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Holy $h!T There is absolutely no way to spin this. Colorado State was picked 5th in the MWC media poll by the way. It would have been tough to spin a loss to CSU, even a scrimmage loss, but 87-49? How does that even happen?

Ryan Burns had reported previously that Lindenberg got reinjured at some point. It seemed odd to me that he travelled to UNC and worked out on the field pregame yet was not available for that game or the next game (EMU?). The announcers for the Louisiana game mentioned that the Gopher staff...

Staying with my no negativity pledge for at least 24 hours so I am going to refrain on giving a grade. Rossi absolutely deserves an "A" for second half performance from his defense. Even acknowledging the weakness of the opposition, Rossi seemed to have things timed up to perfection in that...

Wait? what? Lets review. Iowa's first points come off a 3rd and long heave/great catch down the sideline that probably had a 5% completion probability. Then their TD "drive" came when a Gopher player grabbed a facemask on a sack on 3rd down that would have forced a punt, they get to the red...

I said this before, but a random MAC team would have won both those games in the same season at least once since 1990. Just ridiculous from this program. Would be great to end that embarrassment this season too.

Tough to name a player of the game from this one. Tyler had the biggest play of the game, but that penalty before the half was enormous. I don't think Iowa tries another QB sneak there (if they go for it) on 4th down. Without that penalty he's the player of the game for sure. I liked the...

I am not going to say anything negative about the Gophers performance as I am relieved as two of the most embarrassing streaks in college football are over: no road wins against Iowa since 1999 and EIGHT straight losses against them. There's no way we should have lost some of those past games...

This seems way more about his relationship with Michigan and Jalen Rose specifically and Minnesota just taking stay bullets. The logic of the story doesn't even make sense: MSU's AD takes a picture (this is pre cellphone, so the MSU AD is just bringing a camera in to the Dome...) of CWebb...

28 media members vote on this with 2 from each school. Purdue got 24 of the 28 first place votes with Michigan State getting the other 4. 1. Purdue 2. MSU 3. Maryland 4. Illinois 5. Wisconsin 6. Indiana 7. Ohio State 8. Northwestern 9. Iowa 10. Rutgers 11. Michigan 12. Nebraska 13. Penn State...

Accidentally posted a bball post in the fball forum. Sorry.

Hope for the best for Dawson. Being at the top of the scouting report for a limited team can be tough (see Battle). The better the rest of the team is, the more likely it will be that Dawson can make the postseason version of this list.

Fleck's biggest strengths to me are his abilty to promote his program and the way his program represents the University off the field. In his first few years, PJ was great at selling his vision and promoting the University both to current fans and attempting to bring in new ones. Throughout...

I had a long post written out, but decided to delete it. I don't buy any of the excuses why Minnesota can't or shouldn't be more successful than Iowa or Wisconsin in football. The bottom line is people here are more tolerant of failure. Depending on your perspective that means Minnesotan's...

This a very realistic scenario, as the first 4 teams on this list are very bad. The question becomes is Minnesota just as bad? Unfortunately, I think the Northwestern debacle would still prevent the West from being on the line in the season finale at home against Wisconsin. I don't see...

There is absolutely no excuse to lose to this Iowa team starting Deacon Hill at QB. He committed to Fordham(!) after transferring from Wisconsin last Spring before Iowa came in with a scholarship offer. You have a week off to prepare while Iowa goes to play at Wisconsin. If PJ can spin you...

I am sure it's been discussed, but will a new OC make a difference if Fleck is in his ear calling for runs on 2nd and long? We've seen the same failed strategy under 3 different coordinators post 2019. On the positive note, I really liked the play design where Crooms came behind the line and...

First of all, I am glad they won and the defense made some nice adjustments after a very shaky first half. Offense: We ran the ball 51 times for 201 yards for only 3.9 a carry and (almost more importantly) our long run of the day was 18 yards. That's just nowhere near good enough to spend 51...

I like Bucky Irving, but it's also a lot easier to run in the Pac 12 with spread offenses and defenses designed to stop the pass. Look how soft USC's defense was last season. The bigger issue with Minnesota is the complete lack of a passing game post 2019. 2 good to great RB's instead of 1...

If you want to listen to the Fleck interview, it's available under "The Common Man Program" in your podcast app on you phone. Episode is titled Gopher Football Weekly with PJ Fleck. Fleck gives another terrible answer on his 4th and 3 decision saying "going for it is out the door when it's...

This will be a great opportunity for PJ to change the direction of this program.