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We haven't been there in two decades, but when we were there the perception is that we didn't travel well. Gaard seems to think that's still their concern.

When they wore something similar during the Mason years against North Dakota State, they looked like a JV team to me (and not because of the play on the field, which was JV-like). But this version looked great on Saturday.

And here I thought scoring in the last minute at home to beat USC would be considered a pretty nice win and might give a team (and it's field-storming fans?) a boost.

These numbers are depressing, but if you don't like it, don't lose to North Carolina. We have a chance the next two games to prove that we're not among the worst in the Big Ten -- but we can also show that we are by losing. Two must-win games, and if we want people to think we're good and not...

I rarely went to games in the Dome. I remember going to a couple games early in the Wacker years (Utah and Iowa), and the student section was about one-and-a-half sections -- tops. I went back for the first time later in the Mason tenure and the end zone was full of students in gold -- lower and...

You and Reusse have been on this for years. He's clearly trying to avoid throwing his players under the bus. You don't have to like it (neither do I), but you'll have to get used it. I will note one exception that bugs me: He occasionally says it's on him but still finds a way to throw the...

I don't know if it's quite that dire. But if we want to have a decent season, this pretty much needs to be a win. We already lost a winnable game against UNC. We follow this with Michigan and USC, so we could be looking at 2-4 with a loss.

I've read more than once that that's why Bernie Bierman made our primary color maroon.

Maybe you're grading on the season as a whole (as short as it's been so far). They did not go from terrible coaches to great coaches in one game. I'm grading on what I saw on Saturday. I saw a staff that decided, maybe for the first time in eight years, that they should take advantage of a...

I don't know the answer on whether they're reused, but trashing 85 helmets is nothing in today's college football. This thread is a good indication of that.

I expect it will be close to a sellout, if not sold out. We sold out two of the past three Thursday nights when we played good teams. I feel like we go through this countdown often when we hope for a sellout and aren't there two weeks ahead of time.

They might both want 10k + stadiums, but the Wolves would want 18,000 and the Gophers would want 10,001, if not less. The Gophers are already playing in a half-full arena; at least the Barn is theirs.

This kind of preseason diss used to really bum me out. The fact is Maryland and Rutgers are in the 30s and North Carolina is in the 40s, and we play them. They seem like very winnable games, though no guarantees. Win them and nobody remembers this. Then you look at Wisconsin at 27 and Iowa at...

Yes, it's up to the states, but in about 2000 Congress required states to lower the limit to 0.08 or risk losing federal highway funds. Minnesota didn't want to, and we were one of the last states to make the change. Rep. Tom Rukavina famously said at the time, "On the Range, we wake up at .08."

I thought it was a very good article. There's a lot that could be discussed, but I found this to be interesting, coming from someone outside our fanbase who clearly watches film. We've been hearing about Fleck wanting to move Carroll inside for two years; some may ask why.

Does USC have the same clout as they used to? Probably not. Have they fallen like Nebraska? No. Nebraska hasn't been to a bowl game since 2016. USC played in the Rose Bowl that year and has been to six bowl games since. They finished #3 in the AP poll in 2016 and 12, 21 and 12 since. So, yes...

"The Gophers are consistently good" is something I haven't heard anyone but a few diehards say in 50 years. I'll take it.

How is this different than the Gophers having a big, ugly Cambria logo on the Williams Arena floor? It is currently allowed in basketball but not football?

I'd say if the Gophers lose to UCLA it will be a long season.

Just for reference, FedEx had revenue of $90.2 billion in 2023. The $25 million is 0.02 percent of that. If the gift is $5 million per year, as noted above, that's 0.006 percent of revenue.