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I like when Andre Ware states "I could play for that guy"

No he couldn't, he would be stuck behind Adam Weber.
 



+1

I'd argue any day this was the biggest win of Brewster's tenure at Minnesota.
 

Sometimes it's real. Sometimes it's raw. Sometimes it's real raw. Usually it just sucks.
 




wels0081 said:
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I'd argue any day this was the biggest win of Brewster's tenure at Minnesota.
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I'll argue it. I say it was Brew's 2nd biggest win by just a hair. The biggest came the following week. Going on the road a second week in a row and winning at Purdue (although not as tough a team as Illinois) was slightly bigger, just because everybody expected the let down loss on the road. Unfortunately that came against Northwestern at home the next week.
 

Funny thing about that team is how close they were to being a good team. They were 4-0 non-conference, including blowout victories in 2 games and a convincing win in one (N. Illinois was close). The team was competitive for the most part at Ohio State, beat Indiana, an Illinois team who was in the top 25 the week before the gophers played them, went on the road an won in W. Lafayette for the first time since before Mason. The team had the ball tied at 17 with time for a last drive against Northwestern. The ball bounces out of Deckers hand for a pick-6. Instead of having the ball at the NU 45 with 15 seconds and a timeout left we lose. The gophers win that game they are 8-1 and in the top 15 going into a game against a bad Michigan team. No doubt the hangover was partially to blame for the nonchalant effort against Michigan. The team was competitive at Madison.

If Decker catches that ball that entire season and maybe the entire Brewster era goes differently. As it is, the team finished with one of the most epic season collapses of all time and the Brewster era has been downhill from there. The peak of the Brewster era was NOT the illinois game, it was when T. Simmons returned the Int for a TD against Northwestern to take a 14-10 lead.
 

Rosemountian said:
Funny thing about that team is how close they were to being a good team. They were 4-0 non-conference, including blowout victories in 2 games and a convincing win in one (N. Illinois was close). The team was competitive for the most part at Ohio State, beat Indiana, an Illinois team who was in the top 25 the week before the gophers played them, went on the road an won in W. Lafayette for the first time since before Mason. The team had the ball tied at 17 with time for a last drive against Northwestern. The ball bounces out of Deckers hand for a pick-6. Instead of having the ball at the NU 45 with 15 seconds and a timeout left we lose. The gophers win that game they are 8-1 and in the top 15 going into a game against a bad Michigan team. No doubt the hangover was partially to blame for the nonchalant effort against Michigan. The team was competitive at Madison.

If Decker catches that ball that entire season and maybe the entire Brewster era goes differently. As it is, the team finished with one of the most epic season collapses of all time and the Brewster era has been downhill from there. The peak of the Brewster era was NOT the illinois game, it was when T. Simmons returned the Int for a TD against Northwestern to take a 14-10 lead.
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Yeah, I've had the very same thoughts. I was at that game in Purdue, cheering on Brewster and the team long after the final whistle, and shaking my head in disbelief at how far we had seem to come from 1-11 the previous season. Hitting 10 wins that year was definitely in reach. That's what's so frustrating about being a fan of this program sometimes. Too many 'shoulda, woulda, couldas'.
 

Rosemountian said:
The peak of the Brewster era was when T. Simmons returned the Int for a TD against Northwestern to take a 14-10 lead.
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Indeed.

At halftime of that 2008 Northwestern game, we were 7-1 and ranked 20th in the country. Since halftime of that game:

our record is 7-17 (3-11 in Big Ten)
we've been outscored 678-495 (417-275 in Big Ten)
 



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