Recent content by Scottsdale Gopher

The best thing about Iowa is that it's downwind.

New players might be less money than Fickell's buyout, plus if you fire him you have to get new players anyway. How do people rate the job there right now? Obviously PSU is the biggest job available, but Florida, Oklahoma State, and Virginia Tech are all open and Florida State may yet open up...

File it under: You absolutely love to see it.

Gotta give them credit. They’ve skipped right past mediocrity to abject failure.

I haven't re-watched, but sitting in the stands I was very frustrated by the defense getting caught off-guard by Ciarrocca called for weak-side zone on third and long. He did it for 4 years here! Surely we knew this tendency. I was so angry about the third and long conversion before the half I...

I'm not following here... Zenzen wasn't offered by MN, or any other P4 school. He seems to have found his level?

Collective short memories around here. Ko Kieft was originally an NDSU commit. I'd take Ko Kieft on our team every season.

I know everyone is anxious for Taylor to get back, and obviously he will help the run game. But the passing game will take another step with him as well. The staff doesn't seem to trust Davis and Ijeboi as receivers. There was a swing screen in the Cal game after Turner went out that one of them...

It took longer than we expected or would have liked. But Athan Kaliakmanis was one of our most important players starting in the second quarter. Great to see.

That's true, but they've only played four times in the last 100 years and one of those was the 2009 bowl game. I'm sure the Gophers have played several non-conference opponents more than thrice in the last 100 years. I love the idea of creating non-conference games based on the previous year's...

The more I've thought about Minnesota playing Iowa State with any regularity (even "once or twice a decade") the more I see no upside from the Minnesota perspective. The Gophers have claim to three of the best trophy games in all of college football, including two that are bitter rivalries...

I hadn't considered that the start of class would be a consideration in scheduling, but that makes sense to me. However, hasn't Minnesota historically started classes later than other schools? Yet somehow this past week is the most common week for P4 schools to play FCS schools.

I think this is an entirely reasonable perspective. And as Slab pointed out, it may not be straightforward to fill the schedule with FBS teams. I still think there is no benefit to scheduling the Dakota schools.

This was touched on a bit in the "worst opponent since" thread, but I think it's an interesting enough topic for it's own discussion. Given the context in which Gopher football exists: nine P4 conference games, no out of conference rivalries, a developmental program compared to others in the...

Looks like you posted a minute before me - sorry for the duplicate!