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    Paul Finebaum: What's a loss from your favorite sports team you still can't get over?

    There’s also the “phenomenon” of the big Gopher win/upset followed by the seemingly inevitable defeat. (Now I may be cherry-picking, or anti-cherry picking to prove a point.) 1981: Beat OSU; lose to Michigan State 1984: Win at UW; lose to Northwestern 1993: Beat UW; lose to Illinois 2000: Win...
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    Paul Finebaum: What's a loss from your favorite sports team you still can't get over?

    There was the bizarre sequence of events: Tyler Johnson drops the fourth down pass at the two and we give up the ball on downs. But wait, Iowa is called for a late hit. But wait, because it’s a dead ball penalty and fourth down, Iowa takes possession and the penalty is only half the distance...
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    Paul Finebaum: What's a loss from your favorite sports team you still can't get over?

    Still say on fourth & two feet with Maroney we should have gone for it on fourth down—no different, really, then being inside the one on fourth down and going for the winning touchdown. Indeed, even if we had not botched the punt there was a decent chance Wisconsin would have driven for the...
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    Paul Finebaum: What's a loss from your favorite sports team you still can't get over?

    Ditto & the 1981 and 2023 hockey finals losses along with the Georgia Tech Elite Eight loss (the SEC crew screwing Minnesota all afternoon long down to the Willie Burton technical still burns deep)…
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    Shama: Medved is a popular hire as the new men’s Golden Gophers basketball coach. That won’t translate immediately into big crowds at The Barn though

    Back in the day the non-conference schedule featured serious midwestern opponents: Marquette; Loyola (Chicago); Drake; Bradley; Iowa State; Creighton. I understand scheduling is now more complicated but one home game against a top 70 or so regional opponent would be a good start.
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    RB Estrada commits to Gophers

    He must have been impressed by our 2003 Sun Bowl win.
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    ANNUAL GOPHERHOLE PICTORIAL COUNTDOWN TO GOPHERS SEASON OPENER!!

    The Auburn and Colorado games were incredible Gopher traveling experiences and because of the Covid season they were back-to-back fan opportunities. The Tyler Johnson touchdown and the Lawrence Maroney 80 yard touchdown run at Michigan in 2004 were the most exciting plays I’ve seen in my 30 or...
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    All Things 2025 Minnesota Twins In-Season Thread

    Difference was moving a runner from second to third late in a tight, low-scoring game. France gave it a good shot but couldn’t get the ball past the pitcher. Altuve succeeded with his dribbler. It’s also astonishing the Twins have no choice apparently but to bat Vazquez to lead off the 10th.
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    Should Minnesota vs Wisconsin stay on Black Friday

    As long as Sun Country keeps the 7:00 am Friday morning flight to Madison which allows for Thanksgiving dinner late into the night and arriving on time for an 11:00 am game at Camp Randall.
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    SEC Network host says Big Ten football is running a ‘Ponzi scheme’

    Pound sand. To the degree that it matters I went to a site listing the 50 top American universities in terms of Nobel prize laureates. The Big Ten leads the SEC 141-8. (I counted “classic Big Ten: excluded the former PAC Ten schools and Maryland & Rutgers. For the SEC, I excluded Texas &...
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    Angel Luciano commits to Gophers!

    Everyone Angel tackles “will swim with the fishes.”
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    All Things 2025 Minnesota Twins In-Season Thread

    Even though the Twins lost, tying the game in the 9th and saving Paddock from the defeat was bailing out a teammate. Seeing the regression to the mean in terms of good fortune the last few games after the 13 game winning streak. Ball bounced nicely for the Mariners the last two games.
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    All Things 2025 Minnesota Twins In-Season Thread

    Tough night for home plate umpire who had missed (in my humble Twins opinion the previous two pitches among many for the night) and then decided he would directly inject himself into the game by weakening the Twins lineup. It would be interesting to know how the umpire evaluation brass views the...
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    All Things 2025 Minnesota Twins In-Season Thread

    There’s a decent chance Castro was running station-to-station not every believing Watkins would send a slightly gimpy Wallner home when the alternative is bases loaded and no outs with the Twins playing for a big inning in an extras game on the road. If that’s his thinking he’s also going to be...
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    Great Reusse column on his lifelong fandom of our Gophers!

    Still got my dad, thankfully, hale & hearty at 94 who went to his first game in 1940 (Washington) and saw the Pittsburgh game in 1941. His work responsibilities made it impossible for him to make the Rose Bowl trips. He comforted himself thinking it was only a matter of time before Minnesota...
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    All Things 2025 Minnesota Twins In-Season Thread

    Exciting game with post-season feel. Watkins blunder sending Wallner home likely costs Twins game—situation worsened by Wallner’s awkward footwork.
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    Which road game are you going to?

    Cal & Northwestern; looking forward to Mississippi State in 2026!



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