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    The State of the Program

    As someone who plays a little pickup bball with the FogDog, Fleck would love to have Ricky as QB. Ricky never passes the ball anymore to anyone.
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    How do you feel about the state of program right now?

    I have played, coached and refereed for almost 40 years. I can spot a real coach. Plitzuweit is one.
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    How do you feel about the state of program right now?

    I guess the thing that bugs me the most is that Coyle took the chance on Lindsey - and found out that she was not able to coach having not had any meaningful coaching experience. Then he did the same thing with Ben. Coyle's hiring record is mixed - mainly because he over values personal appeal...
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    BREAKING: Oregon & Washington joining Big Ten, becoming latest schools to leave Pac-12

    Absolutely need to get to 20 - it makes too much sense. Stanford for sure - and Notre Dame. If not Notre Dame - how about Cincinnati? 4 divisions of 5 teams. Something along this line In Football, you play your pod and then all the teams in another pod for 9 games. Switch pods every...
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    HS Football Update - sort of

    One of the things that makes ISD 197 unique is St Joes - a HUGE Catholic Grade school - that sends almost all their kids to STA, Cretin, and other private / Catholic high schools. Those kids have never been really in the ISD 197 schools system, but participate extensively in the Mendota Hts/WSP...
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    NCAA Tournament 2022-23

    Officials were clearly not ready to call just a critical game. No consistency in the calls. Especially in the contact with player with the ball. I thought Lobo really held her tongue in the commentary. It was clear she felt it was as poorly officiated as most of us did. By the way I truly mean...
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    ***OFFICIAL MINNESOTA AT OHIO STATE IN-GAME THREAD!!!***

    As hard as it is not watch the game, I had to turn it off. Broadcast is HORRIBLE. Radio only tonight.
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    Big Ten owes Gopher players an apology

    The field was not safe. It did not impact the game per se - because yes both teams had to deal with it. So yes, it did not decide the game. But that does not change the fact that it was not safe It would be the equivalent of running a chemistry lab if the fume hoods were only working at half...
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    Big Ten owes Gopher players an apology

    For scheduling a bowl game on a completely unsafe field jeopardizing their health and future careers. You can’t play a game on grass 8 weeks after it has gone dormant. Its not firm enough to have these kinds of athletes play on it. I don’t blame a single kid for deciding not to play.
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    Ben Johnson is a Disaster

    The biggest concern I have is how poor the basic fundamental skills are for our younger players. Things like decision making and ability to play come with experience. We don’t have that right now. So a pass from me on that. But we have too many players without the fundamental skills needed to...
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    How does "Coach Prime" get away with this?

    Students in many specialized areas commit to a school because of an instructor/coach not because they are in love with the school. In athletics, media and message boards publicize it. But it happens frequently when a star/beloved physician, musician teacher, engineering instructor, etc leave...
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    All Things 2022 Minnesota High School Football Thread

    A clarification. The MSHSL enrollment number you report is the "gross" up for St Thomas Academy. They take the school population of just boys (actual 9-12 number is 473 boys) and multiple it by 2 (as if they had the same number of girls) to get to the classification number of 946. STA has been...
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    ***OFFICIAL MINNESOTA AT PENN STATE PRIME TIME WHITE OUT IN-GAME THREAD!!!***

    Frankly, the Penn State QB is not stub QB. But he’s got a screen pass, a tight end drag over the middle, a play action square out as his play calls. All very safe QB throws. Where are ours?
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    ***OFFICIAL MINNESOTA AT PENN STATE PRIME TIME WHITE OUT IN-GAME THREAD!!!***

    You’re on National TV. Biggest game of the year. And this is your offense strategy? If you were a high end WR or RB recruit watching, would you even consider the Gophers? I wouldn’t.
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    Offering an equivalent experience

    A bunch of random thoughts. First, I see a tremendous amount of pressure placed on HS kids to "go away to school". From peers, counselors, teachers and sometime even from parents. There is this assumption that going away helps them grow up. So to stay, I believe you need overwhelming reasons...
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    All Things Nolan Winter Recruitment Thread (Class of 2023, Gophers Offered, Son of Trevor)

    Having non athlete kids graduate from college from MN based schools, I have to tell you that there is a serious negative attitude toward any kid who does not "Go Away" for school. It comes from their peers and their college counselors (who want a BIG list of colleges on the program at...
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    What grade do you give Ben Johnson for his first year?

    A big fat D This year should have been about establishing an identity/system and developing players for the future. I think Ben did an OK job on the identity/system but gets a flat out F on developing players. After 6 months of working with the roster, your bench is only able to contribute 1...
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    Parker Fox playing tomorrow?

    Two additions Medical redshirts ONLY apply if 1 - It is a season ending injury 2 - Injury occurs after the 1st day or practice AND before the Mid point game of the season. Obviously, if he played today, his redshirt fails under both #1 and #2.
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    St. Thomas Looking to Buy T&C for New Arena

    As someone who served on the board of a golf club that has very valuable land, these unsolicited offers come along more frequently than one might think. Because the members hold stock in the club, the board has a fiduciary responsibility to its shareholders to investigate offers. Most can be...
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    Ben Johnson on scheduling St. Thomas as opponent: "I think we will stay away from that game"

    It actually goes to a time frame a little later - 2011-13 - when the St Thomas engaged in a lengthy strategic planning process. In that process, a goal was set to have St Thomas become nationally recognized as one of the top ten Catholic Universities in the country. In looking at those...



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