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If the Gophers would've beaten USC, would that have been a "bigger" upset than USD's victory over the Gophers? In giving your answer, consider the following: 1. The relative rankings of all three teams; 2. The relative recruiting rankings of all three teams over the past three years; 3. The...

Almost every time I find the Gophers (or any team for that matter) in a critical 3rd or 4th and 2 or 3 yards, I immediately think of one play, and one play only. Inevitably, however, the play I think of never, ever gets run. And I don't get. Here's my call: either with or without...

Okay, I'm interested to hear your reaction (especially from former collegiate athletes) to the following observations from the South Dakota game: 1. Down by 10 points to South Dakota in the second half, t.v. timeout, heavy beats start playing over the loudspeakers, offense is on the field in a...

Although wins and losses are very important, and we expect to see progress most if not every year, there is more than one formula I imagine to becoming a Rose Bowl caliber team for several years in a row. One theory is that our coach needs to look and feel like Barry Alvarez. That is, take a...

Does Ryan Grant appear to have the potential to become a first team player one day? Also, just curious, were Grant's QB skills even close to being D-1 caliber? Thanks in advance!

I appreciated and read with great interest the post that provided Gopher recruiting results since 2004. It got me thinking. It might be interesting to hear from GH'ers who played college football their opinion about the following: Please comment on, rank or provide weighting for how much you...

Forgive me if you covered this weeks ago (obviously I never saw it if you did), but does everyone recall the following paragraph from the Star Tribune prior to the Insight Bowl: Minnesota quarterback MarQueis Gray is expected to see increased playing time at both wide receiver and quarterback...