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Maybe not worth a thread, but SVP on Sportscenter just showed the Gophers not covering (19.5) in his "Bad Beats" segment that I always enjoy. Showed the blocked punt/foot on the line and then the ending first and goal sequence where the Gophers didn't punch it in to fall just short of the...

Sad that if you made this list every year for the last decade, the Gopher coach (Pitino or Johnson) would have ranked 14th in more than half those seasons. If this is solely talking about coaching (and not recruiting which is somewhere between 40-60% of the job at college level depending on...

I mostly agree. It's still early, but it appears like the bar to win the West is lower that it has ever been (and it has been pretty low post 2019). I won't rule out Wisconsin simply because @Washington State is clearly the toughest game any of the West contenders have played to date (assuming...

Fantsatic post. The 3rd and goal pass on the 2nd drive that you highlighted was so incredibly strange. In that situation, a max protect makes zero sense. It's 3rd and goal at the 6. Worst case scenario (non turnover) is a sack which still leaves us in chip shot fg territory. So we protect...

I decided I couldn't go with an F because they a won a game against a Big Ten football team, but if there was ever a time this was it. Even the defense looked pretty lackluster against a very one dimensional QB. If Simms hits the open guy on the bomb in the 4th quarter, the game is over. A...

What an amazing finish on National broadcast tv. All of those that went to the game, particpated in the gold out, and sat through whatever that was for the better part of 4 quarters were rewarded with a great moment.

Finally had time to watch my recording of the Germany game. Ant was great. He did make a few questionable decisions very late that could have been costly if Germany hit a desparation shot or two. The contested top of the key 3 and the left baseline turnaround that basically iced it were the...

Check out Alaska (Alaskan?) Nets on Amazon Prime if you have a chance. It follows the entire season of a high school basketball team from a small town in Alaska. Many of the resident's there are in the fishing industry. Some of the residents get in to diving as it's more lucrative than working...

Glad none of you had to use the services of Washburn-McReavy (sponsor-unless that's only hoops?) after your night of debauchery at the Fleck's.

This is exactly where I am. It concerns me that PJ seems to be encouraging discussion about how tough the schedule is (under the guise of using his "opportunistic" line). We never heard about how soft the schedule was when we missed both tOSU and Michigan from PJ and Iowa was a home loss...

Mo getting hurt again is rough. I assume he ends up on IR for the season which should at least net him a solid pay check from the Lions. If he gets healthy quickly and is released, I'd honestly love for the Vikings to give him a look and that's a completely non-homer take. The Vikings could...

Voted for the new guys, Ben's eventual dismissal, and the search commitee's selection. I hope the new guys turn out better than anyone outside of a few Gopher fans project and this can be a middle of the pack Big Ten team and play in the NCAA tournament. Failing that, I will be excited to...

Which rankings do you find most value in?

Focusing solely on the current student athletes seems like a mistake to me. Burns mentions how they are looking for more regular donors outside of the hardcore fanbase, but that seems like an impossible task without slightly better football seasons and exponentially better basketball seasons...

Was Andy Katz trolling in this interview or was he really this unprepared? 1. Says that Minnesota was really close last year and would just "run out of steam". Huh? They were out of many games by halftime. 2. Says Minnesota could have come out and scheduled a bunch of cupcakes after such a...

I assume it is because most people here dislike Wisconsin more than Iowa, but I am more surprised by the love Iowa is being shown in these preseason rankings. If you look back at Iowa's season last year they finished 7-5 and ended the year getting beat at home by Nebraska and their interim...

Man Spencer had the misfoturne of calling an absolutely miserable stretch of Gopher Basketball. There doesn't seem to be an obvious replacement in regards to a former Gopher player of recent vintage. Damian would seem like a great option, but obviously couldn't do it with his coaching...

Nice to read the reports of Athan hitting Jackson and Brockington for deep TD's and Bride getting a pick against Kramer (nothing against Kramer). We're going to need more explosive plays in the passing game this season and Bride is one of the guys competing for that wide open CB sport opposite...

Not going to pile on Clint, I could see how the combination of Athan's counting stats and Minnesota's history of anemic run/pass distribution (only ahead of the service acadamies for the past 2-3 years) could make him feel like a safe pick to put near the bottom (ex less likely to go off and...

I have seen this expressed a few times here, and I have literally never met a sports fan in my life with this mindset. I know some people who go to games to socialize with old friends or connect with potential business partners and enjoy the games for those reasons, but nobody who is there...