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I say: play the damn games. This is Big Ten Football we are talking about and anything…everything is possible. And, when the winds and the rain and the snow and ice of late October through November come calling throw all the darn predictions out the window. Bring on the weather and play the...

Current opinions can only be verified in the fulness of time and with the luxury of the final record, Imho. Less than that, current opinion is limited to swings in mood, degrees of passion and current loyalty and current , unscientific public opinion polls, also imho… ;0)

And: who determines which seasons are created more equal when the seasons are 10 to 30 to 50 years apart? What factor was involved for coaches who had to coach and recruit to only the damn dome? Just how… and whom gets to handicap this kind of crazy, fantasy way of looking at things? A...

Good discussion thread. IMHO: you all provide great examples of WHY a head coach is responsible for every game he is the head coach from season one until he no longer is head coach. Any head coach who cashes a paycheck for being the head coach claims credit for every win, loss, tie or game...

How right you are. It’s more a factor in late October & November. Some teams get really spooked in cold, windy, wet conditions. A windy, wet 2nd half October may negate a slight speed advantage, but then again may not. Just love our four season, unpredictable northern possibility location in...

How right you are!

Take what they give you. If you beat them when they do that, AND execute better than the defense on some of those plays and win the game, it is a sound offensive game plan. This is Big Ten football. In the end you have to take what they want you to do AND run the ball & STOP the run. Purdue...

It will be a tough BT home game on a field that is exposed to the elements so both teams will share the same conditions. May there be no injuries and let them play the game. The better team will probably win. It is a great opportunity for U of M football to shine and win a BT game! Go get...

Now that was a beautiful Big Ten road win in the rain. A fan of the Gopher Football Team has to absolutely love that win. Congrats to all the players, Coach Fleck and his staff. It was a remarkable week at practice for all involved. This Big Ten win is IN THE BANK!

Following fantastic finish Fleck’s forgiving fanatics forget freaking feelings from flop forever!

If a coach receives a pay check for coaching the team & running the football program at Minnesota or any where else, he owns the record from season one, game one, until he leaves to take another job, retires, is bought out or is fired. The moment he is relieved, in mid-season, he gets no credit...

Use the tight ends more as receivers.

Interesting concept in your final paragraph.

Good points!

You can’t fire your way to success. That is a vital thing for Gopher fans to remember. Constant chaos and changing faces in the coaching ranks really is not a healthy thing. That includes playing musical chairs with assistant coaches.

Excellent discussion in this thread. Cudos to main participants in this balanced and realistic thread…so far!😊

Actually, PJ’s win against PSU in 2019 was very Masonesque as in Mason’s win over the Buckeyes in Columbus and Michigan in Ann Arbor or Mason’s wins in Happy Valley & in the dome…and USC & I like ol’ PJ too! 😊

Big Ten games certainly mean more to Big Ten teams. A BT team could lose all their non conference games and still win a BT championship. This is actually an incredible opportunity for P J to show everyone what a great coach he can be. A loss, as horrible as it was, to BG, is NO reason to...

We don’t have the playmakers we had in 2019 on either offense or defense. That is what needs to be rebuilt in my opinion. Don’t you remember what Johnson, Bateman and Winfield were capable of? and, the last time the offensive line really was totally effective against a reasonably decent team...