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You got it right. He may rub some people the wrong way but no one hears about the stuff he does behind the scenes to make sure that his football program and other EP sports programs highlight academics and community involvement. If the current team makes it to the Championship game, I hope some...

Coach Grant is unusually good at finding "pudgy" kids early (before 7th grade) and turn them into TE's , OT's, OG's and Centers! This year's OL may or may not be those pudgy kids but he has found some very large student athletes. I call them the roadgraders.

I can confirm the weight rule is enforced by the coaches with very few exceptions. Can anyone talk about coaches' camps that support the youth program. I believe Coach Grant organizes his camps by position so he identifies who is good at what. The current Gopher backup (Kramer) threw to the same...

I can't speak to the composition or rules employed in the EP youth system. Others on GopherHole are more familiar than I am on youth programs in the Metro, but what I do know is that Coach Grant's ten or so plays that he runs in high school are probably executed thousands of time by the time the...

USMC: Never, ever give up. You suck it up and play as hard as you can the next game. Go Gophers.

I have been thinking about the same thing as you articulated in your post. I would also add other factors that are important to me: (1) how many players graduate, (2) how many players go on to graduate school in medicine, law, engineering, computer science, other disciplines(3) how many players...

Rossi has to give our LB's a motivational speech at halftime. They need to step up. #49 got beat on the long pass to the P TE. Our linebacker was out of position on the long run. P has 175 yards rushing at half.

6A Semis are set: Centennial vs Lakeville South and EP vs Edina. Thoughts?

EP's roadgraders completely controlled Lakeville North in a 21-3 matchup that wasn't as close as the score indicates. They only passed 2-4 for less than 15 yards; the rest was ground and pound. Time of possession in second half was incredible; LN never had the ball.

Stan the Man!

I think you nailed most of the opportunities the Gophers had to put the game away, but the one that really torques me is the 4th and 12 with a totally cold second string QB practically in his end zone throwing the rock. The absolute time to send in the cavalry and put pressure on him to make a...

On a day when Wisconsin and Nebraska lost we took the conservative approach again and lost it. We had all kinds of opportunities to put this game away but questionable play calling and our typical problems of not catching "catchable" balls, AK throwing it 125 mph to an open TE or skipping one...

I just returned from the game. Rossie didn't jam anybody on 4th and 12 on the Illinois 8 and the Illinois guy caught the pass surrounded by five Gophers. Then the next one, the same thing. On the TD play once again no jamming their #1 receiver, #1 and the safeties both committed the original...

Stan the Man!

I expect EP vs Lakeville North to be a real slugfest, a "slobberknocker" a la BIG 10 games.

Like I said....stranger things have happened on a football field....and with November weather.

I went with 3-1, BUT if we play OSU in a raging blizzard, with howling winds, and low temperatures negating Mr. #18 and our run game is alive you never know. Stranger things have happened on a football field. Having said all that I hope we play Wisconsin for all the West marbles after getting...

Just remember in all of this analysis, the Gophers have to be beat Big Bad Bert FIRST! which has been difficult for PJ. Next CHAMPIONSHIP GAME for the Gophers is Illinois..

What cold? Gopher second half performance caused a lot of jumping around and the blood flowed!!

Yes!