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  1. WindyCityGopher

    Grading college basketball hires for 2025-26 (Minnesota, Niko Medved: B+)

    Absolutely, Bleed! It was a comment on Decourcy and the absolutely perplexing takes from him in particular in this story and the national media in general on Johnson. All of them should know better.
  2. WindyCityGopher

    Grading college basketball hires for 2025-26 (Minnesota, Niko Medved: B+)

    I’m without words. These national guys are absolutely without any sort of clue. A coach who frequently makes his guys better just does not end up with a 56-71 record. Period.
  3. WindyCityGopher

    Preview: Gophers Face UMass In Fargo NCAA Regional

    That Western Michigan winner 26 seconds into the second OT was eerily reminiscent of Quinnipiac's against us in '23.
  4. WindyCityGopher

    Niko on Jim Rome

    Not cabins, palaces. There are some incredible homes on the chain. Rome’s is beautiful.
  5. WindyCityGopher

    Bucky house!

    Looks like somewhere Buffalo Bill would be giving it the hose again.
  6. WindyCityGopher

    Niko on Jim Rome

    Rome’s massive summer house is just around the bend from my sister’s in Eagle River. See him hanging out by the lake at his fire pit a lot when I’m up there. He’s always friendly and loves the Northwoods.
  7. WindyCityGopher

    Northwestern’s motion to dismiss the wrongful termination lawsuit brought by former coach Pat Fitzgerald was denied today, Fitz seeking $130MM.

    Fits has spent the last few years wandering around the North Shore, volunteer coaching his son Ryan’s high school (Loyola Academy), helping them win three straight Illinois large school football championships. With Ryan headed to Iowa as a PWO, who knows if Fitz will work with Ferentz and the...
  8. WindyCityGopher

    Shooter: Gophers' NIL budget this season —lowest in the Big Ten — was in the $700,000 range, of which Dawson Garcia got $500,000.

    Cut Shooter some slack, he’s never been the same since Jim Carter and his scarves passed a few years ago.
  9. WindyCityGopher

    Short Ornery Norwegian...

    The Big Sleep has been known to affect people in their 70s, unfortunately. Happy that you’re still with us, Mulligan!
  10. WindyCityGopher

    Gophers partner with Independent Sports & Entertainment (ISE) to explore potential naming rights for Williams Arena.

    I’m friends with the CEO of Sherwin Williams. We used to work together in Minneapolis, so there’s the local connection. I’ll see what I can do to make it happen.
  11. WindyCityGopher

    Shama: Breathing Issues Latest Hurdle for Courageous Casey O’Brien

    He’s a hell of a human being. I only wish I had a fraction of Casey’s strength and courage. May he continue his brave fight.
  12. WindyCityGopher

    Evans commits to North Carolina

    Shooter first called it around 2012.
  13. WindyCityGopher

    All Things 2024-25 College Basketball Coach Fired/Hired/Retired Thread

    Looks like Maryland has "One of Us" syndrome, too.
  14. WindyCityGopher

    All Things 2024-25 College Basketball Coach Fired/Hired/Retired Thread

    It’s not in the Bible Belt. That’s a very different level of South from Bama.
  15. WindyCityGopher

    All Things 2024-25 College Basketball Coach Fired/Hired/Retired Thread

    And Oats is a hardcore Bible banger who’s absolutely at home in the deep South. He’s not going back up North.
  16. WindyCityGopher

    Preview: Gophers Face UMass In Fargo NCAA Regional

    And somehow, Penn State is the only Big Ten team to make the Frozen Four.
  17. WindyCityGopher

    All Things 2025 NCAA Tournament Games Thread

    Interestingly, the conference has recently flipped the script in football, winning back-to-back titles, getting more of the high end talent to even the field with the SEC. I wonder if that’s a product of NIL? And can Big Ten hoops recapture its magic, too?



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