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you are probably right. At least some sort of retirement unless/until the NDSU hordes return with more nonsense about how they would be in the B1G championship game every year.

We don't get the lineup of NDSU visitors like we did back in the day, so admittedly it isn't as much fun to pull out the schtick as it used to be. Used to get responses from NDSU people all the time but they just aren't around anymore, which is good. Instead, it is more likely to generate a...

I rewatched the game yesterday and it really struck me how little the cameras showed the bands or fans of either team. There were a lot of wide shots showing the stadium was empty and continual mayo tasting in the booth, and other mayo content... but very very little actual college football...

NDSU overcame Crown College, Montana State, South Dakota State, Winona State and Wisconsin Oshkosh and all the others to be crowned the kings of small college football again. Congrats to the Fighting Hawks! The big fish is once again the rulers of the small pond.

I was at an Oregon State game (a loss, for sure) in the late 70’s too. You and I were probably at the same game. I looked it up. October 7th, 1978. Gophers 14, Beavers 17. I would have been 11 years old. They played again on 9/26/81 but I know I wasn’t at that game because that one was a...

Just saw this one today.

Exactly. Rinse repeat.

This is so true. Now there are cameras everywhere and potential litigation around every corner. I think of it all the time with my kids. They are used to a world where someone could start filming them at any moment, and the drinking age has been 21 for almost 40 years so they don’t understand...

I’m old enough!!! I didn’t have a Memorial Stadium thread on my bingo sheet tonight. But here we are. I attended two games at Memorial Stadium. I saw the Gophers fall in a disappointing game to Oregon State and also take a win in a game against some forgettable non power conference team a year...

Maybe something in the realm of all the other bowls broadcast by the same source, ESPN? Admittedly I was watching at a larger watch party with fewer opportunities to listen in on the broadcast but it did seem like the broadcast was heavy on Mayo and vomiting and light on insightful commentary.

they won’t go to waste. They will look good reflecting off the waters of Lake Victoria.

Which is B1G teams when the conference is doing well.

What channel is it starting on?

Money would dry up in a hurry if the B1G became MAC II The more air time the B1G gets, the more powerful and desirable it gets for top players for all the member institutions.

I’ve pulled for B1G wins in non con and bowl games my whole life. It’s part of what makes bowl season fun for me. I’d rather my favorite team play in the most powerful conference possible. If every game is lost and all the best players transfer out, the B1G becomes the MAC or Big Sky and I...

At least part of this is due to repeatedly getting screwed over from best case situations (and more notable/better opponents) with bowl placements by the bowl committees and conference. But as others have said, you can only play who they lined you up to play and you still have to win the games...

Seeing L Neal treated as an “expert” in anything related to college football (especially Gophers) makes my eyes/ears hurt. I have found his Gophers football takes to be wildly off the mark in the past, to the point I avoid him for anything other than Twins tidbits. I see him as second to only...

Plus one of the B1G playoff eliminations was at the hands of another B1G team. And, I think in most (all?) of the B1G/SEC matchups, the SEC team had a better record or was ranked higher or was favored.

This is why I’d like to see more games on campus. Even the NFL understands you should only have your championship at a neutral site. College can maybe stretch that to two with Bowl week, but rounds 1 and 2 should be on campus. Either keep the playoff at 12 or even move it to 16. Ditch the conf...

I was thinking the same thing. Potential for not only four of the last four playoff finalists, but four DIFFERENT teams no less, all from the (current) B1G.