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Really hope Coyle has raised enough money to hire an upgrade.

My first note seemed like a defense of Coyle, which was not my intent. I think he's a very average, but also a very safe AD. Unless the Board of Regents / University President wants a higher-performing athletic department, he's the sort of person that will lead it. Part of that leadership style...

Pete Najarian's net worth is exponentially more than mine: estimated at $25M. But as successful as he's been, he swims in a much different body of water than the type of people who can transform an athletic department. It is consistently suggested here that he would be a silver bullet for Gopher...

One of the more astute things I've ever read on GH. One component I would add: From the school's perspective, RTB doesn't really fly if they have their own established brand. PJ isn't getting the Penn State job, but can you imagine "We Are. Row the Boat."?! Of course not. I think this means...

I was concerned about them stopping by here and getting upset that we’d compared them to UCLA, but then I realized:

The broader point I'm making is that I'm not sure PJ and/or his agent need the Arkansas job to justify that. $8-8.5M is the going rate for power conference FBS. If he finishes in the top half of the B1G again, while being the second longest tenured HC, and without any off-field BS, he should be...

I'm curious what you would consider huge dollars? PJ is on $7M at Minnesota, 12th highest salary in the conference. Pittman - with no FBS HC experience - was paid $6.8M, good for 14th in the SEC and only ahead of Mississippi State and Vandy (who will be providing a raise soon). Arkansas will...

It's how Le'Meke first started to see the field. Hopefully he has a similar trajectory.

I wish there was Gopher media that didn't exist in the shadows of the broader MN sports scene/KFAN. I want to like Pair and Spare, but so much airtime gets spent on recycled KFAN bits or referencing other MN sports. I just want stand-alone Gopher coverage from smart, informed people. Gopher...

The best thing about Iowa is that it's downwind.

New players might be less money than Fickell's buyout, plus if you fire him you have to get new players anyway. How do people rate the job there right now? Obviously PSU is the biggest job available, but Florida, Oklahoma State, and Virginia Tech are all open and Florida State may yet open up...

File it under: You absolutely love to see it.

Gotta give them credit. They’ve skipped right past mediocrity to abject failure.

I haven't re-watched, but sitting in the stands I was very frustrated by the defense getting caught off-guard by Ciarrocca called for weak-side zone on third and long. He did it for 4 years here! Surely we knew this tendency. I was so angry about the third and long conversion before the half I...

I'm not following here... Zenzen wasn't offered by MN, or any other P4 school. He seems to have found his level?

Collective short memories around here. Ko Kieft was originally an NDSU commit. I'd take Ko Kieft on our team every season.

I know everyone is anxious for Taylor to get back, and obviously he will help the run game. But the passing game will take another step with him as well. The staff doesn't seem to trust Davis and Ijeboi as receivers. There was a swing screen in the Cal game after Turner went out that one of them...

It took longer than we expected or would have liked. But Athan Kaliakmanis was one of our most important players starting in the second quarter. Great to see.

That's true, but they've only played four times in the last 100 years and one of those was the 2009 bowl game. I'm sure the Gophers have played several non-conference opponents more than thrice in the last 100 years. I love the idea of creating non-conference games based on the previous year's...

The more I've thought about Minnesota playing Iowa State with any regularity (even "once or twice a decade") the more I see no upside from the Minnesota perspective. The Gophers have claim to three of the best trophy games in all of college football, including two that are bitter rivalries...