 34 games, each with a number weighted on how confident he felt in his pick. Palmer picked the Gophers...and weighted them at #1, his least confident pick.
So, I'm still ticked about the Alamo Bowl kicking the Gophers in their giant choppers for the 4th time. I took the liberty of emailing the Alamo Bowl president and expressing my displeasure. He pawned me off onto one of his underlings, who proceeded to give me this excuse as to why the Gophers...
Anyone notice that Gary Tinsley was in on both tackles on the stand that held the lead? Guy might be a good LB if he can cut down on the Hacksaw Jim Duggan impersonations. The Gophs are losing some good linebackers, but if Cooper and Tinsley can step up, they'll be just fine next season. Also...