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Gophers likely will not win more than two of the remaining four games and they will have to fight and scrap to do that, with Wisconsin and Mich. State best hopes for wins. They play badly on the road, so N'Western and Oregon are likely losses, Oregon a big one. 7-5 season - win the bowl and it's...

Fleck is a 60% winner, better than 13 previous coaches going back to 1941, and he does it with 2 and 3* players. 60% is an average of about 7 wins a year. If he had 4 and 5* players he'd likely win an average of 9 games a year or better. Recruiting is the problem - why isn't Emmett Johnson...

It's recruiting - Emmett Johnson "Mr. Football" from Minneapolis, playing for Nebraska, was leading the B10 in rushing before today's games and had 124 yds today. If we had him this year, backing up Darius, we'd have won at CA and done better today, though still losing. Fleck has won 60% of his...

Franklin started at Vanderbilt, which is hotter now than when he was there. He'll land on his feet, but I doubt he'd be interested in a mediocre B10 team like Minnesota.

Also, Iowa has had only two coaches since 1978 - stability means a lot, helps recruiting.

Gopher rushing totals: 35 against Rutgers, 68 against Ohio State, 30 against Purdue (Purdue!), 24 (one yard per carry) against Iowa. So why not use the corrupt system now in place and go buy a couple of 5* running backs from other teams? The new transfer rule is perfect for such corruption.

Angry college team plays a lackluster jr college team.

F. The Gophers looked like they were not ready to play and Iowa (and its fans) looked like they were high on something. No contest. Humiliation. We have one running back - if he's out, that's it (and he's the only running back who can catch the ball). We don't have the depth to play in an...

It's recruiting. The Gophers are playing a freshman at QB and have only one running back - Taylor. When he's out they can't run and they can't throw to the running backs. The Gophers just don't have the talent to play in an 18-team league. If they had divisions - and it's criminal that they...

What is it with these blah white uniforms on the road? The School colors are maroon and gold. Road uniforms should be gold & white or maroon and white. Besides, why do I think the Gophers will be clobbered today, PJ being 1-7 against Ferentz?

Iowa 31 Gophers 30

A wise guy. Gopher football has been respectable since Mason's first year, 1997, when he almost beat Paterno's Penn State and had the first valid All-American player since 1972. The Gophers could have been described as "a joke" in the earlier '90s, maybe even all the way back to Warmath's...

Is that the future? Indiana-Mich St, the week Indiana became #3, its highest rank ever, and its coach given a fabulous contract, was available on Peacock Premium only; likewise, Penn State -Iowa, a major game of the season, the week Coach Franklin was fired, also is available only on Premium...

Near perfect game: first half 9 out of 10; second half, a 10! Husker fans on chat lines down on Rhule, Penn State chat line fans don't want him, either - they watched our game.

Nebraska football chat lines full of contempt for Rhule tonight, grudging respect for Coach Fleck (they really don't like him, now 1-7 against him) and Penn State chat lines down on Rhule almost unanimously.

"Establish the Run" - stupid, stupid, stupid and so predicable. Throw on first down, second down, third down - that was the way to start. The only way the Gophers are going to run tonight is if the passing game opens things up.

Eventually, half the team will be transfers - some players at their third or even fourth schools. No loyalty to teams, fellow players, coaches, schools, much less academic majors. The wealthy will buy entire teams and most schools, including Minnesota, will not be able to keep up with the...

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With those QBs it could be a kind of wild shootout game, but defense and special teams may decide it along with the team with the stronger running game - so Nebraska 34, Gophers 24.

PJ is a 60% winner, the best since pre-WWII Bierman. But a national championship will never happen. With no divisions to win, we should be happy with what we have.