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Tru dat. Definitely a top 25 team. Should be ranked. Glad that schedule is improved. Would have liked to see a marquee nonconference game, but still happy with improved schedule. Looking forward to KU game next week.

Would love to see an opponent’s scouting report on McKinney. She is right handed, but wants to finish left. Wants to come back to the left even when right is open. But teams shade her right when she drives, which is a bad scout.

UCLA was fun to watch last night in beating Oklahoma. Kneepkens was great. Knew she could really shoot. Didn’t know she can also be crafty off the bounce. What a huge addition to the Bruins. Leger-Walker also looked like a great addition. If Sienna Betts can be a good 7th/8th player...

In the second AP poll, the Gophers are ranked #31, down 1 spot from the pre-season poll. But the Gophers are ranked by 4 voters this week, up from 3 in the pre-season poll. The Gophers biggest supporter in the AP poll, Sabreena Merchant of the Athletic, moved the Gophers down to # 21 from # 16...

Really feel for Woodson. Moving forward this year, the addition of Brylee Glenn looms large for the season. Glenn is not an exact positional replacement for either Heyer or Woodson, but her court time should nonetheless be materially increased due to the absences of Heyer and Woodson.

Iowa has 6 AP top 15 finishes under Ferentz: 2002 (#8), 2003 (#8), 2004 (#8), 2009 (#7), 2015 (#9), 2019 (#15). Top 15 is a more than realistic goal for Iowa.

Not that it really matters, but is Heyer actually currently in the portal? I thought the triggers for immediate portal entry were coach leaving or being a graduate student. Thought Heyer will graduate at semester, which would allow her to enter the portal at that time. But don't think she is...

From 2015-21, Iowa beat at least 1 ranked team every year, including # 2 Michigan in 2016 (finished # 10), # 3 OSU in 2017 (finished # 5), and # 7 Minnesota in 2019 (finished # 10). Iowa beat no ranked teams in 2022-24, and has yet to beat a ranked team this year. Seems like a trend.

Iowa has not beaten a team that ended the season ranked since 2019 Minnesota. Not impressed with Iowa’s direction as a program.

Iowa’s decline as a program makes the Gophers’ struggles against Iowa all the more frustrating.

Tuesday - Marquette

FWIW - I know it's only 1 game, but after 1 game, over 100 players in the BIG have at least 1 3-pt field goal attempt, but only 1 BIG player (Christian) has 10 or more 3-pt field goal attempts. She had 12. Impressive volume (and efficiency) to start her career. By way of comparison, Caitlin...

I'm sympathetic to Chico Gopher's worst-case-scenario observation as a general statement, but dispute it's applicability to speculation that Heyer lost her starting spot. The worst case scenario would be something like Heyer is having academic problems, or a medical/injury issue, or a money...

Shama also has ticket revenue info. “Sports Headliners received information last week from the University through the discovery process. Projected revenue from men’s home ticket sales for the 2025-2026 season is $2,356,000, compared with $2,071,000 in actual revenue last season. The women’s...

Is this true? In 2023 the Gophers averaged 38,321 in actual attendance (scanned tickets), with 5 of the 7 home games below 40,000. Has actual attendance materially increased since 2023?

Charlie Creme moving Minnesota down to 13th among BIG teams seems like an overreaction to the Heyer departure. There are some independent analysts out there who are more sanguine about the Gophers (at least pre-Heyer departure): Sabreena Merchant - the Athletic - voted MN # 16 in her preseason...

Bruce Smith’s 80-yard TD run in muddy conditions at Michigan in 1940 in a 7-6 victory is perhaps the most consequential single play in Gopher FB history. A historically great and celebrated play. This play won Smith the Heisman next season.

FWIW https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6741377/2025/10/22/ncaa-will-not-implement-5-for-5-eligibility-rules/ https://www.wruf.com/headlines/2025/10/23/the-ncaa-will-not-implement-the-5-for-5-rule/

Think we will know early in the BIG season how high the ceiling is for this team. The Gophers play the most front-loaded BIG schedule in the league. They play the consensus preseason top 3 (UCLA, MD, Mich) and USC in the first 6 league games. Only BIG team to play the top 3 in the opening...

The Gophers were 1 of 11 BIG teams to get at least 1 vote in the Coaches Preseason Poll. The Gophers received 1 vote and tied for 39th.