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    Max

    There’s always the CFL …
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    Placekicker

    This …
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    CBS: Big Ten football power rankings 2026 (9. Minnesota; The Golden Gophers are worth keeping an eye on)

    True, but I think his absence affects this coming year’s ranking as much as Raiola’s.
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    CBS: Big Ten football power rankings 2026 (9. Minnesota; The Golden Gophers are worth keeping an eye on)

    Also don’t have Holy Angel’s RB Emmett Johnson anymore. He might have been a bigger driver of the Husker’s offense than the Mahomes wannabe.
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    From CFN: Minnesota Football 2026 Schedule Outlook and Analysis

    At least we get Miss State at home. On the road, not sure we win.
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    Which road games are you going to in 2026?

    Washington most likely. Never been to Penn State, though I have made flimsy plans to go before. This might be the year--year 0 of the Campbell remake. Already been to Indiana back when tickets were cheap and you could sit almost anywhere; not sure I want to pay the Cignetti upcharge and have to...
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    Gopher Assistant Football Coaches 2026

    Bring in Mace as an emeritus offensive analyst. Keep Mace away from the defensive guys.
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    Hey legal guys, please weigh in on Darian Mensah

    The good news is that only a couple of college teams will ever have that kind of potential for commercially-irrational financial dominance. It will be like the Dodgers and Yankees in baseball--operating in a different atmosphere than the rest of the teams (in which you avoid a soft salary cap by...
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    Hey legal guys, please weigh in on Darian Mensah

    For teams that are seeking injunctive relief, you know the basic rule courts apply: one who seeks equity must do equity. Sometimes called the "unclean hands" doctrine. Since the transfer/NIL thing is, for some schools, looking to be a very dirty business, this rule of court might come into play...
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    Hey legal guys, please weigh in on Darian Mensah

    We’re saying the same thing, I believe. I’m thinking how high a liquidated damages clause number could you put in a player contract that would likely deter tampering—and still be upheld by a court as not being unenforceable as excessive? I would think in Mensah’s case the amount of his two year...
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    Hey legal guys, please weigh in on Darian Mensah

    The liquidated damages had to be a big number … one that will deter poaching (but still be one a court would enforce as not bring unreasonable and excessive under the circumstances). As you point out, if the liquidated damages clause is too low, it actually is just a buy-out number with a...
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    Hey legal guys, please weigh in on Darian Mensah

    If the NCAA were in a better spot strength-wise, I could see a simple rule: if a school induces an athlete to breach a signed contract with another school, the tampering school's wins are disregarded (no CFP or post-season bowl permitted) for the number of seasons of the subject contract, and...
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    Extreme Variance in Player Ratings

    In many property value disputes, three appraisals are performed. Party A gets to name his appraiser, party B gets to name her appraiser, and the two selected appraisers pick a third appraiser. The average value of the two appraisals that are closest together is used as the final value. The value...
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    Extreme Variance in Player Ratings

    I think stars and rankings matter when the differences are of great magnitude; probably reliable indicators of relative football value. Five stars generally present more immediate football potential than three stars. But three stars are often simply underrated: best Gopher example is Antoine...
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    I’m a fleck guy but

    Check out the wins the top SEC teams are counting .... it's apples to apples.
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    Hope

    To my mind, IU's stingy and opportunistic defense was more important than its offense in many key games.
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    Hope

    Actually don't have many four stars, either ... I'm good with your math.
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    Hey legal guys, please weigh in on Darian Mensah

    Really good question. Not really sure the irreparable harm “acknowledgement” in a kid’s contract holds up in cases of a poorly informed or misled kid. The differential in knowledge and bargaining power is quite inequitable if the kid is unrepresented. But who’s going to spend the money to...
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    Fleck says MN is putting much greater emphasis on recruiting and developing high school athletes than through Portal

    That is what I believe. There is only so much revenue-sharing and NIL money. And it is concentrated at certain schools. It isn't unlimited. If the rich schools are spending big on 22-year-old, proven-production transfers (big $$$), they will have less to allocate for HS players that need...



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