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Yearly loss to Big Ten peer (or near peer) in a game where we are favored due to offensive shortcomings/mistakes. That said, the defense was passive for a half; the PI calls were capricious and arbitrary and we had a fumble & interception in our hands, that we didn’t corral—allow an inferior...

Bury them early—play with temp on offense and open with man coverage on defense—no soft zone. That’s how a team aiming for a top five Big Ten finish proves its strength.

A victory will give us wins in three different time zones..

Among my numerous eccentricities (just ask my wife) is my inordinate interest in attendance for sporting events and game scores. I started going to Gopher basketball games in 1971 as a third grader. I can only remember one crowd under 10,000 (Northern Michigan in Musselman’s third season)...

Pardon me, “Nolan” Richardson..

With our depth & size at guard we may not be able to replicate Noah Richardson’s “40 minutes of hell” but “40 minutes of in-your-jock defense” is possible.

Winning ten games (extremely achievable) as a bridge to the McCarthy era is a job well done by Darnold—should it come to pass. McCarthy’s lost injury season is a complicating factor.

Take care of business on Saturday and in a couple weeks create more disorder by knocking off Penn State.

1882: 27 1869: 6

The large simian is no longer depressing the spine!

Why take Smith off the field on 2 & 18?

Avenge the bizarre 1993 game at Champaign when we intercepted five passes (if memory serves) and lost when a slow fingered Illinois clock operator stretched the last minute of the game. It was Jim Wacker’s second year and the Gophers had won three in a row including an upset of Wisconsin the...

Like Sam Jacobson hitting the game-winning runner at Assembly Hall in ‘96 (Lou Henson’s last game), the “Dragon” connects from 42 yards on the last play for a 24-23 win.

Perhaps a bit hyperbolic 😀—but Koi is the closest thing to Bruce Smith since Paul Giel.

This was the one trip we have made to Bloomington—and it was a dandy of a game! I was standing next to the uncle of one of the Gopher players who was a minister. (You could stand near the end zone behind a chain link fence.). I yelled “pick-up the f——ing ball” as the lateral was bouncing on...

They made Walley look like a bolt of maroon lightning on his pick-six!

As I recall, the defense was significantly improved over 2007 (granted a low bar) until it collapsed against Wisconsin and Iowa at year’s end. There was a big win at Illinois with a couple of defensive touchdowns?

It’s a great trip. People are friendly. They nicely blended vintage Memorial Stadium with the recent renovations. Take a picture with the Red Grange statue. The 2022 game was also an 11:00 am kickoff. We stayed in Chicago on Saturday night and handled our sorrow with a steak dinner at...

Next time please title your thread: “It’s been 57 years since the Gophers won a Big Ten championship”—thank you.