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This is actually ver surprising to me with all the love he gave us on his ask account. I guess it inflated the perceived chances of us getting him as we were really the only fan base that was asking him all those questions.
 



MadtownGopher said:
Just hope he doesn't end up in the Big Ten or at UNLV (**** UNLV).
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would it really be that miserable for you to watch him play against the gophers once or twice a year for probably one year? Why would it bother you if a certain recruit that at one point considered us has to play us at one point in his career. He isn't even a minnesota native so its not like he had any reason or obligation to come here in the first place.
 

die hard gopher said:
would it really be that miserable for you to watch him play against the gophers once or twice a year for probably one year? Why would it bother you if a certain recruit that at one point considered us has to play us at one point in his career. He isn't even a minnesota native so its not like he had any reason or obligation to come here in the first place.
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I want to win games, sorry I'm not sorry.
 

I don't see us ever getting highly ranked bigs other than locals because Pitino's system is centered around guard play. It was always going to be tough to get him. He's more of a 4 than a 5 anyway so i'd rather go harder after Illkainen. Need to get two bigs in this 2015 class though...
 




Better that we know now so that Pitino and company can focus on other recruits.
 

MadtownGopher said:
I want to win games, sorry I'm not sorry.
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So you mean you want to decrease to talent level of the big ten just so we can win games? Playing in the best conference in the country against the best teams doesn't lower our status. It increases it.
 

die hard gopher said:
So you mean you want to decrease to talent level of the big ten just so we can win games? Playing in the best conference in the country against the best teams doesn't lower our status. It increases it.
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If you are cheering for OSU and Illinois to land 5 star players, you are cheering against the Gophers. Do what you want but don't pretend you are a gopher fan more than you are a casual B1G fan. You sound like a non-Minnesota alum with season tickets that just wants to see big name players and don't really care about the home team.

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MadtownGopher said:
If you are cheering for OSU and Illinois to land 5 star players, you are cheering against the Gophers. Do what you want but don't pretend you are a gopher fan more than you are a casual B1G fan. You sound like a non-Minnesota alum with season tickets that just wants to see big name players and don't really care about the home team.

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You sound like one of the fans that wants to join the MAC or become an FCS football program just so we can have a winning tradition. I do welcome strong competition and i want to see my gophers play against the best on national TV and getting the exposure, not some cupcakes on Aggievision. Yes i do have conference pride and like seeing Big Ten teams succeed in the non conference as being a member of the best conference elevates the profile of our own program. I am proud to say that the University of Minnesota is a member of a great conference like the Big Ten. Recruits want to play against the best as well.
 



die hard gopher said:
would it really be that miserable for you to watch him play against the gophers once or twice a year for probably one year? Why would it bother you if a certain recruit that at one point considered us has to play us at one point in his career. He isn't even a minnesota native so its not like he had any reason or obligation to come here in the first place.
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I don't know man, I kinda wish Nigel Hayes hadn't ended up in the Big Ten. I could do without facing him twice/three times a year. That's just me though!
 

WindyCityGopher said:
Did he and the Minny girlfriend break up or something? I thought she was our lifeline.
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^ Was my first thought as well. Interacted the most with our fans online, girlfriend lives here (we thought), he's already VISITED here ... heck, I thought we had a good chance to land him so I'm absolutely shocked we didn't even make the final TEN. Wow.
 



die hard gopher said:
You sound like one of the fans that wants to join the MAC or become an FCS football program just so we can have a winning tradition. I do welcome strong competition and i want to see my gophers play against the best on national TV and getting the exposure, not some cupcakes on Aggievision. Yes i do have conference pride and like seeing Big Ten teams succeed in the non conference as being a member of the best conference elevates the profile of our own program. I am proud to say that the University of Minnesota is a member of a great conference like the Big Ten. Recruits want to play against the best as well.
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Well, I'll be sure to congratulate you when Jarvis Johnson commits to Wisconsin then! What a great get that will be for the Big Ten! Whoooo can't wait!
 


MadtownGopher said:
Well, I'll be sure to congratulate you when Jarvis Johnson commits to Wisconsin then! What a great get that will be for the Big Ten! Whoooo can't wait!
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I know, right! Caring about your team's relative success is lame! We should celebrate the athletic accomplishments of ALL student athletes!
 

jmag21 said:
I know, right! Caring about your team's relative success is lame! We should celebrate the athletic accomplishments of ALL student athletes!
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Hell, why restrict yourself to just the Big Ten? I cheer on all of college basketball. I have a gut feeling that this year's Final Four is gonna be made up of exclusively college basketball teams, and I'm gonna be jacked if it happens. I expect college basketball to produce multiple lottery picks in this year's draft as well.

Snark aside, I do cheer on most Big Ten teams in the tournament (not Wisconsin or Iowa, and other teams are fluid, depends on if they have players or a coach I really don't like or something), but I'd be at best indifferent to seeing other Big Ten teams land top recruits, and would probably prefer to see them remain outside the conference. And how much of a gut punch would it be to lose to Tyus Jones or Reid Travis next year had they stayed in conference?

Other Big Ten teams getting good players is an obstacle to the Gophers' success. I noticed in our vacated 1997 Big Ten championship year, the Gophers had a 1 seed in the tournament, and the other five Big Ten teams got a 6, a 7, and three 8 seeds. The Gophers won the conference at 16-2, and the second place teams went 12-6. Does anyone remember that the conference wasn't very good that year? The Big Ten championship banner doesn't have an asterisk saying, "Yeah but the conference wasn't very good that year."

I can kind of understand the desire to see the Gophers beat the best, but I'd rather win a Big Ten title when the conference is down than finish 4th and say, "well the conference sure was strong that year." Years later, does anyone even really remember how strong the conference was in a given year? I apologize for contributing to the derailment of the thread.
 

Cayman said:
Hell, why restrict yourself to just the Big Ten? I cheer on all of college basketball. I have a gut feeling that this year's Final Four is gonna be made up of exclusively college basketball teams, and I'm gonna be jacked if it happens. I expect college basketball to produce multiple lottery picks in this year's draft as well.

Snark aside, I do cheer on most Big Ten teams in the tournament (not Wisconsin or Iowa, and other teams are fluid, depends on if they have players or a coach I really don't like or something), but I'd be at best indifferent to seeing other Big Ten teams land top recruits, and would probably prefer to see them remain outside the conference. And how much of a gut punch would it be to lose to Tyus Jones or Reid Travis next year had they stayed in conference?

Other Big Ten teams getting good players is an obstacle to the Gophers' success. I noticed in our vacated 1997 Big Ten championship year, the Gophers had a 1 seed in the tournament, and the other five Big Ten teams got a 6, a 7, and three 8 seeds. The Gophers won the conference at 16-2, and the second place teams went 12-6. Does anyone remember that the conference wasn't very good that year? The Big Ten championship banner doesn't have an asterisk saying, "Yeah but the conference wasn't very good that year."

I can kind of understand the desire to see the Gophers beat the best, but I'd rather win a Big Ten title when the conference is down than finish 4th and say, "well the conference sure was strong that year." Years later, does anyone even really remember how strong the conference was in a given year? I apologize for contributing to the derailment of the thread.
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No, I did not remember we went 16-2 (and thanks so very little for the painful reminder, heh :p) and holy guacamole dear fricken God, would I love to see this team go 16-2 once again, down conference or no.
 

die hard gopher said:
You sound like one of the fans that wants to join the MAC or become an FCS football program just so we can have a winning tradition. I do welcome strong competition and i want to see my gophers play against the best on national TV and getting the exposure, not some cupcakes on Aggievision. Yes i do have conference pride and like seeing Big Ten teams succeed in the non conference as being a member of the best conference elevates the profile of our own program. I am proud to say that the University of Minnesota is a member of a great conference like the Big Ten. Recruits want to play against the best as well.
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You've crossed the line, buddy. Don't knock Aggievision.
 

Lesson learned. What recruits do on twitter, ask, etc. often means very little. They just like the attention.
 




Golden13 said:
Who is in Thomas' top 10?
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I think the list was pulled from one of his tweets, none of the blue bloods which is interesting, Ohio State and Florida are probably the biggest names, not sure why but I would keep an eye on SMU and UNLV for Thomas.

USC
Florida
Memphis
Texas
Oregon
Illinois
Ohio State
SMU
Oklahoma State
UNLV
 

The blue bloods didn't even make his top 20 or 25 list which the Gophers made originally.
 

4-star SG we have an offer out to.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Minnesota running Florida state out the garden right now tho</p>— Allonzo Trier (@O_IsoZO) <a href="https://twitter.com/O_IsoZO/statuses/451173964879253504">April 2, 2014</a></blockquote>
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