I had forgotten that Sanford did donate $6 million, but he also offered $35 million if the stadium was built for a low like $70 million. I had never heard that the U chose TCF over Sanford. If so, they made a poor deal because the initial TCF deal included a monopoly on ATM machines and...
I think he ran himself off. He would only donate if the new stadium didn’t cost more than something like $70 million, when we needed about a $200 million stadium. His version would not have made sense in the B1G ten.
I wouldn’t mind Fisch leaving Udub if was a couple weeks ago, but the timing now is terrible. The coaching carousel is pretty much over and getting a good replacement may be challenging.
Even though his stats don’t measure up, Dungy was maybe the most exciting QB to watch of the bunch. No fan was ever nervous when Tony had the ball as he seemed to just get the job done. Morgan had some of that in 2019 when he always seemed to make the right play. And Brosmer had such a confident...
That’s the difference between the Las Vegas Bowl and the Rate Bowl. Vegas would have paid enough to cover the band traveling.
Although, we should get enough from the B1G bowl revenue sharing to pay for the band. It’s a bowl game and Coyle should pony up!
Tony should share some of those ‘massive’ SI dollars with GH, or at least buy GophersInIowa and GopherBlood777 a beer!
I did enjoy Tony’s SI article as it beat the heck out of those AI summaries they tend to use.
Having 12 teams certainly makes sure the real top 4 teams are in (sans rankings), which is what really matters. Teams ranked below 8th (probably 6th) should just be happy to be in the conversation.