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Maybe I'm in the minority, but I love the current 12 team set up with 4 first round byes for the 4 highest rated conference champs. I don't care that they aren't the 4 highest rated teams. Win your conference or transfer to a weaker one if you don't like it! I think the SEC & B1G want to...

Former 4-star, 8th ranked LB from 2022 generated a lot of interest in the portal, but only set three visits. Buried behind two fellow 2022 recruits, 5-stars Sonny Styles & CJ Hicks. Also beat out for playing time by 2023 4-star, Arvell Reese. He was good enough to be on their second string...

Ryan Burns said they already paid Lindsey and so do not have enough NIL to pay for a starter level QB in the portal when the team has so many other needs to fill.

This!!! And he is 72. Tom Brady and Belichick were having a power and ego struggle in New England because it was unclear whether it was brilliant coaching or QB play that should get the majority of the credit for all those Super Bowls so they broke up the band to see who could make it on their...

Your exactly right on the G5. You see G5 schools ranked in the lower part of the AP poll, yet when you look at their records, they played one P5 school and lost, yet they are ranked above the Gophers and Illinois. While the gulf between Alabama and Minnesota has shrunk, the gulf between the G5...

We are very much in agreement. People seem to forget that Colorado got crushed by Nebraska and yet they were in the running for the Big 12 championship. I'm not sure if those conferences "deserve" to be in the CFP mix, but I'm happy they are. It's better for the sport. Most people still want...

Just listened to a pod that said the Gophers have recently invested considerable NIL into Drake Lindsey and, because we have a lot of other needs, we likely won't be getting as good a quarterback as Brosmer from the transfer portal this year. I agree with you that we have to be careful...

What he's saying was mostly true in the recent past (just unfortunately not for Ole Miss), but the portal and NIL have changed everything and is hurting the SEC more than anyone. The dominant talent down south is going to continue to spread out as kids chase college paychecks. The SEC does not...

The college football world has changed and not for the better for Alabama. Nick Saban saw the writing on the wall and bailed. Alabama might become the Nebraska of the south given a few more years. Just like in the case of Nebraska years ago, a few changes to the rules have been made that...

All three loses were to conference opponents. Maybe they should transfer down to an FCS Conference so they can win more conference games. Sounds like they can't hack the SEC anymore...

I called Alabama getting in a few days ago and that we all need Clemson to beat SMU in a close game to keep them out. Multiple outlets have said it will hard to drop an 11-2 SMU out because you are penalizing them for playing and extra game in their league's championship. That's harder than...

Is this related to Fickell's focus on recruiting nationally instead of in WI? He's getting slightly higher rated players from other states, but are they staying around? It seems like PJ has focused on recruiting MN harder since the portal took off. We've discussed this in other threads. This...

I'm not worried about Moss, but he'll likely get better wherever he ends up. That's what young people do with more practice. He'd be a great addition here to compete with our young guys and he's only a junior! Once one of them takes control of the position, the other top contenders will just...

Likes others have said, I was assuming in my comment that a lot of players that are moving on will be going down a level. That seems to be the most common destination for Gophers that transfer out. They took their shot at the highest level and couldn't get on the field. If they love to play...

I agree. He has a history of losing to teams with equal talent. He finally beat two top 5 teams this year in Penn State and Indiana, but they don't have equal talent. Is he a great recruiter, but just a mediocre coach especially on game day? I don't think that's enough to stay at Ohio State...

I'm really glad these young men can easily go play someplace else when they find out they aren't going to see playing time. Would this make it even easier for Minnesota to take flyers on local kids that might be a diamond in the rough or need some development? They know if it doesn't work out...

Helmet schools (Notre Dame & Penn State) have been picking off Wisconsin's best in-state players the last couple years so I'm not sure that's Fickell's fault and he is doing a better job recruiting nationally than they usually do. Fickell's record at Ohio State and WI is going to start hurting...

That's exactly how I see it. They gambled on a guy with no head coaching experience, paid him a below market $4 million/year and he has a $9 million buy out. I give them credit for trying to catch lightening in a bottle, but it didn't happen. I guarantee they get someone with head coaching...

It could be hard to recruit/transfer top QBs here when our WR room is looking rough! At least PJ could dangle Daniel Jackson last offseason. Le'Meke Brockington goes from WR3 to WR1. I haven't seen anything that says he can handle that load. People in the know seem to boast the most about...

He should not have lost this game. He coached scared. If he let his QB throw and the throws blew all over the place and were incomplete or intercepted or his QB had no time and was sacked, at least he tried to use his talented WRs. Instead of everyone being mad at him, they are mad at the QB...