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Officially, Battle has six turnovers but it feels more like 10.

You have no idea how bad 1983 was. If the the term "power 5" was around back then, we were the worst -- by far. Going to four wins the next year seemed like a miracle. In 1985, almost beating #1 Oklahoma, going to-to-toe with Ohio State (one of the few times we've sold out when it we weren't...

Do all these words mean that Gopher season ticket holders won't get presale, like we have in the past?

With Beyonce in concert at the stadium in July you just might see her do the Gopher next fall.

They're beginning renovations on Mariucci in March to lower the floor and reduce the size of the ice. A basketball-only facility is obviously preferable, but let's not pretend it will happen. Wisconsin and Ohio State seem to do fine in multi-use arenas -- better than us, anyway. Playing at...

Unpopular opinion (but mine): Gopher basketball should move into Mariucci. It looks a heck of a lot like what St. Thomas is planning.

Richfield grad, the leader of the team that lost to Edgerton in OT in the 1960 state tournament. That Edgerton team is often looked back upon as our version of the Hickory Huskers from Hoosiers -- and they are a great story, no doubt. But we had many small schools win state basketball...

From an article in MinnPost:

Down 6 with 9 seconds left and Cooper goes in for 2. I mean, we weren't winning anyway, but ... Was he not thinking or did he agree we weren't winning anyway?

I just heard Reusse say that on3 is his go-to site for recruiting info, so it's got that going for it. (He said they don't automatically rate everyone at least a three-star.)

The Gophers would've gone to the Rose Bowl that year if we had beaten Michigan because we hadn't been there as recently as other teams (although I believe we would've beaten MSU the following week if we had beaten the Wolverines). What many are not aware of is the same was true in 1999. We lost...

My recollection is that it was the second Mitch Lee incident, which included two other Gophers (January 1986), that put the final nail in Angry Goldy's coffin. Lee had been acquitted of his first rape charge only 10 days earlier.

The freshman safeties give me great great hope. Athan looked really good while he played; the offense changed after he left. Wish Evans and a another younger player or two had played a bit. But another 9-win season and bowl win will do no matter the details.

It's odd to see Fickell coaching, but I don't know why we don't see it more often. If the new guy is named before bowl prep starts, they get 15 practices to get their system started. Who cares if they lose the bowl game?

A number of people in this thread have mentioned playing "off campus" if necessary, probably Target Center or Xcel. But they'd play across the street in Mariucci, which is the perfect size (aside from being a hockey arena) and allows them to keep all the revenue. I'd love a new arena, but...

They can't, of course. But it didn't hurt to try.

It's fine to think that way, but those who do are not serious about becoming season ticker holders.

Next year's home schedule includes Nebraska, Michigan, Michigan State, Illinois and Wisconsin, among others. That's a pretty attractive schedule.

I've never considered Michigan a rival. In my 57 years, we've almost never been competitive with them; I can't believe they consider us a rival. But for me, Nebraska has quickly jumped to a tie for second with Iowa, behind Wisconsin.

Dairy Queen Blizzard Bowl can't be beat, especially considering Dairy Queen is already a Gopher sponsor. General Mills doesn't really promote its corporate name, but the Wheaties Bowl seems like it would be a close second to Blizzard.