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Good to hear! I was starting to worry that I couldn't even joke about tall, handsome, athletic, super successful white guys and their hot girlfriends anymore. I was wondering what was left! :LOL:

I think you might be taking my post too seriously.😉

Based on his recent purchase of a Lamborghini and choice in girlfriends, I don't think he'll be "investing" the money in the way you suggest...

My original post has devolved into a lot of expansion talk which I always find interesting, but I currently am very happy with the size of the B1G and don't see a lot of value in expanding further in the near term. We have the majority of the largest TV markets in the US tied up. If we take on...

A young guy that has had the chance to work under Hetherman and many other smart DCs over time. Let's see how he decides to implement the best of their ideas and strategies. It's not like when people leave all their knowledge leaves with them. Their best ideas will likely be used by the...

I am surprised by no D's, reading this board during the year would lead me to believe they are out there. Do they lose interest during the year and move onto things that bring them more joy?

Are we the haves (in the B1G) or have nots (not Miami or Oregon, etc.)? A large number of fans nationally probably wish they had the Gophers' money problems.

I'm an A- like you. I just think it's a lot harder to win here than people realize. The worst 300 mile recruiting radius in the B1G is hard to get out of my head. Five pro sports teams competing for fan attention and dollars, something our regional rivals don't have to deal with. He has done...

Do you think spreads are like that moving forward? I don't. Combine this year and last and the SEC bias is going away quickly. They dominated for MANY YEARS, it stands to reason that it would take a couple years for that bias to go away. We all wondered if last year's SEC free national...

NIL and the portal benefited B1G teams more than any other conference because we have the most money in our TV deal and relatively poor recruiting footprints. That being said, NIL and the portal benefited teams with huge individual boosters the most! Miami and Oregon seem to want to remind us...

I like the way you laid this out: 1) Do 50/50 objective (computer rankings) and subjective (people rankings). This allows the people to lower a teams ranking when they lose their starting quarterback at the end of the season, for example, but the computer ranking will still give them credit...

You probably need to pay Collins quite a bit more to keep him from following Corey, right?

I think you have too much faith in human rankings not being biased. Go with the top three highest rated conference champs get the bye (winning big games matters) along with the remaining highest rated team. That would have eliminated Arizona State from getting a bye which was by far the least...

I'm with you. I think they'd do VERY well and don't want Notre Dame in the B1G as long as they don't go to the SEC. They will just make it harder for the Gophers to be successful.

If we keep everyone else, how big an impact does this really have? PJ is still here and it appears all the best remaining defensive assistants are still here and the ones that PJ thinks are the best just got a promotion and likely raises. I'm sure Corey made a difference in the defense's...

Maybe that's why James Franklin thinks they have an unfair advantage.

I know there are good reasons for having Notre Dame join the B1G ($$$$$), but aren't there very good reasons NOT to let them join? Do the B1G powers really wants another power team that they'll lose to in the league? Them joining the B1G will make it even easier for them to recruit against the...

Notre Dame gets $20 million for reaching the championship and keeps it all to itself because it is not in a conference. Ohio State gets the same, but must divide it among all the 18 teams in the conference. For most elite programs, wouldn't being independent generate more income on average...

He got on the field for Oklahoma State because of injuries to their starters. I don't think it's likely he's a world beater, but he'll be good, experienced depth and can compete for a starters spot.

Thanks for making me aware of this article, BleedGopher, this was my favorite part: "Being the head coach at Minnesota is far from a cushy assignment. With limited Big Ten prospects among the high school ranks, and no adjacency to states with hotbeds of talent to recruit from, attracting elite...