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I used to cheer for Georgetown years ago. For college sports (and for me that's just football and basketball), my overall interests really wanes when the Gophers are not competitive. I'll watch big games and the tournament, but if I have a rooting interest it is mostly for an upset.

I think this is interesting. Not necessarily pro Beilein, but I don't thing age should be a consideration at all in who we hire next. We know in this era of basketball, things change on a year to year basis so worrying about 5 years from now is pointless. Minnesota has to get out of the...

This is what drives me crazy about the Ben Johnson "good guy" stuff. I won't pretend to know if he's a good guy or not, but I do know he's taken zero accountability for his terrible record through 3.5 seasons. Much more accomplished coaches have come out and publicly apologized to fanbases for...

We will see if it happens, but I think it's the best possible move that can be made now. Miami (OH) was more competitive with Indiana a couple nights ago than the Gophers were tonight. I am skeptical of the assistants on this staff, but the ugly performances have piled up to the point where I...

Crazy how little attention recruiting gets now with the portal season right around the corner. I still think it's crucially important for the Gophers to do well in high school recruiting and feel like we fell short in this cycle in terms of both National ranking and just looking at the offer...

Grabbed him after Marshall flipped to GaTech today. He was scheduled to visit the second week of the "Summer Splash" but his visit was cancelled when they filled up at RB. Didn't appear to have any other big offers (at least that were currently commitable) when the Gophers re-offered a...

They absolutely need to add someone to that QB room. It's not like Drake was this highly coveted QB recruit that has to play or else someone else will take him. If he wins the job great, but he's got less of a pedigree than Athan had in terms of a recruiting profile when he was handed the job...

I think it's a good time to bring this back up. Minnesota, Marquette, and Iowa State all opened up at the same time 3 plus seasons ago. Minnesota and Marquette had nearly identical recent situations with Pitino and Wojo. Iowa State was even worse than Minnesota is currently. Tonight...

I am concerned that with a team full of guys in their last year of college basketball this could get even uglier. There was not a lot of fight tonight and you think they would be jacked to play their first B1G game at home against MSU. I don't want to see what the effort looks like if this team...

I think this is probably our best chance. It's a massive problem that we didn't add more size and athleticism at the guard/wing spots. Odukale is the only guy who can even masquerade as a 3 on the roster. I'll be interested to see if Cochran's defensive skills in the MAC translate to this...

The best time for a termination would be after the Indiana game which would likely mean an announcement next Tuesday. That would allow ten practice days before FDU to kind of reset for the meat of conference play. We'd have two home buy games (FDU and Morgan State) and then get Purdue at home...

I'd be pretty surprised if Ersery played. The next group is Daniel Jackson and both starting corners who I could see opting out to train for the combine/avoid injury. Then you have Lindenberg and Joyner who have "stay or go" decisions.

The Minnesota/Florida semi is the real championship game.

I was trying to come up with a Max comparison for the next level. It seems likes he's Nick Mullens size with Alex Smith's play style. I'd be surprised if he has the arm strength to get drafted, but it seems possible he could make a practice squad as a free agent. I think Max could make a...

Have you seen Washington or USC play? Both ranked below the Gophers on KenPom. I haven't checked this week, but last week BartTorvik still had the Gophers projected as 7-13 in the Big Ten. I've seen some ugly box scores from Northwestern, Nebraska, and Rutgers. I am not watching much college...

In the last 12 years, Iowa has finished below .500 in conference play 1 time. Last season broke a streak of 5 straight years where they were ranked at least at some point in the season. They still struggle to get interest in their program despite that success while playing a really fun style...

I went with a B, but I could see arguments for an A or a C. My biggest gripe is not being in punt safe on PSU's last possession. With as conservative as PJ is, I just can't believe he didn't leave his big guys out on the field. We were going to try to drain the clock and kick a fg anyway, so a...

I think our interior 3 (especially Johnson) have struggled this year which make that delayed handoff even more difficult than usual. Mo also was great at turning potential 2-3 yard losses in to 2-3 yard gains, so I don't think we remember guys getting in the backfield against us as often as they...

This is correct, we never beat a team that finished in the top 3 of the Big Ten in his entire tenure.

I agree with a lot of points in this thread. This team lead in the 2nd half of 10 of 11 games played and the one they didn't (Michigan) they were a bad call away from having the ball with a chance to win the game on the final possession. For all the hand wringing about this schedule, at the...