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Still not sure if the BJ hire was mandated. I think Coyle mainly reacted to the noise that was being made about needing somebody with local ties to recruit all the high end talent that was going elsewhere. The fact that Ben was black was a bonus. It made a vocal group of coaches and critics...

Marcus working really hard to boost Ben in his game story in the Strib. I'm hoping it's just Marcus, but now am getting an uneasy feeling that he'll get another year.

Yep, it's a very good column. However, about 90% seem to be written with the goal of never having to get his fat ass out the door. Instead, he'll take a current topic; maybe make a phone call; and then fill the column space by going back 10, 20, 30 ... years. Hell, he still uses crap from his...

What a weird year for my Gopher fandom. Lived and, too often, died with the Gophers since watching Sweet Lou Hudson in the 1960's. Was elated when Rigsby hit his shot to beat the Huskers today. Several hours later, I'm kind of down because now I'm fearful that Coyle will be bringing BJ back next...

I think you're being way too hopeful that schools won't be paying players under the table. If anything, there will be even more rule-breaking than before. A new culture has been established; and the NCAA's power has eroded.

We're getting close to "Get the popcorn ready time" with the agonizing and arguing that's going to take place if the Gophers win the next two games. Will Ben escape the "Dead Man Walking Noose.?" He's starting to wiggle out of it.

I certainly hope he wasn't in the 100 meter freestyle.

Not attacking you at all. Just venting my frustration at years and years of bad luck, stupidity, cheapness, NCAA, etc. And, yes, Winfield was in the middle of it. I can still see him chasing some Buckeye player. Both are lucky Winfield never caught him. The Buckeye escaped injury. Winfield...

This team and this season does not call for such drastic action. Save it for true heartache. You know, like becoming a national pariah because one of your players knees the other team's star in the nuts while pretending to help him up. Or maybe when your team is leaving Madison and everyone...

Oh, well, it was fun for a while.

Not sure when it happened; but, for me, Izzo transitioned from being a coach whom I admired into this whining, little gnome who's every bit as unlikable as Fran or even Bo was.

Care all you want, but your language while throwing a hissy fit makes you look like punk 14 year old.

Hopefully, you'll keep punishing them.

Found an old SI article I remembered because it still pisses me off. (The life of a Gopher BB fan is being perpetually pissed off with some intermittent moments of joy.) What Thompson did that got him in trouble with the NCAA was sell two season tickets—worth $78—to a pair of Minnesota fans...

You don't have to fly somewhere next Tuesday evening, by chance? (The chances that the toddler would be on the same flight are extremely small.)

What the hell, I haven't argued with anyone for a while so it might as well be with a golfer. The Joey King moment is when a ridiculed, winless in the BIG, no expectations team somehow beats a heavily favored team. The crowd erupts; the players are joyous; and everyone goes home ecstatic. And...

To see that one coming, you are Nostradamus level.

This makes me feel good.

Joey King vibes!

Now it wasn't much of a pro career, but that coach probably has no idea that PJ was on an NFL team as a wide receiver until he messed up his shoulder. You have to be damn intense and tough to be a professional football player when you're PJ's size. Quite sure Rah-Rah Guy would kick that coach's ass.