Great read....well worth the click. Found this one nugget especially interesting.
"One of the reasons a job on the margins of the Big Ten power structure appealed to Fleck was the chance to own an entire state, putting his bedrock philosophy to work from border to border. The University of Minnesota is the only FBS football program in the state. Only seven other programs (Nebraska, Wisconsin, Rutgers, Missouri, Connecticut, Boise State, Hawaii) enjoy that advantage."
Fleck has talked about the list of schools he would have left WMU for and the speculation has been that list was around 8 schools long and we were on it. Interesting that there are 7 other teams listed above....Not saying that was his list but it would make some sense given how Fleck is wired. I honestly don't know that he is as caught up as most coaches are in the idea of the helmet schools with their insane expectations.
If that is in fact his list then Gopher fans should be able to rest easy for a while because I can't see him leaving the U for any of those locations outside of maybe a Nebraska but that one shouldn't be open for a while.
Regardless though, great read and fun to see all this National press we are getting. Win tomorrow and we will take the college football world by storm because there are still a lot of people expecting us to fail. Follow up the big win against Penn State with a road win against a good Iowa team and all of the sudden.....man that would be exciting.....Let's Go!