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Colorado, Washington and Georgia Tech have won nattys in my lifetime. The Gophers last one was 12 years before I was born. Washington was in the national title game a couple years ago. GT right now is undefeated and ranked 8th. Pitt has two conference titles in the last 20 years, and as...

We had a kid move to our very good MN suburban high school from Texas. I was in band with him. He didn't understand how we could have people in band that also played on the football team because there, you were required to march at games, and there would be 20,000 people there. I said that if...

I believe it. I wasn't saying the Gophers never paid players. Just that we've never paid to the level of big time schools. Imagine if Wooden would actually have come here. He was a master at hiding payments.

Massillion high school also has an indoor practice facility larger than the Cleveland Browns.

B and spend the extra money on assistants.

Explain Washington, Colorado and Pitt being significantly more successful than Minnesota then. How about TCU? Georgia Tech? At least USC and Miami have inherent weather advantages over almost any schools in the country. There may have been some merit to this position at one point. I agreed...

Where did I say anything about NIL? Big time programs have been paying players for years. We've never had that level of boosters and bag men.

This is a very interesting post over on another thread. Compares Minnesota high school football to other states about halfway down. https://gopherhole.com/boards/threads/this-is-a-fireable-offense.119923/post-3205830

Because we don't have enough money to pay them as big time programs do.

Need to make this a little more clear. Strong high school hockey is NOT a reason for Gopher football mediocrity. It IS a reason why high school football isn't as strong in this state as it is in some other states.

Yep. Same thing.

Could you elaborate? Is it the too many classes? The no-cut teams?

It exists in other states, but I'm not sure how popular it would be here. I mean, we do have 7 on 7 leagues, but for the most part, they're inconsistent and poorly run, at least from what I've seen. Hockey survives the way it does because there's huge money, organization and politics in the...

Obviously it was a bigger jump, but I'm friends with someone who was pretty close to the UST athletic department during the transition. Both his daughters were varsity athletes there and he was a booster. I can't recall the exact numbers, but he told me how much the volleyball budget alone had...

Mid-game is a bit of hyperbole, but I fully expect that you'll have guys transfer from non-playoff teams to playoff teams after the regular season at some point.

This is a huge issue, and we discuss it quite a bit on the Minnesota High School Football thread. I'll reiterate it here because not everyone reads that thread. For the best athletes in this state, football is not generally a priority, and it is the first sport to be dropped in many cases...

The Summit rejected them back in 2020. I haven't heard anything that they've tried to get in since. Mankato obviously makes the most sense, but as a state school, I don't see the funding there now, if ever.

Shit sandwich.

When I played, I literally did things that would have probably got me arrested if I'd been caught. But everything wasnt filmed in hi def then.

I'd hit him in the head. Can't fine college players.