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Hockey went to two classes in the early 90s when the state legislature passed a law mandating it. After a dismal two-year experiment with "tiers" based on that season's won-loss record - which led to things like Rosemount playing in the "small school" class - they went to two classes based on...

In retrospect Brewster never should have been hired and it's kind of amazing that Maturi, after screwing up so badly, was still around to pick his replacement, and Brewster's tenure certainly provided its share of unintentional comedy . . . but a part of me has a certain amount of sympathy for...

Mike Sunvold almost 40 years ago at Cooper was recruited nationally back when that didn't happen often; he had a decent Gopher career and was drafted by Tampa but never played in the NFL.

Why would that be weird? Exceptionally gifted athletes can come from anywhere (as in Koi Perich from Esko), and Willie Howard, who was an elite player himself before blowing out his knee, presumably knows something about running a program and developing kids.

Men's hockey at the U was routinely profitable, to the tune of between $1 and $2 million a year, until the downturn in revenues that started around 7-8 years ago, and that was caused by declining fortunes on the ice, the effects of the conference shakeup and how it alienated fans, and absolutely...

As long as football and its 85 scholarships remain linked to the school (in this day and age who knows what the future holds for CFB) no women’s sport is going anywhere, for Title IX reasons.

It's not that I necessarily think the Gophers should have offered Hart; it just surprises me, given how dominant he's been in high school, that he hasn't attracted more attention or offers. I have never met him and have no direct connection to him or St. Thomas, but I do have high-school aged...

Given that he has offers from Georgetown and St Thomas it certainly wouldn’t seem like that’s the issue. Hart may not be quite as tall as listed but he certainly is not 5’7”. I have never seen a HS runner in Minnesota move better laterally, or break more tackles.

Coleman Bryson really has an odd niche in that he sees the field more in bowl games than at any other time.

I realize that as football has evolved "traditional" running backs are not as valued as they once were in the schemes teams play nowadays, so this may be part of it . . . but that Savion Hart is not signing somewhere today is something I just cannot figure out.

Linguistic accuracy aside, in today's climate the potential for misunderstanding or mispronunciation, and the resulting consequences, might well counsel against using the word you suggest.

That Savion Hart does not have more college options so far just bewilders me. The guy moves laterally like a video game character.

You can't blame the kid for trying to score in the moment . . .but if the Chan player goes down on the 5 on the long TD instead of scoring they can probably run out the clock.

Generally you cannot move down in class, and you cannot be forced to move up; only moves allowed are voluntarily moving up. There is a limited avenue for appeal seeking to move down if your free/reduced lunch percentage is over 50%, or you're within 10% of the class size cutoff; my sense after...

Yeah, as someone who went to Hopkins very, very long ago I can't believe I'm saying this . . . but I'm okay with Edina winning. Where a sport has been dominated by a few teams I always like to see a party crasher, and football isn't a sport where they have such a built-in advantage due to...