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I'm really glad these young men can easily go play someplace else when they find out they aren't going to see playing time. Would this make it even easier for Minnesota to take flyers on local kids that might be a diamond in the rough or need some development? They know if it doesn't work out...

Helmet schools (Notre Dame & Penn State) have been picking off Wisconsin's best in-state players the last couple years so I'm not sure that's Fickell's fault and he is doing a better job recruiting nationally than they usually do. Fickell's record at Ohio State and WI is going to start hurting...

That's exactly how I see it. They gambled on a guy with no head coaching experience, paid him a below market $4 million/year and he has a $9 million buy out. I give them credit for trying to catch lightening in a bottle, but it didn't happen. I guarantee they get someone with head coaching...

It could be hard to recruit/transfer top QBs here when our WR room is looking rough! At least PJ could dangle Daniel Jackson last offseason. Le'Meke Brockington goes from WR3 to WR1. I haven't seen anything that says he can handle that load. People in the know seem to boast the most about...

He should not have lost this game. He coached scared. If he let his QB throw and the throws blew all over the place and were incomplete or intercepted or his QB had no time and was sacked, at least he tried to use his talented WRs. Instead of everyone being mad at him, they are mad at the QB...

My first reaction to this was NOO! Now, that I've had a chance to think about it YESSSS! No one would give us a chance, but I thought Wisconsin had Alabama on their heals that first drive before their starting QB, Tyler Van Dyke, went down. As we saw in person, Wisconsin's backup was not good!

UNC revenge game! How do you like Max after he's had time to adjust to the P4!

It is very realistic that Clemson beats SMU in a close game in the ACC championship and the ACC then gets two teams in. The downside is you'll hear a lot of squawking from the SEC. Clemson lost to two SEC teams this year, but one was very early on, Georgia, and was super close at halftime and...

I watch a ton of Ohio State football and listen to some of their pods because, besides the Gophers, I want to root for a team that actually has a chance to win the national championship. The Gophers are my #1, but they are my #2. I think he's gone if they don't at least get to the NC game. He...

Iowa - L 42-10 Nebraska - L 44-25 Minnesota - L 24-7 (really good change they get shut out without that personal foul)

I agree with a lot of you that top 25 conference champs should be in. Does this actually make financial sense for the TV networks? Most of us don’t care if the third or fourth place B1G or SEC teams get in. If you lose two or more games, you should be out of contention! Bye bye Alabama! How...

What is his PFF grade nationally against all safeties, not just freshman? Could he be a straight up all-American? I have no idea so just wondering because he’s rated so much higher than any other freshman.

CFN does a good job! Rank all 130 every week so you can see how all the teams move week to week. They have Iowa at 19 one spot below Iowa State which makes a lot of sense and probably why they can justify the Gophs at 25. They also have South Carolina in the teens and are not bothered by...

My first reaction to your post was, damn, you’re old. Then I realized 1/2 a century is 50 and I’m 51!:oops:

Right! More parity will make games closer and create more "what if" scenarios! Speaking of an alternate universe where we are playoff contenders, we have a better chance of that happening in the future than we did even a year ago. Brosmer has proven that if PJ trusts his quarterback, he'll...

Thanks for the history lesson guys! Like I said, I don't follow college hockey that closely, but was worried the B1G ruined the sport by disbanding the WCHA. Glad to hear it's more complicated than that and hockey attendance is trending back up. I was talking to a DIII hockey player at...

Not to pile on, but didn't the B1G ruin college hockey too by removing us from the WCHA? Easy road trips to see us play local rivals with some of the best teams nationally. Was the Gopher men's hockey team in better shape financially before this change? Were games better attended then? I'm...

Excellent example of how the portal has leveled the playing field. Eli was the eighth best quarterback in the 2023 class and originally went to Alabama. https://247sports.com/season/2023-football/compositerecruitrankings/?InstitutionGroup=HighSchool&Position=QB Like Minnesota, Pittsburgh had...

If Max Brosmer keeps improving this season, I think he'll be the best Gopher QB I've ever seen and I'm 51 years old. As they said on the Gopher Gridiron podcast, he might be a good backup NFL QB in the future. Have the Gophers ever had a quarterback start in the NFL?

I agree. It doesn't matter having three undefeated teams as long as you still get all three into the playoff and it's very unlikely an undefeated B1G or SEC team gets left out. Non-P2 conferences better hope they never get left out. If one does, you can bet it only happens once and then the...