If you’re referring to the Gophers, well, they’re in the “North Pacific Conference,” along with those famous Pacific-region schools Wisconsin and Northern Illinois, and Northern schools New Mexico and New Mexico State.
Of course, if you’re going to watch the Outback Bowl, and want to see Auburn’s offense on the field, you can turn it off with about 8:30 left to play. They don’t get a sniff of the ball after that.
Damn, that’s still an impressive drive!
Flameburger is outstanding! I went to the one on Larpenteur Ave in Falcon Heights countless times during my days at the U. Best hash(ed) browns I’ve ever eaten!
Theathletic.com is putting out a list of recruiting superlatives for each P5 program. Here’s a glance at Minnesota’s:
Best recruit, pre-internet rankings: Darrell Thompson
Best recruit, modern era: Carter Coughlin
Most influential recruit: Sandy Stephens
Biggest bust: Jeff Jones
Best...
Purdue and Illinois play a trophy game, for the Purdue Cannon.
Here‘s a somewhat humorous article from a couple of years ago that goes into a little depth:
https://www.offtackleempire.com/2021/9/23/22686542/the-purdue-cannon-purdue-boilermakers-illinois-fighting-illini-football
In a fashion similar to NHL players not touching the Stanley Cup unless/until they win it, I’m not going to go to the Rose Bowl stadium unless/until the Gophers play in the Rose Bowl game.
Theathletic.com lists six B1G players the authors think are being overlooked for the NFL draft. Mo Ibrahim is included.
Minnesota RB Mohamed Ibrahim
Ibrahim’s measurements would scare away most evaluators, from his height (5-8) to his arm length (28 5/8 inches), both of which were the shortest...
Collegefootballnews.com put out its spring predictions for next season. Here’s their take on the Gophers:
Minnesota Predictions
Spring Prediction: 8-4
Big Ten Prediction: 5-4
Aug 31 Nebraska W
Sept 9 Eastern Michigan W
Sept 16 at North Carolina W
Sept 23 at Northwestern W
Sept 30 Louisiana W...
One factor to consider with Indiana is that they were 4-8 last year, and six of the losses were by at least 14 points. That would tend to force a team to pass more than it might like.