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Came across an article with a tutorial on rule changes being considered by the NFL owners going into next season. This may be old news for the diehard Xs & Os GHers but found these changes interesting for kickoffs and onside kicks. Not quite like innovating the forward pass but certainly see...

The U is set to select the new President to replace Joan Gabel next week. I know there are folks on this forum that thought "good riddance" with her departure but it was clear from very early on that she valued sports, especially revenue sports, as part of a major university's mission. Saw...

Here's something to put some go in your giddyap on this cold winter's day...

Mrs. Billd and Kiddo have great eyes for Gopher Football memorabilia that can come to me as gifts for Christmas. This year I received two gems... First, from Kiddo is the book "History of Minnesota Football," with copywrite 1928 and produced by the Minnesota Alumni Association. It's in fair...

Some thought put to the post-game scene on the field... 1. Hail Minnesota Formation. As we all know there's a "tradition" for the team to convene in front of the Band to mark/sing Hail Minnesota. That blew up yesterday as fully 3/4 of the team went straight to the tunnel as a small fraction...

Need anything more be said? Showed up big time and stuck around for most of it. Progress.

Looking more like late November than late October for gameday...and maybe measurable frozen precip the next day? GWG...should we be watching the ECMWF or GFS? As late as Friday I was advising Mrs. Billd she'd be able to get one last bikeride to the stadium for this one. Uffda.

Big Blue was represented very well in the Visitor Side Upper Deck. Engaged several on the train ride and in the stands. Just like us they can't stand Wisky so that's at least a common point. Unfortunately, The Jug is now relegated to just a side point and not sure why they even traveled it...

Jon Johnston with Corn Nation is up with his less-reactionary reaction video. Very measured... He has hope, especially on D and Special Teams. Don't think this has been posted yet.

Can't be a Nebbie vs Gophers match-up this year without seeing what Jon Johnston with CornNation.com has to say. Been perusing the NebbieNation fan sites and the general concensus is that Rhule is going to turn Coach Frost's "Gang That Can't Shoot Straight" into the "Magnificent Seven" with...

As part of their Minnesota 2023 coverage BTN has a slew of "Games in 60" for Minnesota over the rest of today's broadcast schedule. Lots of classics from the Mason era going forward. Some of these are a must for one's virtual library. Probably the greatest scene of them all is the UM Flag...

Just reading an article in the Strib about Sanford Health and Fairview trying to merge that of course must address billionaire T Denny Sanford's role as founder of Sanford Health. The article notes: "A decade earlier, he was known in the Twin Cities as a force in the U's effort to build a new...

Looking messy for this one...

I know the saying is something like "If you're playing two QBs you don't have one" or similar. There's good data to support that saying. That offered, is it time to play both Tanner and Athan if Tanner gets well...even starting next weekend against Rutgers? Not advocating this as it is very...

All the available predictions say no rain today...at least early...but sunshine does not show up on the radar...

538's Football Playoff computer is charged back up for the 2022 season. Very early of course with little data. That said, here we go out of the gate... https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/our-college-football-playoff-forecast-is-back-and-so-are-the-usual-contenders/ No surprises...

Looking like a change in the weather pattern late in the week...

Vinny Lyer with Sporting News has Mafe as #30 to the Chiefs and Faalele as #45 to Ravens. Here's the link courtesy of MSN...

Kiddo came across this piece of Gophers history as a Christmas gift this year. It's the Homecoming Pin for 1930 that has been mounted onto a simple plaque. Really like it and clearly this is a 13-lined ground squirrel as our mascot. Now to find a spot for it....

Have no idea if this is true...