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    The ordeal of no divisions

    If fans don't raise hell, we may be stuck with an 18-team "league" indefinitely. Also, send UCLA, USC, Washington, and especially, Oregon, back to the West Coast where they belong. With them gone, we'd have two 7-team divisions, based again on geography. The massive greed has led to massive cash...
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    Max Shikenjanski appreciation thread

    He looked good - damps down my fears of having no QB if Drake is hurt. By the way, Kaliakmanis is hitting at 74% so far for Rutgers!
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    No BTN Football in 60

    ESPN will have the Gopher-Cal game at 9:30 p.m.
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    The 2025 Gophers football season will be a sucsss if?…

    If we can throw the ball again and mix running and passing as we did much of last season. If we are throwing at 50%, we'll struggle to make a bowl.
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    $200: the final straw for this Gopher alum & lifelong fan

    Most of the 120 or so IA schools will never be able to pay out $20 million a year in salaries to athletes. Note that the B10 is still dangling 18 teams with no divisions, not caring at all about fans, but as greed prevails and TV brings in more money, most schools are treading water or falling...
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    5 star tackle commits to TTU for 5mil over 3 years

    Ridiculous. Most schools can't afford the inflation coming in payments and will either drop football or move into a new version of the NCAA that is legally protected in some way from player payments. It will all go back to the Supreme Court eventually. Meanwhile the NCAA should reinstate the...
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    Still no B10 divisions...

    18 teams hanging on a thread. They really have no respect for fans. TV money is everything.
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    College Football Rankings: CBS Sports ranks every Big Ten team for 2025 (11. Minnesota)

    Nebraska will be better this year than last. New OC and DC coordinators are jelling, Raiola is one of the best in the nation, their defense will be tough, their running game will be better. Should win 8 at least.
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    CBS: If Big Ten, SEC programs want to keep fans engaged, they should move to 10-game conference schedules

    If you lose fans in the stands, have no division titles to play for, you'll eventually sink in TV ratings, too, and the golden egg will break into pieces. The conferences, NCAA, presidents, ADs, coaches, all put greed ahead of common sense and rational administration of the game. West Coast...
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    Minnesota to Start Spring Practice on March 20

    No Spring game? Fans mean less and less.
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    Conference Realignment Updates

    Anarchy! The NCAA has to go back to the Supreme Court to restore order and sanity. The most important thing is when will the B18 re-establish divisions instead of letting 18 teams swing in the breeze?
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    What was your favorite Patrick Reusse moment?

    Rap is not music - it is bad poetry. If the word "monkey" was shouted multiple times in the "song" he has nothing to worry about.
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    Nebraska may cancel Spring game

    Despite drawing 75 to 90k fans who pay for tickets, Nebraska may cancel their popular spring game because of portal poaching by other coaches watching the game on TV!
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    Greder: The U’s total NIL fund is roughly $2.5 million, so an 8-5 season can be considered a quality return on investment.

    CBS Sports reports that Duke is paying QB Darian Mensah $4 million a year on a two-year contract! This is all insane. Gophers could buy a QB for half a season with all their NIL funding together. NCAA has to get back into the courts and go all the way back to SCOTUS to return sanity to college...
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    Minnesota’s Corey Hetherman new defensive coordinator at Miami

    The only way to stop NIL is to revisit the Supreme Court and show them what a disaster they have brought to school sports. They might reconsider or refigure.
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    Memorial Stadium

    An odd thing about the '77 season's Rose Bowl: Minnesota beat both of the teams, Washington and Michigan, leading one TV announcer to quip that it was the "Gopher Bowl."
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    Minnesota’s Corey Hetherman new defensive coordinator at Miami

    Oh, no! He should be paid as "assistant head coach" and get an impressive raise. It's all about money now and the U has to dish out and not just for coordinators.



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