Search results

This was a bowl game victory, followed up by a bunch of very predictable, whiny posts on Gopherhole.

I guess the obvious thing is that you actually play for a championship, and it requires you to win at least a few games, like every other sport on the planet. And yes, I personally do like it that teams from the Group of 5 have a shot. I find it way more intriguing than the old bowl system.

That's right. Except I would rephrase it to "neither one is the perfect option." So what do you do? Just abandon the playoff? In my opinion, having a playoff is much better than the old bowl system, even if it has its flaws. It won't be perfect as no tournament/playoff ever is.

Yes, I agree that it's much easier for this to happen in basketball. But upsets happen in football all the time, including an occasional game with 20+ point spreads. The only argument here is whether you are trying to get the true 12 best teams in CFB in the playoff . Or... is the objective...

Not that I am aware of but so what?

I guess you are not a fan of the NCAA basketball tourney then either?

Yeah, it could. We could lose the game which would not be the best PR for this program right now.

100 percent correct. Way too slow moving laterally. I have seen enough to say we need to stick with one goalie. My other main takeaway is that our lack of sustained offensive pressure and our lack of shot quantity is mostly on the D. We just don't seem to be able to break out cleanly (maybe...

The problem is not his delivery. It's your broken sarcasm meter. You missed it on Darth's post too. Both were funny.

I would agree with that. He has made huge strides. I'd have to give my "most improved" award to Javon Moore though. I originally thought... "I can't believe this kid is on scholarship." But the last few series he has been really good and I thought he played well last night too.

Gophers did what they needed to do tonight. Not the most dynamic, playmaking game but I'll take the win for sure. Let's get the sweep.

Yes. Almost as weird as losing your mind over things like the coach naming too many captains.

With all local kids who choose another school, I move on from them the minute they decide not to come to U of MN. I don't wish them ill but I could not care less where they go if they aren't Gophers. Of course if they play against the Gophs, then I do wish them ill - a sound thrashing.

I agree with the ones you list (not sure about Indiana) but I see no concrete evidence that we are behind any of the remaining schools. Are we really behind Iowa? Maryland? Rutgers? Illinois? Michigan State? Purdue? What makes anyone think that UCLA, Northwestern, Nebraska, or Wisconsin...

Please, please, please point to some reliable data. I don't care who talks about it unless someone is actually on the know. There just seems to be this assumption that we somehow have less than the majority of the BIG schools? Really?

Thank you! This is good stuff, and a very good database. I am going to start pulling stuff from MYASS too. But I have found conflicting reports. The data I pulled from MYASS says we are in the top third. Can't find a way to link it though...

Where do you get your figures? How do you know that we are in the bottom 1/3?

You have no idea if this is true. None. And you have zero idea where the U of MN stands with NIL. But I am glad to see you are being consistent... predicting gloom and doom here, just like you do on the hockey board. Just go be a Michigan fan.

Well, honestly, I think by this definition I am guilty as well.

And that game result was helpful in "saving it." I'm happy today.