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I researched this during timeouts of the Vikings game tonight and I wanted to share what I found. All of my links are on tabs on my phone, so I'll share the source but you'll have to find your own links if you wish. From a June 3, 2022 Pioneer Press article by Andy Greder - Johnson has a 1...

So I realize asking a coach to waive the white flag before the game even begins is futile. That said, we know how Fleck coaches and we especially know how Fleck coaches games against the upper echelon of the Big Ten. He's going to insist on running the ball/draining the clock even when we are...

Kind of crazy to even be thinking about 5-7 with Wisconsin left on the schedule. This season will leave an awful taste regardless, but losing to that Wisconsin team at home to cap it off? (vomit emoji) I am not a believer at all in the 15 practices thing as Gopher coaches in the past trumpeted...

I guess with Hawkins he did have some wild turnovers in the game and also there was one play defensively in transition where he had to pick up a bigger guy and it was an easy dump in and score for Missouri. I can kind of understand Johnson's fears of Hawkins getting caught in switches but A...

Wait a second, this thread was brought back to life by someone attempting a "told you so" during this game like the pathetic GopherHole tweet? For the Ben Johnson apologists, he could go .500 in the Big Ten this year and his Big Ten record after 3 years would be 16-43. That's a winning...

Mentioned this in the game thread. The possession took place in front of the Gopher bench and Ben clearly told Cam to hold the ball. It's what he wanted. When you're in the double bonus and only up a point, I don't think anyone would argue this was optimal strategy.

So many things to say about this game. I guess I'll start with the last 3 possessions. We're up 1 with less than a minute left and in the double bonus. Why the F is Johnson telling Christie to hold the ball and dribble in to a shot clock draining 3? We have the ball right by our bench in this...

Does Irving stay if he believed he was going to be the lead back after his Freshman year? Remember Ky Thomas left too. The initial rumor was that Bucky was contacted by USC which encouraged him to enter the portal. Supposedly what was promised there didn't materialize and he wound up with a...

It amazes me the guys who (still) have a voice in Twin Cities media. Souhan had a horrible take last year about how Minnesota should give Ben Johnson "more time". This time he suggests Minnesota was "lucky" to avoid playing Penn State. Who thinks he's even aware of how the B1G schedules and...

I doubt it. Someone above posted Cody was on crutches this week. If Fleck was going to sit Cody to preserve a redshirt, it would have made a ton more sense to do it against Ohio State where they are going to lose anyway. Assuming Cody is injured, it's very dissapointing that both Cody and...

He's not getting fired, and I think he should get another year. That said, I hate the loser mentaltiy of "best coach since X" or "who are we going to get that's going to do better?". A LOT of coaches would have done a lot better with Minnesota's schedule the past 3 years than Fleck has...

Since 2019, every awful loss PJ has had has been relatively close. He could lie to himself that he wasn't the problem (even though it kept happening over and over again)...it could just be one dropped pass, one missed assignment...he was just unlucky. The last time there was any sort of awful...

The bolded here is straight garbage. People want to know why Fleck keeps losing games to Illinois, Bowling Green, Purdue, Northwestern, and Iowa that have been the difference between a B1G West title and another trip to the Outback Bowl (or better) and a season where we end up in one of the...

The link to Houston Nutt praising Lindsey's game was encouraging. My issue with Lindsey from the little I have seen and read is very similar to Viotto in that I don't think he's going to be any sort of running threat at all and may struggle just to avoid rushers at the college level. Maybe our...

Here's a little piece from the article: The U's way of showing patience was extending Johnson's contract before last season through 2027. His buyout also changed, making it potentially more expensive to fire him after this season. In his original deal, the U agreed to pay 100% of the...

You miss the guy who had the title of worst Gopher coach ever until Ben showed up? Wouldn't it be better to miss Clem or Dutcher or Muss or Tubby or even Monson?

I agree with most of the comments about scheduling St Thomas. The analogy of it being like Wisconsin playing Marquette totally misses the mark. Marquette is a Big East school and has won a National Championship St Thomas is in it's infancy of playing D1 Basketball and plays in a 1 bid league...

It was announced that students got in free for the exhibition, so I wonder if that number is counting free admissions?

Marcus Fuller and Ryan James have been much more like Baghdad Bob in their promotion of Ben Johnson than they have been giving honest assesments of the state of the program...but it doesn't matter because people have eyes. So those two are trying to do what I think your are suggesting (putting...

I can relate quite a bit to the OP. I had a long post written out, but I know some don't like to read those. I've tried to step away from Gopher Basketball unsuccessfully. When the administration kept Pitino on board for 8 years despite a conference winning percentage that was something like...