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I will forever be grateful to Coach Horton for rebuilding the team's spirit to make possible closing, emotional wins at Illinois and on that raw day at home vs. Iowa. The seniors went out happy and it was great to see.

Yes, AK came in and played well, giving us false hope for the future.

That was Kill's team. It was the game where Boddy-Calhoun stole the ball from a Nebraska wide-out who was going into the end zone in the last minute. I remember thinking 'What?! We don't get guys who make plays like that at Minnesota!"

Yeah, but those Iowa teams won with a punishing defense, a solid running game and excellent special teams. They were so strong in these areas that they could get by with subpar quarterback play. We DO have a capable quarterback but winning with weak lines on both sides of the ball makes "winning...

Yes. I thought we could handle Northwestern 3 weeks ago but am now doubtful. Maybe they beat Penn State because the Lions quit on their coach that day but it's a road game and we have so many problems.

Yes, that was the covid season. The Gophers did not have a true kicker on the roster and a kid who had never kicked since high school was given the job, with predictable results.

No, that catastrophe was in the 2001 game.

I was at that game and Harris was running right toward me as I was waving him forward. I remember a non-athletic kicker or holder chasing him awkwardly with flailing arms...and then the ball came out. They made Curtis Painter look like Drew Brees that night, but then that team made every...

Yes, the 2005 Purdue game was the one where Cupito threw a pick 6 to put the Gophers down 28-20 in the 4th quarter. He led them back to score and got the 2-point conversion on an option play, which was breath-taking because it did not exactly fit his skill set. Purdue went up in OT with a...

No, that was 2001. In this game Purdue was backed up at their 3-yard line with about 5 seconds left and somehow had time to complete a LONG pass to set up a tying field goal.

"mailed it in" suggests they were not trying. Did not seem that way to me

Yup.

But the Gophers recovered and won going away.

I loved that game! Scott Eckers, Omar Douglas, Mike Alstott. Just crazy.

Minnesota 38 Purdue 34

I think the phrase first got traction when it was boomed out by Peter Finch in a film called "Network".

Maybe OSU made an adjustment. We are not great at that even when the talent gap is manageable.

Yup. Purdue put up 27 on Illinois today and 30 on Notre Dame. They don't defend but are capable of beating us.