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    Minnesota 1st Down by…. FRESH POTTS!

    Thought of this in the middle of the week. Wouldn’t it be great if next season home games when Potts makes a great run or a TD that the PA would announce it with ”Touchdown Gophers by FRESH POTTS!” And have the audio from the Dave Grohl/Foo Fighters youtube video Fresh Potts play? It popped in...
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    Reality check with a history lesson

    I tend not to post often on the board because usually reading the threads tends to entertain me enough or fulfills my need for Gopher Football conversation at this time of the year. But I felt like this was a valid time to post. Be ready for a long one. The main point to this thread is to point...
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    Why can’t we win the “important games?”

    Full Disclosure: I am born and raised in Minnesota but my parents hail from Iowa and moved to MN at 18 and 19. Since then, they have been Minnesotan when it comes to sports fandom. That said, I have extended family who love Iowa football. Sadly, I can say one of my cousins was a scholarship...
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    Sacks Allowed statistic doesn't illustrate the O-Line Story

    I write this while watching the end of the fourth quarter of the Little Brown Jug game and trying to calmly and collectively analyze a point of the season many have overlooked or haven't articulated enough. The offensive line had allowed 8 sacks in 8 games prior to the Michigan game and I...
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    24+ hours after another heart-ripper, I'm torn on Claeys Future

    As the Axe game was finishing up, I exclaimed to the other viewers in the room that a new coaching staff will be brought in for 2017. But after 24 hours of truly collecting my thoughts, I'm torn if we should truly move on from the Kill/Claeys Era, expect some down years and see a completely...
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    Bizarre Goldy Gopher Caravan Sighting

    Yesterday was a bizarre day. I had to make an unplanned visit to the optometrist ye morning because of an unusual eye irritation. While sitting in the lobby, waiting to meet the doc, in walks Goldy Gopher! His caravan heading to Iowa stopped in because someone needed fresh contacts for the...



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