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Fleck (9 seasons)
2017Minnesota5–72–76th (West)
2018Minnesota7–63–6T–5th (West)W Quick Lane
2019Minnesota11–27–2T–1st (West)W Outback1010
2020Minnesota3–43–44th (West)
2021Minnesota9–46–3T–2nd (West)W Guaranteed Rate
2022Minnesota9–45–4T–2nd (West)W Pinstripe
2023Minnesota6–73–6T–4th (West)W Quick Lane
2024Minnesota8–55–4T–7thW Duke's Mayo
2025Minnesota8–55–4T–7thW Rate
Minnesota:66–4439–407-0


Warmath (18 seasons)
1954Minnesota7–24–24th20
1955Minnesota3–62–58th
1956Minnesota6–1–24–1–2T–2nd912
1957Minnesota4–53–58th
1958Minnesota1–81–69th
1959Minnesota2–71–610th
1960Minnesota8–25–1T–1stL Rose11
1961Minnesota8–26–12ndW Rose66
1962Minnesota6–2–15–22nd1010
1963Minnesota3–62–59th
1964Minnesota5–44–3T–4th
1965Minnesota5–4–15–2T–3rd
1966Minnesota4–5–13–3–15th
1967Minnesota8–26–1T–1st14
1968Minnesota6–45–2T–3rd18
1969Minnesota4–5–14–34th
1970Minnesota3–6–12–4–17th
1971Minnesota4–73–5T–6th
Minnesota:87–78–765–57–41-1
 

RememberMurray said:
Check out the Pair and a Spare podcast for a pretty in-depth discussion of assistants' salaries. They made the point that many of Fleck's assistants are new to coaching, so you aren't likely to pay them big bucks from the get-go. Danny Collins was a promotion from within, and only got the job because Miami gave Heatherman a bag. Why promote from within, rather than hire proven outside candidates? Well...

... Chip asked Ryan what would happen if Fleck asked for more money for assistants. Burns said, "It would take them 10 minutes to stop laughing". He made the point that Minnesota has never paid assistant coaches well, and he was pretty clear that it's not because of Fleck.

Why would any coach want to be limited by a bottom-feeder assistant coach salary limit?
At one point someone said the Gophers are vying for the bottom of the B1G in assistant salaries with Northwestern... and Northwestern just hired Chip Kelly.
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No people on this board have assured me he doesn’t want good assistants because he would lose his power lol
 



caliGopher said:
Regarding the 7 home games, all coaches from Brewster through Fleck had 7 home games per year (except 2020).

Mason had two seasons with 7 home games in 2002 and 2003. His last season was the season the schedules switched to 12 games permanently, but he played 6 Home and 6 Road games that year.

Beyond that, AI identifed several games in the 70s and 80s, which I double checked and confirmed only two but stumbled on a 3rd, 1981, 1985, and 1987.

AI indicated no 7-game home seasons in the 50s and 60s, but I didn't double-check.

It's safe to say that Outside of the early years, where schedules varied wildly year to year (late 1800s/early 1900s) there have been very few seasons with 7 home games (like the 3 in the eighties) due to some variation in the norms, but since 2007 it is the standard

That said, 7-0 at Home is cool, and never apologize for a win.

BUT

Stop acting like beating.....

Opponent
Record​
Conf. Record​
Road Record​
Conf. Finish​
Sagrin Rtg.​
Buffalo
5-7​
4-4​
3-2​
7 of 13​
141​
Northwstrn St.
1-11​
0-8​
0-6​
10 of 10​
261​
Rutgers
5-7​
2-7​
1-4*​
14 of 18​
62​
Purdue
2-10​
0-9​
0-5​
18 of 18​
96​
Nebraska (25)
7-6​
4-5​
2-2**​
10 of 18​
54​
Michigan State
4-8​
1-8​
0-5​
16 of 18​
63​
Wisconsin
4-8​
2-7​
0-5​
15 of 18​
49​
*Road win against Purdue
**Road wins against Maryland (17th in B1G) and UCLA (12th in B1G)

...was an impressive accomplishment.

It was the bare minimum expectation given how hard we had to work to beat some very bad football teams. At home. We barely met it, except for the absolute beatdown we delivered to Nebraska.
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The scary thing about this is that Rutgers, Purdue, and Mich State all easily could have been losses. Meaning that, I'm worried we used up a lot of karma to pull those wins out.

As was discussed to death during the season, was also really wild how stark the difference in opponent quality was for the home games vs road games last year.
 


60's Guy said:
On the surface I agree 100%. But when you look at who we beat to accomplish it...I also don't think it is worthy of outsized hyperbole as a significant look at us accomplishment.
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Have you seen or heard or read "outsized hyperbole" on this? I've seen posts on Gopher Hole that pointed out that having a 7-0 home record has been rare in Gopher football history, but that's simply stating a stone cold fact. It's certainly not hyperbolic.

Calling a 7-0 record at home "sad", on the other hand, seems to be reaching really, desperately hard for negative spin. After all, the very best record a team can possibly achieve in seven home games is 7-0, no matter who the opponents were.
 

RememberMurray said:
Have you seen or heard or read "outsized hyperbole" on this? I've seen posts on Gopher Hole that pointed out that having a 7-0 home record has been rare in Gopher football history, but that's simply stating a stone cold fact. It's certainly not hyperbolic.

Calling a 7-0 record at home "sad", on the other hand, seems to be reaching really, desperately hard for negative spin. After all, the very best record a team can possibly achieve in seven home games is 7-0, no matter who the opponents were.
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Sir it is the offseason. What the heck kind of posts do you expect to see for the next six months?
 

GopherGrit said:
The scary thing about this is that Rutgers, Purdue, and Mich State all easily could have been losses. Meaning that, I'm worried we used up a lot of karma to pull those wins out.

As was discussed to death during the season, was also really wild how stark the difference in opponent quality was for the home games vs road games last year.
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This season was a dud. There were three fun games to watch otherwise the season was kind of like nails on a chalkboard.
 

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