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Big picture, I think this is good news. You don't need the best arena. You don't need the best facilities. You don't need the best academic offerings. You don't need a history of championships. You don't need a famous coach. You don't need anything other than money. That's opportunity...

Jack jones, May I ask: from memory, it seems that there were several occasions in which the left guard and center seemed out of sync with one another in pass protection. As in, they'd each pass a blitzing LB or stunting DL to each other, as though each one was expecting the other one to handle...

Tom Waddle... My brother had a theory that Waddle didn't actually exist. According to his theory, every week a random fan got to dress up as "Tom Waddle" and live out his dream, hence explaining "Waddle's" extraordinary play despite his obvious lack of any athletic capacity at all! It's a...

Holy shit. 11 years of lurking. May I ask: are you, by chance, employed by a certain three-letter agency?

Top view is hilarious. Literally no contact. Total flop. This world is crazy. And Dukies are pussies.

Similarly, anyone that wants to end drinking at the games shouldn't get to be a part of NCAA basketball. Lifetime ban. There. Done. Problem solved via the appropriate penalty. ...Bottoms up!

Really didn't see anything that would lead to that kind of reaction or any sort of injury. Flop.

"Lake Harriet." Isn't it "Lake Umi-Chunga-Changa-Chow-Chow" or something like that now?

You, sir, are correct.

The 70 point thing is based on several years of data collection that I've done (and published here, from time to time). Each year -- over 3-4 years -- the 25th percentile is basically 70 points on the dot. Now, this doesn't mean a game can't be won with fewer points. Because 25% are. What it...

This team is going to be at least middle of the pack. The main reasons are: (1) this team can score at least 70 on most nights; (2) and they can score in that volume by way of loading the floor with at least 3 or 4 players who can shoot; and (3) the other main factors that go into winning are...

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...