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Rhule is an upgrade from Frost. With the current Joseph issue Nebraska may have dodged a bullet. Interesting to see how much Fickel can change Wisconsin’s identity to a more balanced attack

Coaching at Baylor I’m sure he made some contacts in Texas. He built that team from a bottom dweller to a big 12 contender with Texas talent. Fickel made the championship 4 as a non power school. Only time that has happened . The Big 10 west got a little harder with those 2 coming in. Add Riley...

In another thread on 11-21 I opened that Minnesota should back up a Brinks truck to Fickels house IF they were serious about replacing Fleck. Nobody thought it was feasible. Now Wisc and Nebraska have coaches who have developed BCS contenders at schools with more challenges than Minnesota...

For some reason they seem to find good coaches. To wit, D’Antonio and Kelly. Minnesota would do well to back up a Brinks truck to Luke Fickel’s house before someone else does.He’s been passed over by Ohio State an ND which are his stated dream jobs. Fickels chance to coach in the Big10 and...

I have posted before that Fleck is a good but not a great coach with an expectation of 8-9 wins most years. Fire him? No, because there is not a lot out that would realistically come to Minneapolis. OTOH, I don’t buy that the Gophers can’t jump to the next level with the right coach. To back up...

Be careful what you wish for. As I have posted in other posts I think PJ is a good coach not a great one. I think he is near his ceiling. His success is gated by the difficulties in recruiting 4 & 5 stars to the gophers. 7-8 wins and an occasional west division title is the future. Who can you...

OSU is definitely an urban campus. Since Columbus encompasses the whole county it is the biggest “city” in Ohio. Cleveland and Cincinnati are bigger media markets. UC is a 100 miles from OSU with an urban campus. There are also 6 other D1 football teams in Ohio. BTw, Ohio is not exactly balmy in...

Looks like I was right and wrong back on Oct 1. Right, when I said not to get over excited yet and wrong when I said I thought the gophers would win the west. Penn State is pounding them tonight. Mo is getting contained by a defense that gave up over 400 yds running last week. I never would of...

It is a complex issue. There are other programs that have some of the same issues and still succeed. Take University of Cincinnati. Pretty successful lately. No 5 stars. City campus. Death Star program 100 miles to the North and SEC 100 (KY) miles to the south. It can be done. The one advantage...

If Mo is 100% take the Gophers. Limited or no Mo then go with the dog.

I still think the Gophers will win the West. They are talented but Michigan and Ohio State are next level.

Wow! You guys are a little too far over the ends of your skis on this one. Might wait until Big season plays out. There are some pretty wild assumptions. 1. Buckeyes running game is strong with Miyan Williams and Henderson. 2. Stroud is a top 5 draft pick with 3 NFL caliber receivers. The Ol...

MSU pass defense is pathetic. The Spartans will try to keep the Gophers off the field bu using a lot of ground game. MSU fails at whackamole and the Gophers by 10.

Nice breakdown. mCGopher. Thanks. It looks like the rest of the conference with the possible exception of MSU and maybe Purdue is down this year. Perennial contenders Iowa and Wisc look really bad. Gophers to Indy might be more than a dream this year.

Kinda of what I thought. My old ball coach used to say” you don’t learn how to kill polar bears by clubbing baby seals” . Time will tell. I have a DVR but is usually full of Hallmark shows and Murder mysteries that my wife prefers. Should I be worried?

I have missed watching them the first 2 weeks of the season due to some out of town family commitments . Reading the recaps and posts here it looks like they are the favorite to win the Big west. Beating 2 weak opponents makes it hard to gauge how good they are relative to the rest of the Big...

Wow, “2 Gopher, practicing without a license? Anyone who feel compelled to blast a hot take on a football forum and analyze another poster’s motives is the one who has a problem.

While a rational person might believe the hotter chicks might not make a difference 18 yr olds make irrational decisions all the time including those influenced by hormones. Better weather, more NIL money, Hollywood, and potentially better coaching are pretty strong draws for 4 and 5 stars...

Just keeping it real. Minnesota’s benefit from adding these 2 teams is increased money payouts from the now more valuable TV contracts. Unfortunately the level of competition will go up commensurately. Pointing that out in a lighthearted way is not being a troll or shitty fan just a realistic one.

Have you seen their campuses?