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I don't think it's hard to find talented QBs. The difficulty is getting them to agree to come to the U of M and Minneapolis.

Have you seen the movie "The Right Stuff?" A reporter asks a NASA official about the recruiting of astronauts. "You mean you don't want the best pilots for astronauts?" "We want the best pilots (pause) we can get." So it is with QBs. Every school wants the best They Can Get. It's not...

UM 20 PU 13

I shouldn't have made that remark on a sports site.

NIL is changing things but gopher football changed long before it came along to soil college FB.

Go back a few plays and the Gophers had the ball near mid-field with 3rd and one. 3rd and one with little time left and a game-sealing first down 36 inches away and two downs to get there. Most teams would run a quick QB sneak and then take their time to snap the next play with a new set of...

Nice to read an opinion expressed politely. Thanks. I remember decades ago an ex-coach, maybe it was Murray Warmath, opined about why the Gopher program declined from a national power to the middle-thirdish of the Big Ten beginning in the 60s. I think if the U cared about the competitiveness...

Especially third and one.

OK, re your final paragraph, you seem to be refuting two points there: 1. who wants to coach in Minneapolis? and 2. who wants to coach the Gophers while they're in the Big Ten? If I'm understanding it, why do you think Minneapolis is a good venue and do you think some people feel UM should...

And four major pro franchises in town to compete with for fan money and media attention.

"The program talent level in 2023 has the Gophers at 12th in the Big 10 the same as it was in 2017." Right, and no one wants to recognize why that's true and has been generally since the 60s.

I understand everything you wrote -- except Minnesota being a great place to live -- although that was true once. Be well.

The NSIC is fun to follow. Always a couple of teams in the top 25 among D2 teams. Good quality FB. Easy-access stadiums.

I agree that focusing on TOP doesn't improve scoring. I think the intent is to limit the opponent's opportunity to score thus enhancing the difference between your score and your opponent's score -- thus winning. Deliberate offenses are not fan favorites, they annoy fans, especially younger...

I'd expect aggressive play would limit TOP s you would either score or lose the ball quickly.

Gophers Handle Illini 24 - 14

Scroll back to the table above. Four of the top five B10 teams are also four of the top five in TOP. My guess is that the team with the greater TOP wins 80+% of the games. But I might be wrong. I've been called "insane" on this site before. :)

Uncle! I concede. I could never counter an unshakeable argument like that! Well done.

Many reasons for not asking. If you don't, you won't learn anything.

One would have to be clever about it. But you don't try, you'd learn nothing.