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  1. Gophergrandpa

    Big Ten football 2025 win-loss record predictions for each team after spring practice

    This year, I think we'll know a lot about the team after the Cal game--number three on the schedule. Last year, if UNC had been our third rather than first non-conf game, I think we would have beaten them handily. The Rutgers game, fourth on the schedule this year, should also be a big tell. We...
  2. Gophergrandpa

    Big Ten football 2025 win-loss record predictions for each team after spring practice

    Nebraska, as always, will bring a team loaded with athletic talent. Its 2025 recruiting effort ranked 20th in the nation, with 6 four-stars coming out of HS and 6 more four star transfer players. This "normal" class for the Huskers would be the haul of the century for the Gophers. If the Huskers...
  3. Gophergrandpa

    Big Ten football 2025 win-loss record predictions for each team after spring practice

    Cal game could be a real inflection point for the 2025 season. Based on recent history, we should beat Cal. And Cal lost a lot of offensive players in the portal. But Cal also had some success in the portal, ... including bringing in a QB from Ohio State, Devin Brown, who was ranked a four star...
  4. Gophergrandpa

    Wow: 4 star Recruit Trae Taylor just hit Illinois with an all time disrespectful pump fake (video)

    This off-putting moment could be the pinnacle of this prematurely-arrogant kid's life. Picking Nebraska shows questionable judgment. Simultaneously crapping on the home state school--which might be a CFP team this year--means that he is living in an alternate reality. Never burn the bridge back...
  5. Gophergrandpa

    RB Zeke Bates commits!

    PJ's successful backs have great vision, instinct, burst and power. This kid might have all that. But rarely have PJ's RBs busted a hole and sprinted 75 yards to a TD, dusting the pursuit. Our backs keep PJ's patient, clock-eating drives alive. Our backs now catch passes and get YAC! Our backs...
  6. Gophergrandpa

    RB Zeke Bates commits!

    Mo Ibrahim had a 4.52 time in the 40, and he was no burner. I like any offer PJ reels in, but this kid is no burner.
  7. Gophergrandpa

    Georgia WR Tyler Williams has committed to MN

    I think that with a 105 roster limit, it is tough for a team to carry two freak athlete WR candidates, both of whom are steep development projects for one reason or another. My guess is that Malachi Coleman--perhaps even more of a "freak athlete" than Williams--must be closer to playing, or more...
  8. Gophergrandpa

    Ranking BIG 10 QBs (Badger Wire)

    Interesting article from the Badger Wire (sorry). Not written by AI. Information is current and accurate. You can quibble with the rankings, but one thing is clear: the B1G is LOADED with quality QBs. Not sure I'd put Luke Altmeyer at No. 2. Or that I'd rank Billy Edwards as high (but this is a...
  9. Gophergrandpa

    New DL: Omonode.

    My immediate thought was of Richardson. Undersized but quick, often requiring a double team. Could help the DEs.
  10. Gophergrandpa

    Why are so many former top-100 recruits hitting the transfer portal so quickly?

    I think the mindset is different for top 100 players. They don't want to wait for years for their turn--or to "develop." They'll move to where playing time is virtually guaranteed (or roster gaps effectively make a guarantee). If we had told Koi P that he had to wait two years to see the field...
  11. Gophergrandpa

    Official 2025 Roster Movement Thread - Who's In and Who's Out?

    Did a count this morning. The current published roster shows 94 players. We have 14 who have signed LOIs to attend, but are not yet on the roster. And Nestor and Omonode are new transfers not yet on roster. That makes 110 players in total. A carve down to 105 should be well within range. Appear...
  12. Gophergrandpa

    New DL: Omonode.

    Nickname is "Mo." Good vibe ...
  13. Gophergrandpa

    Official 2025 Roster Movement Thread - Who's In and Who's Out?

    Mariere Omonode, DL, 6'0" 286, transferring from Purdue to the Gophers? Thought I saw it on 247's portal tracker.
  14. Gophergrandpa

    New DL: Omonode.

    Haven't seen announcement yet, but 247's transfer portal tracker shows that Mariere Omonode, a 6'0" 286 lbs DL has transferred from Purdue to the Gophers. We've got a lot of length at interior line. Maybe Omonode--if he has actually transferred--might bring some quickness and a different kind of...
  15. Gophergrandpa

    Hold out!! Tennessee QB Nico Iamaleava did not attend Tennessee spring practice today. He’s been in conversations with Tennessee about a new contract.

    Looks like younger brother, Madden Iamaleava, has transferred from the Razorbacks to UCLA, as well. New deal: Madden is the back-up QB to his brother Nico? I kind of like UCLA and its coach. Hope UCLA isn't making a deal with the devil here.
  16. Gophergrandpa

    Hold out!! Tennessee QB Nico Iamaleava did not attend Tennessee spring practice today. He’s been in conversations with Tennessee about a new contract.

    Has to be satire or malevolent clickbait. No player or his father could be so stupid as to make such a silly, pointless, selfish and dispiriting demand upon his brand new team--one very unlikely to get even a whiff of CFP play.
  17. Gophergrandpa

    Hold out!! Tennessee QB Nico Iamaleava did not attend Tennessee spring practice today. He’s been in conversations with Tennessee about a new contract.

    Just looked at 247: shows Iamaleava as 100% to North Carolina (Bill Belichick). Must be ready to pony up $4M. Pretty amazing.
  18. Gophergrandpa

    Official 2027 Gophers Football Recruiting Thread: Links, Tweets, Videos, Rumors

    Paul Giel, Winona (Heisman runner up and great baseball player; All American, both sports). Bruce Smith, Faribault (Heisman)?
  19. Gophergrandpa

    Reports on Spring Practices

    Are “first menstruation” jokes allowed on GH?
  20. Gophergrandpa

    Six Gophers headed to combine

    Best DE time was posted by James Pearce of Tennessee, who is the same height as Jah but plays 20 pounds lighter. Jah, at 262 instead of 243, is a better choice for pass rush plus run stop.



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