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I get that sinking feeling these days watching most all Gophers sports, men and women. I thought of buying a subscription to Big+ for today's game, but after one inning I knew why I hadn't. This is a Nebraska the Gophers beat 16 times in a row not long ago. Now they can't even get a runner past first base. It seems the Athletic Dept is falling hopelessly behind in recruiting.
The Gopher athletic program writ large is not in a good spot right now. Only football seems to be carrying its weight in my opinion. Many other Gopher sports teams appear to have dropped off quite a bit from 5-10 years ago; especially on the women’s side.
I guess it's time to focus on our academics.
I think gymnastics, soccer and women’s basketball (when healthy) are still in a good place
Volleyball will always be in a good spot.
Don't shortchange women's track and field.
Wouldn’t shock me if they end up cutting the program if they’re looking to save money.
I agree. I didn’t want to make the list too long, but volleyball, track &field andX-country have shown continued success each year.
Softball is losing its appeal as everyone is playing to see who will lose to Oklahoma in the WCWS.
Someone needs to teach this team defense. Six errors is ridiculous, especially 3 by the first baseman in a single inning. I think the pitching staff might appreciate not having to get more than 3 outs per inning.
I'd wager just watching some clips on YouTube is better than whatever the coaches are teaching them.
I strongly support the college sports of track and field, cross country, gymnastics, and women’s soccer… but I bet not 0.05 percent of the Minnesota population can name a single student athlete on any of those teams.
That’s probably true. Maybe the reason for their success comes from working as a team, not having individuals trying to be a superstar. Men’s teams could learn from the women.
Limited to non-existent media coverage.
Gymnastics isn't far behind, LSU/Oklahoma's scores are a wide margin from everyone else. Doesn't matter if Gophers make the finals if their max score is 1.2 behind the leaders
You could say this for a lot of other Gopher programs, they need to be almost perfect while hoping their opponents messes up.
Finally got decent pitching for the most part (Richardson walks was a killer in the first inning) and 6 hits in 2 games, pathetic. Where will the power hitters come from next year with Kraft and Valencia gone?
Hard to know where they go from here. Clean house and try to start over?
Down 8-0 after inning and a half. First losing season in a long time. Some serious decisions needed for this team to regain competitive status going into next year and beyond.
Revenue sharing is going to football,mbb, ebb, men’s hockey and volleyball.
Could quality of coaches have something to do with that? Hiring a popular former player with no head coaching experience as head coach may be more appealing than it should be.
Well Coyle has fired the last two mistakes of hiring without experience. I would think Piper will be out soon too (if they end up keeping the program)
