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Nice win, but NOT shocked at all.

yeah, somebody had to get screwed first

A Tracy Claeys coached defense would have shut down the new Fleck offense easily

I remember when we lined up, moved the pile, ran for 250 yards, and could play with anyone

This offense is NOT built for the BIG. Too much lateral movement. It will get wiped out as the weather gets worse

We have abandoned our offensive identity

CUSA, as an aside, has morphed into a sort of allegiance of non-aligned schools. Meaning, schools who would be independent in normal times but live in a time when belonging to some sort of conference has more weight. It serves two purposes, unofficially, but is integral. First, it serves as a...

The MWC, actually, has many more opportunities to replenish its ranks since the jump from a lesser conference or the FCS to the MWC is less than it would be to the PAC. My guess is that the MWC could seek teams such as UTEP and New Mexico State before having FCS teams go through the $5 million...

One thought and a couple dark horse candidates, per my sources.....(fwiw) The easiest quick fix would be Texas State and UTSA as a tandem. It would lock the San Antonio area as well as South Texas, and give the league a rivalry. The downside could be that geography might force them down a...

When the de-emphasis movement of the 1950s produced the Ivy League (and caused some schools to quit the sport), there were many at the U who thought Minnesota should follow suit. There were still those wanting to win at the highest level, but it was like dragging a tire. Finally, some of the...

One of the better DC's we had when it came to making adjustments was Tracey Claeys. When we were struggling defensively in the first half of a game, I would tell myself that if we can just get this thing to halftime and still be in it, Claeys would have the fix. And he usually did. I have not...

With these super-major top tier "conferences", the reality is that Minnesota and all the rest are simply de facto Independents that are categorized within these "conferences". These super conferences are going to be the death of what we have known to be conferences and leagues

The trouble is, this Gopher team decided, consciously, to abandon its one strength...a strong running attack....in favor of a finesse-oriented passing attack because of a quarterback that transferred. In the past, that has gotten us Salem-like/Wacker-like results against Michigan. I'm wondering...

WE abandoned the one thing we were known for. Now we pay the price.

Something like the Wacker years

They'll keep doing it until they start getting called for it

The elephant in thr room is that the Gophers has moved so far away from the physicality of years past to the more finesse-oriented, "creative" offense that is getting manhandled right now.

I don't hate them, at all. Pity maybe, but not hate.....

The truly "unfortunate" eras of Gopher football have been few and rare, actually. Salem's reign would qualify, but there are some schools that would have given anything for his 1981 season. The Wacker years netted zero winning seasons, no matter how much people wanted him to succeed. Then the...

Gopher fandom.....where the living envy the dead