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Only 1 of the Friday Night games is at home, the other is at Oregon.

I fell asleep in the 8th. Watching via DVR this morning, the ERA for the Mariner's closer (Munoz) was 0.00 before last night.

Yeah they both could suck. October 28. 2023 when the Gophers hosted Michigan St, kickoff of 33 degrees on a grey day. Had break out the long undies. On the other hand, there was a least 1 November game early in the Banks tenure I wore shorts.

That's all fair/valid from that perspective. Several guys had career years along with key Free Agent pickups and a RoY resulted in a fly by from Spring Training expectations.

In November, I prefer the 11am games, without a doubt, especially after Daylight Savings ends.

Maybe, but both of those are TBD as far as kickoffs. Nov 1 weather also a higher chance of being dicey.

My fault for not being clear originally. I was referring to my previous sentence about October is specifically my favorite time to spend a day on campus. Generally best weather to enjoy tailgating, (not too hot/cold), crop air, foliage, etc. There will be "Zero October Saturday afternoon games...

Triggered by a Jeopardy question (Who was Eddie Gaedel), I got to thinking if there was ever a Grid that he could be plugged into. 4/1/25 was the only one I could think of, so I redid it with this interesting cast of characters. Kudos if you can use any in a Regular Grid. Too much time on my...

By "less meaningful" I meant teams can absorb more losses and still get in. Your scenario also means teams 6, 7, & 8 are likely already in. It just shifts a bit which teams it's more impactful. If the BIg 10 games are on Peacock anyway, I won't bother watching anyway as was the case for the...

That's a different argument, not related to the logistics of actually staging the game but sure, I think it's a valid point. More than 25% of the Home schedule not on traditional college football Saturday stinks in my opinion. Also nothing finer IMO than being on campus during the day for an...

Can't really play that card when Gophers already play the Season Opener on a Thursday Night. Plus the city of Minneapolis has hosted plenty of other football contests drawing well over 50,000 on Mondays, Thursdays & Fridays, at other football stadiums in the past 40+ years at a location less...

Reusse actually mentioned last week on a podcast that there is a local group seeking a bid, with a strong possibility that the Pohlad family retains a minority 20-25% stake to make it work

It makes the Regular Season less meaningful. Of course I don't watch any pre-NCAA Tournament games anymore besides Gopher Regular Season and the Big 10 Tournament so I guess personally it doesn't matter much.

The negative is Friday night is still a pain for most people not involved in education. That's a big negative. I have to take time off from work to attend this year. Saturday, I would not.

NBC actually did pick Indiana-Purdue for the Black Friday Prime Time game this year: https://bigten.org/fb/article/blt8eb3dde899ebe558/

I'd rather it not happen at all (outside of the Thursday Opener) but if they have to take their turn once every 3-5 years, then sure that's the date it should be.

Rather fascinating. President John Tyler's (b. 1790) grandson passed away. Left office 179 years ago. 235 trips around the sun spanning just 3 generations. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/harrison-ruffin-tyler-grandson-president-john-tyler-dies/

I picked up a recent release of a collection JTE rarities/B-sides. There's a lot of really good stuff on it. Just as he did with the Replacements cover he took on Springsteen's Glory Days and stylized it in his own voice. I think it's amazing.

I was at G3 & G4. Raucous tailgates. After G3, I was convinced it was going to happen, especially because Mario sat out with a bad back. I don't think I could have handled seeing Badger Bob celebrate with the Cup. Tragically he was gone before the end of that same year.

Yep, up there with that for sure. The other similar season ender I could think of was the North Stars getting clubbed by Penguins in G6 of the Stanley Cup.