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You make many interesting & valid points. In terms though of the University’s commitment to football the middle Warmsth years might as well have been 100 years ago. Meanwhile, OSU & Michigan were locking-in their football dominance. (Michigan’s AD Don Canham was revolutionizing college...

This is an astute point.

The crunching of the Badgers casts a warm light over the season. What gnaws at me is a defense performance worthy of nine wins which was compromised by various factors. Looking forward to a bowl game & an eighth win.

Thanks for sharing your dad’s Gopher footbsll story—generation to generation. My dad is hale & hearty at 93. The first game he attended was the 1940 Minnesota-Washington games. In 1941 he saw the Minnesota-Pittsburgh game. He was part of an MPR story in the runup to the 2019 Penn State game...

Contrast with Darius sliding to a stop inside the 10 yard line on the Gophers’ last play.

It’s a complete non-sequitor but this behavior restokes my anger about the phantom penalty for the onside kickoff—this was the brand/conference identity the official/Big Ten brass was protecting with the call…

Love the “Animal House” reference…

And to the Vikings game on Sunday!

Only Minnesota fans were left watching the game the last few minutes as the Badger fans quietly departed. It is happy sight to warm the cockles of your heart on a chilly Madison afternoon.

It’s a bit of Dean Wurmer (sp?) advice: “Fat, drunk & stupid son is no way to go through life.” For Ben, it’s: awful injury luck & weird situational coaching which puts his job squarely in jeopardy. To lose Cochran (assuming he’s the asset as advertised as a tenacious defender)) for a team that...

Hoping it’s a replay of the season finale in ‘89—a season of tough losses but a blow-out of the Hawks in Kinnick to ease the frustrations…

I suppose this falls under the “disorganized” facet: play Betts with four starters and give him a chance to find a role. He has some talent but it’s compromised playing in “line-change” configurations. Granted with all of the team’s issues this is a nit.

Who’s going? Need to enter the “No-PSU-Hsngover-Zone”. This is a dogfight with two teams badly needing a (regular) season-ending win. Taking with my son the convenient Sun Country day trip to Madison flights.

Keep in mind we let Allars scramble for eight yards on third down—any shorter run and the fake is likely not an option. On this topic I’m curious how the Vikings successfully defended the Lions’ fake punt versus the Gophers’ failure.

Minus three turnover margin in the last five quarters equals two losses—harness the frustration & reclaim the Axe!

Anyone with access to time travel please summon Bill Butters or Dave Terwilliger from their Gopher years for the 1/17/25 game.

There’s the split second of not knowing if the field goal attempt cleared the line and then the most beautiful sight—the ball splitting the uprights. I was holding my two year daughter pacing the great room & then the family celebration ensued. Keep in mind the backdrop of a tough year in...

Returning to his Canadian thugs Lake Superior State days…

How to defend PSU’s gigantic TE/WR is a tough question—a huge mismatch especially important on a cold day when pure WRs on both sides may struggle to catch the ball. Likely need to score 24 to win—given our offensive struggles to account for 14 points need a short field off a turnover or a...