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The Sean Hoffman picture was from the 1999 road win at Northwestern—it was Minnesota’s first Big Ten road win (IIRC) since 1994 at Wisconsin.

Butch Levy: all Big Ten & national heavyweight champion; Bob Stein; Doug Kingsriter; Aaron Brown.

The 1940 and 1941 Minnesota-Washington games were among the most consequential intersectional games of the year. Reading Danny Spewak’s book about the 1941game (the season opener with Bierman’s motto:”Washington First!”) a detailed description of the scope of the game and the effort required...

His father Lucius Smith was a legendary attorney who practiced law into his late 90s. As a young man, Lucius was the Rice County Attorney. Lucius was a Gopher football player and the story goes one of his teams lost an excruciating game to Michigan & Lucius vowed he would raise a son who would...

On the opening play of the Iowa game Upchurch scored on an 86 yard run—if memory serves.

Astonishingly, the Twins are 53-73 since the Great Collapse of 2024 despite having a 13 game win streak during this period.

Great to have Oregon in the Big Ten, welcome!—looking forward to a trip to Eugene. I’ll admit I’m ornery about the Bucky Irving poaching…

To quote the Brooklyn newspaper headline after the Dodgers (finally) beat the Yankees in the 1955 World Series: “This Is Next Year!”

Watching Vasquez riding his 1-31 streak deepens the excitement.

Paul Hopewell is married to a former Gopher swimmer.

Our first possession looked like a three & out but Rhys Lloyd scampered for the first down. Did we punt in the game? It was payback for the embarrassing loss at Toledo in 2001.

Had a chance to beat Michigan, Wisconsin & Iowa for the first time since 1967 (I believe) and blew it. Now that streak has 57 years…

Each additional Gopher victory deepens the angst of the ‘Husker fans. Losing to Minnesota is an abomination in their eyes—let alone year after year.

If it’s PSU it’s hard to quarrel with the decision— given the program’s success with tight ends and linebackers. That said, the Minnesota kids who play on the Gopher football team that busts down the door (and the talent which PJ is accumulating makes it possible) will be folk heroes...

In section 243 we had a putz who dressed like Harbaugh who would stand up & bow with expansive gestures after a big Michigan play. He was the subject of much ridicule after the Wolitarsky catch until he got the last laugh, sadly.

While the Brewers fans are chortling about sweeping the Twins in a three game series on the road for the first time in 37 years—I always smile remembering Jerry Koosman shutting out the Brewers on the last day of the 1979 season for his 20th win. It was the only time the Brewers were shut-out...

Good for the Badgers—discovery should expose in great detail this specific dark underside of college athletics: how players are winked & nodded from one program to another via third parties and the cash which changes hands.

BS holding call against us on a running play in OT killed us. Tyrone Carter was knicked-up & missed a defensive possession and UW scored a touchdown. Never understood why the football gods smiled upon Barry Alvarez other than AD Richter & President Shalala had the audacity to dream big for...

In 1989, we were beating Ohio State 31-0 late in the second quarter and had forced a punt to give us the last possession of the half. Instead, we committed a penalty (too many men on the field; roughing the kicker—can’t remember) and the Buckeyes retained possession. They scored a touchdown...