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It's not that I necessarily think the Gophers should have offered Hart; it just surprises me, given how dominant he's been in high school, that he hasn't attracted more attention or offers. I have never met him and have no direct connection to him or St. Thomas, but I do have high-school aged...

Given that he has offers from Georgetown and St Thomas it certainly wouldn’t seem like that’s the issue. Hart may not be quite as tall as listed but he certainly is not 5’7”. I have never seen a HS runner in Minnesota move better laterally, or break more tackles.

Coleman Bryson really has an odd niche in that he sees the field more in bowl games than at any other time.

I realize that as football has evolved "traditional" running backs are not as valued as they once were in the schemes teams play nowadays, so this may be part of it . . . but that Savion Hart is not signing somewhere today is something I just cannot figure out.

Linguistic accuracy aside, in today's climate the potential for misunderstanding or mispronunciation, and the resulting consequences, might well counsel against using the word you suggest.

That Savion Hart does not have more college options so far just bewilders me. The guy moves laterally like a video game character.

You can't blame the kid for trying to score in the moment . . .but if the Chan player goes down on the 5 on the long TD instead of scoring they can probably run out the clock.

Generally you cannot move down in class, and you cannot be forced to move up; only moves allowed are voluntarily moving up. There is a limited avenue for appeal seeking to move down if your free/reduced lunch percentage is over 50%, or you're within 10% of the class size cutoff; my sense after...

Yeah, as someone who went to Hopkins very, very long ago I can't believe I'm saying this . . . but I'm okay with Edina winning. Where a sport has been dominated by a few teams I always like to see a party crasher, and football isn't a sport where they have such a built-in advantage due to...

I am a bit surprised that Mahtomedi played Chanhassen that close today, after Mahtomedi's regular season. St. Thomas is vulnerable defensively so I don't think they can win it all but they will move the ball and score against anyone. I have yet to figure out how Savion Hart doesn't get more...

The widespread use of artificial turf fields, which always have hash marks at every yard line, helps this. In smaller areas with grass fields you might not always see those marks.

Probably Sean Lumpkin. I have been in few, if any, stadiums with a more depressing atmosphere than the Metrodome after that game.

On Mn Football Hub for each team's schedule page there is a drop down menu that lets you pick seasons going back to 2011.

I'm sure something like that was going on, but even considering that it seemed a bit extreme. But it actually works out in this instance because it makes it likelier Two Rivers will play St. Thomas Academy, which everybody in that neck of the woods wants to see (earlier Two Rivers loss to...

It's almost always folly to pretend from a distance you know a team's mindset . . . But this game may be an exception. There is nothing about the body language, approach, etc of anyone involved with the Gophers to make you think they truly believe they can beat Iowa and are willing to try to...

In 5A, Section 3, QRF actually has Two Rivers first (which is a sign it's flawed; even though they are 7-1, given the weakness of their schedule they have no business being ahead of 7-1 Jefferson or 6-2 St Thomas). But Two Rivers was actually seeded fourth behind a 3-5 Apple Valley, which I'm...

There remains a perception about hockey from folks outside the hockey community that I don't think is entirely fair, based on the fact that hockey was an early adopter in having traveling teams, year-round play, etc. Nowadays I really don't think hockey is a lot different than sports like...

The also receiving votes teams in 5A include 6-1 Two Rivers (former Henry Sibley), which is a bit hard to grasp if you saw them win 5 games in 5 years between 2018 and 2022. The record is a bit illusory, as they were put into a district with three St. Paul and two Minneapolis schools and the...

Even if you realize as I do that polls like this are really just for fun and meaningless . . . Andover being ranked behind St Thomas, a team they led 52-15 four minutes into the second half, does leave one a bit puzzled.

It's at least plausible that (a) Fleck knew this might be coming, (b) NIL is part of it, and (c) this explains in part the comments last week.