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With the B1G expanding, I thought our last chance at a winning something was meaningful due to the very favorable West being dissolved. Looking at this season with hindsight, THIS WAS THE SEASON if we had put together a more competent team. Literally, all of our games (with the exception of...

I apologize if this was discussed already but I just heard about this aspect of the playoffs this weekend – I live halfway around the world so I cannot follow as closely as before. With the new playoff structure, the top 4 teams get a bye. In the first round, teams 5-8 play teams 9-12 with the...

I think we all can agree that QB is the most important position in the game. That said, if you bring in a portal player at QB - that player better be ready to step up and compete on Day 1. I hope Max can get it figured out quickly but if we finish with 5ish wins, was this move justified as it...

I know people think this 12-team playoff will 'fix' college football...but what happens when: 1.) OSU plays MI in the final game of the season (both teams enter undefeated) 2.) OSU rematches MI in the B1G championship game THE NEXT GAME 3.) OSU and MI both meet for a 3rd time in the playoffs...

With all the NIL talk, I was thinking – should this change how coaches use their red shirts for programs like Minnesota? I think the general idea for the RS is that the player has more upside in Year 5 than in Year 1, so you sit the player so that they can mature and give their greatest...

I don't know if anyone knows what is Fleck's pitch to the recruits - but I would love to know it. He is not an X and O's guy (everyone admits it), he is not a great game day coach (as seen over and over), he is not a great player development coach. Not that we are in year 7 and people can see...

I think the window just closed with the loss today for Minnesota to ever go to the Rose Bowl in my lifetime - I am 46 and plan to live into my 90's. I thought we would have a chance if we could win the West but I think this was the last year that will be possible. I don't know what the future...

When bad things started snowballing against us, they completely took the ball out of Morgan's hands and just ran every down. This is kind of concerning to me as we need Morgan to be leader and if we don't trust him to make a play vs Miami (OH), how can we against B1G competition? I wrote last...

For full disclosure, I attended the U and Illinois, so I know a lot about having bad seasons. But, watching Indiana and Northwestern this year put a lot into perspective for me. Last year was fairly magical as a Gopher fan while this year was forgettable. I am not 100% sold on PJ turning in a...

Thankfully, garbage time helped to inflate our margin of victory a bit over Rutgers (important to cover the spread) so we should not be jumped by anyone behind us in the polls. So, the notable losers are: #14 Boise State 21 - 25 vs. unranked BYU #16 Michigan 21 - 28 vs. #7 PSU #17 ASU 3 - 21...

I am not a huge Fleck fan still - however, he is winning me over. I think it is still too early to make a judgment call on this team - I could see us running the table and I could see us dropping a game to Rutger where we are favored by nearly 30 and imploding. Mainly, this is due to the early...

And I couldn't be happier. Although I don't think I will ever embrace his row the boat nonsense, if it works with the kids, then it is a small price to pay. Go Gophers!

Prior to the Nebraska game, I said that a loss would likely mark the start of the countdown to the end of the Fleck era. After losing (which everyone was eyeing as an easy victory just a week prior), we had this board on here rationalizing how Nebraska was way better than their record, etc so a...

So far, this season has been a pretty massive disappointment - not just from the start of the season but from the expectations set at the end of last season. I think we can still scrape together 2 more wins, but I don't see us winning 6 or competing against any of the upper tier teams in the...

I don't condone the actions of the players in any way. However, this 'report' needs to be taken in context as to what it is and what it is not. While many things are disputed, I think this finding is the most relevant in assessing whether the EOAA has any credibility: "Did RS affrrmatively...

My ideal contract for TC would be: Current deal extended 2 years for 1st 8 wins $1M bonus for each win thereafter to be split 50/50 with his coordinator/position coaches $500K additional bonus for Division Championship (1st place champ only) to be split 50/50 with his coordinator/position...

You probably all know that I am not a huge fan of ML's play - as a person, seems wonderful - as the Gopher QB, not so good. We have also seen a ton of comments lately from people saying that we will be wishing to have ML back next year when our QBs suffer growing pains, etc. While that may be...

ML in the 2nd half had the following stats: Att: 14 Comp: 2 Yards: 47 INT: 4 TD: 0 QB rating (NFL): 1.488 I am pretty sure this is the worst half of passing in Gopher history with more the 10 attempts. Can any of the history buffs confirm this?

Even if we drop the next 2 - I don't see any way that TC will be fired...that is just not the way Minnesota does things. However, it would guarantee our bowl will be a pointless affair that no one really cares about - however - it would give a month of prep for the team. So - my question...

This is basically inline with my thinking on ML. The talk of him being highly regarded by the NFL never seemed quite right to me. "Mitch Leidner, Minnesota: See above with Beathard. It’s easy to look at Leidner and see things NFL teams are seeking. But his Iowa tape will send viewers for an...