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I don't see the problem. If the market dictates $1.5M, then you pay him that. Period. No problem, we just do what everyone else does. Why should this be some sort of crisis?

Out of curiosity, why do you assume that UMN wouldn't have rich donors? It's a good school... Right?

I'll say it now: This is the best looking true freshman I've seen (Gophers), and this is the best Gophers team I've seen. Ben is putting something together here. Bravo, Ben. Bravo!

Look: we entered this year with two question marks: (1) QB; and (2) defensive backfield. Here's the clear picture of where we are... We now have a QB who can pass opportunistically. In other words, he is not yet able to run an offense organized around passing. But he can -- now --...

Last year, I thought the Gophers' most prominent systemic deficiencies were: (1) inability to shoot the 3 reliably; (2) poor free throw shooting; (3) poor rebounding; and (4) lack of a true rim protector. I'm love basketball but don't understand it the way I do football. That said, in my view...

I had to login, just to give this the "Ha-Ha" emoji. Well done, sir! Well done!

But, given that UM is such a top notch school, wouldn't NIL be a HUGE boost to the school? How many schools have more successful alums than UM? Should be able to outbid virtually anyone.

Before this season, I compiled a histogram analysis of Sean Tyler's carries from the previous year. And I noted that he had a tendency to carry for negative yards, but also had a significant capacity to go all the way. I was challenged about the losing yards observation, and i responded that...

I'm not disappointed. Look: the team is constituted of many new pieces. And not just new. Different kinds of pieces. So the situation is this: two kinds of machines can be built out of the pieces we have. One machine that is pretty much identical to last year's machine. And another machine...

There's a few AK posts out there. So this feels a bit like beating a dead horse. My apologies. I've been thinking about it, and here's my "take" -- which is really more of a hypothesis than an assessment. AK is not predominantly anticipating. He is seeing. So his QB "operations" are...

Fantastic post. Thank you. I need to go back and watch all of the passes and point out the fastballs. Off the top of my head, I think #10 on your list is an example (I recall BSF having one go right through his hands and thinking "he definitely should have caught that, but it was fired at him...

Can you point to a timestamp in the video I posted previously that shows clearly his unusual delivery? Thank you.

This histogram includes all 56 of Darius Taylor's carries through three games. -1/3 of his carries go for 2 yards or less (2 yards is the mode). -1/3 of his carries go for 3-6 yards (median of 4). -1/3 of his carries go for 7+ yards. So based on my personal means of assessing a runner (mode +...

I don't think AK will ever have great or even good "touch." I hope I'm wrong, but I think the receiving corps will have to expect fastballs, even when a soft touch would be better. As for accuracy, I suspect he's not erratic in practice. I suspect he CAN throw accurately, but is impeded by...

Go to and look at the play starting at timestamp 10:10. It's the play where BSP tips the ball and it is intercepted. In my view, AK does a nice job of reading the field post-snap. He threw at the blitz, attempting to get the ball into the region of the field vacated by the blitzing LB...

Henderson was all over the field. He'll be an asset all year. Great pick up!

I had to view Saturday's game in a social environment, and could only watch three-quarter's of it. So my view of the game was unfocused and incomplete. That said, here's what I took away. (1) AK showed he has a strong arm and can throw all the routes. But we already knew that. (2) He was...

If you are talking to me, I think you mean Sean Tyler. And, yes, he appeared to bench him for having fumbled. (1) I don't know if Taylor can pass block. Tyler is probably ahead on that front for now (although he had some errors in blocking assignment against Nebraska). You can't be an...

I think we're still figuring out what kind of machine can be built out of the pieces. Last week the goals were: (1) figure out if you have a rushing attack that can function as the engine of the offense; (2) put nothing that you wouldn't already know about the Gophers on tape; and (3) win...

He is completely deserving of this. To appreciate the full import of this, see my posts in "Is AK's play a concern?"