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    Bigger Recruiting Classes

    Either way elite talent evaluations is needed.
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    All Things Gopher Baseball

    Why? I don’t miss Wisconsin baseball one bit!
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    Bigger Recruiting Classes

    I think Fleck’s approach is smart. Even if we had a big ticket donor, it would still make sense to have your base come from players that have been in the program for a couple years. Another positive is this allows Fleck to use the NIL and the portal to target positions of need and a few highly...
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    We've got Grey Duck beer sales for NIL, meanwhile...University of Utah nearing landmark private equity deal expected to generate $500 million

    Late last fall, the current Big Ten Commissioner Petitti was in talks with private equity firm UC Investments for a cash infusion of $2.4 billion and to create a stand alone company called Big Ten Investments, similar to the Utah State company. Talks were far enough along that it caused...
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    Not a Gopher Mentioned?

    No Illinois or Purdue either.
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    We've got Grey Duck beer sales for NIL, meanwhile...University of Utah nearing landmark private equity deal expected to generate $500 million

    Hopefully, this shuts down B1G Commissioner Tony Petitti about his similar ideas for the conference. But I doubt it.
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    Who is your "I wish we played them every year," opponent for the Gophers?

    This is the first time I’ve heard that Minnesota wanted 3 rivalries for the current B1G schedule. However, I did hear that Iowa was talked into adding Nebraska as their 3rd rivalry because no one else asked for Nebraska, which has only Iowa as a protected rivalry game. Protected Rivalry Games...
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    Who is your "I wish we played them every year," opponent for the Gophers?

    Michigan.
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    What Grade Do You Give the 26-27 Roster?

    It would be informative to know the minutes per game they played.
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    Dueling column | Who should Penn State play in the 2026 White Out? (Minnesota (Andrew Mercer))

    When I was a kid, the Jug was THE trophy to get. Now, for me it’s in tier two: Tier 1: Axe Pig Tier 2: Jug Tier 3: Broken Chair Victory Bell
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    Here is the resort where Big Ten folks have gathered this week to discuss "unsustainable" spending.

    And th And they would all be instantly smarter.
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    Your favorite bits of Gopher lore or obscure details

    “The Golden I” formation as proclaimed by Beth Mowins and Joey Galloway on November 12, 2013 against Penn State.
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    ACC crawls back to Big Ten even after failed Alliance — and calls it survival | Opinion

    The B1G did not breakup the PAC-12. The PAC did it to themselves with two lousy commissioners and even worse TV deals. And they still had a chance. but thePAC turned down a TV deal before it was offered to, and then signed by the Big 12. And of course the B1G is trying to optimize the future...
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    College football coaches endorse 24-team playoff, eliminating conference title games

    I think home field for the higher ranked team is the only advantage needed.
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    B1G Home & Away Schedule is HERE 〽️

    If we sweep our three Home & Away teams, we should be pretty good.
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    College football coaches endorse 24-team playoff, eliminating conference title games

    I’d also include the semis for neutral sites.
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    ESPN: Ranking the offseason for every Power 4 college football team (#9 in BT: Minnesota)

    Ohh … Wait … Almost got it … Noooo! Is this a Brain Teaser?
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    The Mountain West is in serious dialogue to add FCS powerhouse North Dakota State as a football-only member starting this coming season

    According the the American Merriam-Webster dictionary it’s punch line. According to the British Oxford dictionary it’s punchline.
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    Executives are inching closer to agreement to expand NCAA tournament to 76 teams with a 12-game “opening round” played at two sites starting in 26-27

    The March Madness betting pool I’m in left off the play-in teams until they won a game to be in the ‘real’ 64 team tournament. We’ll leave off these 12 teams too.
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    Big Ten to distribute historic $1.37 billion in revenue to its 18 members for 2025 fiscal year

    I’m under the same impression as you are because that’s the way it was for years. The exceptions are schools are reimbursed for some of their travel costs for football bowl games. There has been talk that national championship tournament games have some reimbursements as well. For bowl games...



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