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Or change conferences.

Say more about this.

I think that's a reasonable evaluation and expectation. Re NIL, the Gophers were a 6 to 8 wins/year team before NIL was adopted.

TV pays for games because fans watch them. If fans don't like the product and don't watch, TV money will dry up.

If fans don't watch games on TV, TV money will dry up.

I don't get this. The money comes from the fans. How can a business earn more by mistreating the source of its income?

An interesting thought. Why do you wish this?

Nice to have the service.

I watch NSIC games on TV. I don't know what the conference or teams earn.

Clearing 6.10 once would impress me

He certainly isn't loyal to his school. Less loyal than most. He led his HS to a state championship and I suspect he's looking for a chance for a college title too. He is a helluva runner though. I hope he finds a place where he can thrive and mature.

Two years of eligibility left.

Can you "go after" a player already on the roster of another team? I don't know the rules these days. I watch UMD games and, yes, he's an impressive freshman.

There have been ten coaches between Warmath and Fleck. Is it possible that the head coach is not the only reason for the program's status. In fact, it's better now than under any of those ten.

"Minnesota suffers as a football program in an urban market where it’s behind the state’s pro sports teams. Interest fluctuates between curious when the Gophers are winning to flatlining when they’re not. That’s a tough gig for any coach, and P.J. Fleck has navigated it well in his nine seasons...

There's an exchange in the movie The Right Stuff to consider. "You mean we don't want the best pilots?" "We want the best pilots THAT WE CAN GET."

There's a fair amount of precedence to encourage pessimism.

I'd like the Rate Bowl v Iowa State to avenge the 2009 loss to them.

No question winning begets winning. And yes, outside of alums the Gophers are not the hot sports item in Minnesota. Very unlike things in Iowa, Alabama, Oklahoma, et al. Indiana is an encouraging example for UM. They were once a bottom of the conference team. But so was Wisconsin in my...