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As a long-time Gopher fan (I've been a season ticket holder since 1999) I always struggle with expectations. Obviously, I'd like the Gophers to have the kind of winning record and conference championships of a "helmet school." I just don't know if that will ever be in the cards, especially now...

My wife and I will be at Saturday's game - sitting in the home team area :-( I think this will be our 7th straight year of going down there for the game. While it is disappointing to have seen so many losses at Kinnick, I do think the Gophers have been playing the Hawkeyes better in the last...

Proved all the haters wrong! As a season ticket holder since 1999 (and I know there are a lot of longer time fans on this board), I say that there is plenty of room on the bandwagon. Welcome aboard and Row the Boat!

The last time the Gophers lost to a nonconference opponent was September 3 2015 when they lost to #2 TCU. SInce then: Colorado State - W Kent Staete - W Ohio - W Central Michigan - W Oregon State - W Indiana State - W Colorado State - W Washington State - W Buffalo - W Oregon State - W Middle...

I was looking up today's bowl game participants. When I looked up Liberty (7-5), a few things stood out to me: 1) Outside of a win over Buffalo, their other 6 wins were versus teams that went a combined 4-31 in FBS play. 2) They played two FCS teams (Hampton and Maine) 3) They played (and...

Yesterday (I think) Auburn OC Kenny Dillingham accepted the OC position at Florida State. His replacement will be fired Arkansas head coach Chad Morris. What I cannot figure out, however, is the timeline. Will Dillingham depart immediately for Florida State to help with recruiting or will he...

In my tenure as a season ticket holder, the Gophers have ended the regular season as a ranked team: 1999, 2003, 2014 and 2019. Here are the post-regular season rankings, the bowl results and the post-bowl rankings: 1999 Pre-bowl AP#12 Lost to unranked Oregon 20-24 Post-bowl AP#18 (Oregon moved...

I thought I saw something about a "Gold Out" about a week ago, but have seen nothing about it since. Does anyone know?

C'mon Purdue!

I think I've been to 4 or 5 Gopher games at Kinnick Stadium. I usually wear Maroon, as one of Iowa's colors is yellow. I see, however, that this Saturday's game is a "blackout" game. I think I'll wear my gold out of fear that my Maroon will appear to blend in with the black of the home team...

I keep my photos pretty well organized on my computer. I went through and found pictures of me and my wife involved in field-storming for the following games at TCF Bank Stadium: 10/29/11 - victory over an unranked Iowa 10/26/13 - victory over #21 Nebraska (the Gophers had lost 16 straight to...

It is always my goal to get settled into my seat at least 25 minutes prior to kickoff in order to see the band's pregame show. At a typical game, that means getting in line for security at least 45 minutes before kickoff. However, cold weather games add another 10-15 minutes to the line - as...

In the pre-division days of the Big Ten, there were frequently two or three co-champions. Heck, in 1990, there were 4. Usually, there was one perceived champion. For example, in 2008 Penn State and Ohio State both went 7-1 in conference play, but Penn State beat Ohio State in head-to-head...

I had to look it up. During Lovie's tenure, the Illini are 3-20 versus the Big Ten. Those 3 wins came against teams that were a combined 1-22 in the B1G ('16 Rutgers 0-9, '16 MSU 1-8, '18 Rutgers 0-5). Their 8 wins (out of 32 games) included 2 over FCS teams. If you exclude those, their 6...

I will be posting all of the official Holiday Bowl activities planned by the Bowl and the University of Minnesota. I'm going to start with what I know and add to it as I go. If knows of additional activities, please respond in the thread and then I will edit this first post to keep all of the...

I was scraping ice off of my seat when they were introducing the "seniors" and didn't pay close attention. Before the game, I had heard they would be honoring 20; that would be 13 seniors and 7 non-seniors. Among the non-seniors I know of, one was Conor Rhoda (discussed in another thread)...

Offensive Player of the Week Rodney Smith, Minnesota So., RB, Jonesboro, Ga./Mundy’s Mill •Recorded 257 all-purpose yards against Rutgers, the most by a Gopher since Troy Stoudermire had 290 against Iowa on Nov. 22, 2008 •Rushed for 111 yards on 22 carries, including a touchdown, and caught...

I've spent as much time as anyone looking at the possibilities of going to a bowl with a 5-7 record. Based on everything I know and everything I think I know, I would put the chances of this happening at somewhere between 20% an 35%. Curious about Gopherhole's collective opinion on whether...

Two weeks ago, I saw an article about Nebraska's chances of making a bowl game at 5-7. No I find this one from last week about Indiana. It would seem that the same would apply to us...

Now that I posted a depressing stat about our record against teams finishing the season in the Top-25 (1-49 since 2000), I will look at the half-full aspect of the glass. Kill's first year (2011) had a bone-headed loss to New Mexico State, a loss to an NDSU team that went 14-1 and a trouncing...