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Yes, he was one of the first recruits Rhule went after. The fired GT head coach was a former Rhule assistant so there was a connection there. Thompson has missed all spring after shoulder surgery

Ferentz was HC at Maine before Iowa. Fitzgerald took over shortly before season as HC because Randy Walker died, so unique situation and timing where they had to hire a HC quickly and he was on staff already as an assistant.

The resale value on lake Minnetonka homes is pretty solid though if he ever needs to sell it though

I know they have several Safety/hybrid type guys they like along with some new recruits coming in.

That’s true. Some of the media have rates their RB room higher but it seems most I’ve heard have rated their DB’s as their strength

Defensive backs are arguably their deepest roster group so I would be surprised if they pursued him.

This was the knock on him coming out of high school, questionable work ethic and also not willing to be physical and make a tackle

yes, but Breakaway ends at 8th grade so kids have to then go to another high school. From some anecdotal feedback I have gotten the academics there are suspect along with Gentry Academy.

This guy had one start last year. Don’t know how you could claim he is a top end talent at this point in time

Chris Darkins vs Mike Alstott

Why are you trying so hard to defend/make excuses for fair weather fans? I’m sure PJ’s like holy crap we just need 55K to fill this place and help him with recruiting, ah never mind that’s too much to ask. It’s that lack of fan support that makes his job tougher.

In the entire state with this population it shouldn’t be hard to find 55K to fill the stadium regularly. That’s a tiny tiny percentage of the states population. It isn’t as if tons of fans are using their sports dollars on teams like the Twins or Timberwolves based on their attendance levels...

Why would you only compare the Twin Cities population, and did you also factor in a stadium that only needs 55K to fill it, which is rarely done. Also all those sports options of Minnesota aren’t occurring simultaneously. Minnesota should easily be able to fill a 55K seat stadium much more...

Beautiful campus, cool town, good school. Good luck to him

They also have a lot smaller population. Even with the other sports options here, with the much larger population in MN they should still be able to easily fill the much smaller Huntington Bank stadium and they still struggle to sell it out. MN sports fans are simply fair weather fans.

It isn’t like college football fans in larger cities are intellectual elites that are routinely trying to decide between attending the symphony and a college sporting event. Most are middle class beer drinking guys with the same interests as those in smaller college towns.

Schools that have good attendance at spring games and regular games for use it as a recruiting adrvantage and it gets recruits attention. Gophers don’t have fan support so clearly they aren’t going to showcase to recruits an empty stadium. PJ might be able to recruit better and get over the...

And the least experienced OL in the Big Ten based on career starts

Moving it inside gives him an excuse with recruits why there are no fans there.

These kids must not want to play in the NFL, that’s what I hear every time a kid says he doesn’t want to play in the cold or elements of Minnesota.