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Were they also doing a lot of cocaine in the locker rooms?

Coyle, Mr “I didn’t come here to finish .500,” is an empty suit, and bringing Johnson back for an unearned 5th year will confirm just how inert he is as a leader and decision maker.

If Coyle does bring Johnson back for another year and it’s another one of mediocre performance and no tournament (as many observers from his first 4 years expect), then Coyle’s ass needs to be on the firing line, too. He’s solely responsible for letting this program die on the vine and needs to...

Sure, but the conference is a collective and negotiates as such. So, it does have a good deal to do with the Minnesotas and Marylands and Northwesterns and Rutgers and UCLAs that might not bring great on-field performance year-to-year, but they do bring large media markets that add big value for...

Football drives the billion dollar media deals that pay for everything. Basketball (and certainly not non-revenue sports) doesn’t.

You don’t build a growth portfolio on penny stocks.

The last time we had a QB drafted, that list was written on parchment paper and using a quill pen.

Lake Placid 1980 before USA-USSR. Minnesota coaches give legendary inspirational speeches in that room.

I always liked Richard, he was a good face for our program and I wish we could've experienced what he's doing at New Mexico. We just got him too early. Wishing him continued success.

I’m 100% convinced Dutcher wanted the job and it would’ve been his for the taking had other forces not intervened. The man had specific language written into his contract allowing only Minnesota to have a significantly lower buyout. He would’ve immediately upgraded the program, and he wouldn’t...

Does it ever stop?

Richard clearly coaches better at altitude.

When you find the guy you know will pick Favre up from the airport, you don’t let him get away.

Groce was not well-liked in his last couple years, and was continually roasted by Chicago sports radio, with the talking heads demanding he be fired. Illini basketball has to be either especially good or especially bad to get attention in Chicago, despite all the alums who live here. The latter...

Wisconsin’s not the team you want to see coming off taking a shot to the nuts. They’ll be going for the knockout blow.

Just like Tubby? That landing was Charmin-soft for him, but we didn’t get quite as much in return.

Nah, calling Ben Johnson elite as a result of that buzzer beater goes well beyond just commenting on a last second finish between two lower division Big Ten teams. That was purposeful.

The weird part here is Davis’ national profile. I can understand a few of the local chuckleheads banding together to try and save the job of someone they perceive as a good guy, but why Seth Davis? He’s spent a total of 1.3 seconds thinking about Ben Johnson and the transcendent job he’s doing...

Between fawning tributes to Ben’s coaching acumen, nearly all at the same time, by Reusse, LEN, Marcus and now Seth Davis, I’m getting a sneaking suspicion that this is a coordinated PR effort, either by Ben and his agent or Gophers media relations. There’s way too much coincidence to all these...

Oops, I forgot about that unfortunate fact.