Recent content by Southpaw

Can't say I disagree with Reusse's assessment of the current portal additions. I don't see much difference between Niko's portal class so far and Ben's last portal class of Mitchell, Edmonds, Odukale, Rigsby, Patterson and Cochran. All of Ben's recruits had good stats at a lower level of...

Hoping for the best but this one doesn't particularly excite me - pedestrian stats and poor free throw shooting (ala Frank Mitchell?). I'm cautiously optimistic about the portal pickups so far, but I would remind folks that we were mostly excited about the portal additions last year as well...

Assume this was said tongue in cheek. Treyton is averaging 3.1 points per game in 12 minutes of playing time.

Any idea when game times will be announced? Seems a lot later than usual already.

I see that on the Gophersports site that there are 2 exhibition games scheduled - Bemidji State on Oct 19 and Hamline on Oct 29. I don't recall the Gophers scheduling more than 1 exhibition in the past. What's up?

What???!!! Are you implying that we shouldn't be bragging about the accomplishments of one of our most revered basketball alumni? As a proud member of the Kleggie Hermsen Fan Club, I'm deeply offended.

Don Carlson, Jim Brewer, Kleggie Hermsen, Tony Jaros Yes, I had to look it up as I've never heard of Carlson and Hermsen

Thanks, I was aware that Mr. Knight's contributions to the academic side were extensive but didn't think it was relevant to the discussion about NIL financial impacts to athletic success. The University of Oregon is extremely fortunate to have such a dedicated benefactor (both for academics and...

The NIL era is still in its infancy, but it seems to be devolving into a system of haves and have-nots with Minnesota squarely in the have-not camp. The gap between the 2 camps will only widen with time. Schools with mega-donor alumni will soon dominate athletics in all areas. Take Oregon...

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This is nothing new. The cheapest tickets have been $340 for several years now. They are upper deck bench seating in the end zones.

Anyone know what a typical Gopher recruiting visit entails? I'm assuming a tour of the campus and the athletic facilities and a meet-up with Ben and some of the players would be on the agenda - what else? With 3 pro teams in action tonight, I would think a recruit would be impressed if he were...

I was wondering about the NIL mechanics as well. For example, if Dennis Evans received an offer of 800k from Louisville as some have reported, is that all up-front money or is it prorated over 4 years? And if the offer requires a 4 year commitment by the athlete is that spread evenly over the 4...

In a hindsight is 20-20 vein, I would point out that David Mutaf was a freshman teammate of Greenlee. After not getting any playing time with the Gophers, Mutaf left to join a Spanish pro team (minor league) where he led the league in scoring and shot 36% from the international 3 point line...

When I say Hurt held his own, I mean exactly that - his role subbing in for Coffey was not to match Amir's offensive output, but rather to take care of the ball and play good team defense until it was time for a rested Coffey to return - I believe he performed that role well.