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He hasn't shown out very well against better competition this year. It seems more and more likely that he comes back. That would be huge! We need to retain all the talent possible to have a better year next year.

They punted TWICE and had no offensive turnovers, yet both punts were at exactly the wrong time? Or is it just that any time they punt, it's easy to come up with a reason for it being the wrong time? They had a 15-point lead after their slow start. I think any of us will take a 15-point lead...

"Pretty good"? The offense after we went up 28-13 went missed 48-yard field goal, punt, touchdown, missed 40 yard field goal. So kicking sucked once again. That's special teams. The 40-yard field goal was mostly the result of us not having enough time at the end of the game because the...

Our recruiting has been better and I like that, but isn't that true for most of the B1G? Iowa has eight 4-stars in their 2026 class at the moment. I think, don't know, all the money the B1G has is raising all boats. It seems like the rest of the P4 has come down a little bit in comparison...

My recollection is they usually only have one or two. https://247sports.com/college/minnesota/season/2026-football/commits/?rankings=composite Aaden Aytch was an unknown that we got to early, but is getting a lot of attention now with a composite of 0.9228. Can we hang on to this guy from...

NIL priorities: 1) One starting cornerback: Our safeties will look a lot better with competent corner play & we get them both back next year. Go hard for one B1G caliber starting corner and everyone else can get knocked down a peg next year. We've had some bad injury luck at corner and were...

I agree. The easiest way for us to get better results is more money. Just about everything I've heard or read is we are near the bottom of the B1G in revenue. It's hard to expect upper tier results with lower tier money. I think PJ is doing pretty well getting us mid-tier results with low...

GopherGridiron podcast said much of the reason our safeties look worse is because our corners ARE much worse. We lost a corner that would be starting in the NFL right now if he wasn't injured, another very good, experienced corner, and a big, athletic nickelback that also made an NFL roster...

That's a very good point, but I think maybe exaggerated a bit. When you're bringing in portal guys, that would seem to reduce the number of 3*s you need to "settle for". Those guys go to lower programs and portal up if they prove they are worth it. I just don't think there are enough 4*s...

I agree. I'm really not much of a fan of the NFL. It's so clearly all about the money. The more college football becomes that way, the less interest I'll have.

I don't think the Blue Bloods would negotiate a giant TV deal because the networks are smart enough to realize they'll lose 70% of their viewership immediately by ditching the also-rans. And that 70% will just be the start because a lot of the bandwagon fans that just like to jump on to a...

And why? To be the Twins to their Yankees? If the big boys aren't going to give us at least a chance to be competitive, then it's not worth it. I have ABSOLUTELY no idea how all this turns out. It's like watching a train crash...or not. Who the hell knows? Someday this will be a hit...

Without the rest of us, the Blue Bloods aren't Blue Bloods anymore, they are just average teams in a semi-pro league. Why not just watch the NFL? They'll lose 70%-80% of their audience because there just aren't that many of those schools. Casual fans will toon out. What would ESPN be paying...

I agree. They need us as much as we need them. As upnorthkid said, it would be lose-lose.

I probably listen to too many national podcasts that say teams like the Gophers are begging to be kept in the Big Ten and will do whatever Michigan, Ohio State, USC and the others tell us to do. I hope that's not true. It sure isn't true for me. I'll always be a Gopher fan. I don't care if...

The Ivy League already did this and they are still considered The Ivy League! It doesn't seem to have hurt them one bit.

Oddly enough, Minnesota is Ohio State's Northwestern State so this would not be an unusual set up in the B1G.

You and everybody knows my name are so right. I would be totally fine if we lost Ohio State, Michigan and USC. It would probably be better if we could be regional again. Are we even sure these schools are pushing us around and it's not the other way around? Maybe the poor masses of the...

I like the 12 team playoff with first four selected by ranking and having byes as is currently the case, BUT would prefer MORE auto bids. I don't need to see the 4th ranked B1G or SEC team get in. If you can't even MAKE your conference title game in the P2, I'm OK if you lose your shot. Like...

Interesting, maybe we didn't offer Linder because we already have two OTs signed - Trout (MN) & Meier (WI). So I'll change my greedy take, let's just get the top 4 from MN by adding Pierce. I don't think PJ has ever done that before! That would be very Iowa like.