Happy 80th Birthday to the one and only @Patrick_Reusse! You know what they say, “We dress like those we admire.”

[BleedGopher]

Go Gophers!!

 

[TurfGopher]

He only comes to the games if he gets the DQ suite to himself.

 

[HitMeAgainIAmStillMoving]

Oddly I was thinking of him today. He wrote Nebraska ran up the score 84-13 because it was on the road and they could not bring the fourth string.

 

[restovich]

Oddly I was thinking of him today. He wrote Nebraska ran up the score 84-13 score because it was on the road and they could not bring the fourth string.

Was at that game. Nebraska's third string was far better than our first string. Rozier and Fryar were light years better than anyone on our team.

 

[BilldGopher]

Looking for Patrick to be our Do The Gopher guest for this one.

 

[#2Gopher]

Hard to wish a guy a happy birthday due to all of his poorly written articles on the Gophers. However, I do believe in forgiveness. So Happy Birthday to you Pat and may you write positive letters and enjoy life.

 

[everybody knows my name]

I like Pat. I have a lot of happy memories of Saturday Morning Sports Talk.

 

[Gophers7NatTitlesBadgers0]

Oddly I was thinking of him today. He wrote Nebraska ran up the score 84-13 score because it was on the road and they could not bring the fourth string.

Pat's a jackass, but that was actually pretty good.

 

[USAF]

Happy birthday to the best ever Minnesota sports writer.

 

[cemba99]

While he has infuriated many on this website over the years (and at times I believe he purposely eggs Gopher fans on - just to see the reaction), some of his more "human interest" sports stories about various legacy players and teams are why I still enjoy his writing.

 

[caliGopher]

Happy birthday to the best ever Minnesota sports writer.

Best ever Minnesota sports writer? Not exactly a peak of greatness (at least from my familiarity starting in 1987).

I always saw him as a poor man's Scott Ostler. Ostler was a bit cranky, but he was direct, honest, fair, and not afraid to ruffle feathers when it was warranted.

I grew up reading him in the LA Times, and saw Reusse desired to be cut from the same cloth, but never quite got there.

Edit: oh, and happy birthday Patrick.

 

[Gopher_In_NYC]

I like Pat. I have a lot of happy memories of Saturday Morning Sports Talk.

He and Joe talking about Sid still makes me chuckle.

Their bit on Sid “Setting up the Loss, while simultaneously providing a Ray of Hope”, was sports talk radio at its best and funniest.

 

[gopherbadgerman]

Great writer who loves to poke fans for their reactions

 

[BilldGopher]

Do we know if Pat had a good time on his birthday?

Here's the record of the series over his lifetime:

27	October 6, 1945	Lincoln	Minnesota	61–7
28	September 28, 1946	Minneapolis	Minnesota	33–6
29	October 4, 1947	Lincoln	Minnesota	28–13
30	October 2, 1948	Minneapolis	Minnesota	39–13
31	October 1, 1949	Lincoln	Minnesota	28–6
32	October 7, 1950	Minneapolis	Nebraska	32–26
33	October 20, 1951	Minneapolis	Minnesota	39–20

34	November 15, 1952	Lincoln	Minnesota	13–7
35	September 25, 1954	Minneapolis	Minnesota	19–7
36	September 26, 1959	Minneapolis	Nebraska	32–12
37	September 24, 1960	Lincoln	Minnesota	26–14
38	September 28, 1963	Minneapolis	Nebraska	14–7
39	September 26, 1964	Minneapolis	Nebraska	26–21
40	September 30, 1967	Lincoln	No. 7 Nebraska	7–0
41	September 28, 1968	Minneapolis	No. 9 Nebraska	17–14
42	October 4, 1969	Minneapolis	Nebraska	42–14
43	October 3, 1970	Minneapolis	No. 6 Nebraska	35–10
44	September 18, 1971	Lincoln	No. 1 Nebraska	35–7
45	September 30, 1972	Lincoln	No. 7 Nebraska	49–0
46	October 6, 1973	Minneapolis	No. 2 Nebraska	48–7
47	October 5, 1974	Lincoln	No. 6 Nebraska	54–0
48	September 17, 1983	Minneapolis	No. 1 Nebraska	84–13
49	September 15, 1984	Lincoln	No. 1 Nebraska	38–7
50	September 23, 1989	Minneapolis	No. 3 Nebraska	48–0
51	September 22, 1990	Lincoln	No. 8 Nebraska	56–0
52	October 22, 2011	Minneapolis	No. 13 Nebraska	41–14
53	November 17, 2012	Lincoln	No. 16 Nebraska	38–14
54	October 26, 2013	Minneapolis	Minnesota	34–23
55	November 22, 2014	Lincoln	No. 25 Minnesota	28–24
56	October 17, 2015	Minneapolis	Nebraska	48–25
57	November 12, 2016	Lincoln	No. 21 Nebraska	24–17
58	November 11, 2017	Minneapolis	Minnesota	54–21
59	October 20, 2018	Lincoln	Nebraska	53–28
60	October 12, 2019	Minneapolis	Minnesota	34–7
61	December 12, 2020	Lincoln	Minnesota	24–17
62	October 16, 2021	Minneapolis	Minnesota	30–23
63	November 5, 2022	Lincoln	Minnesota	20–13
64	August 31, 2023	Minneapolis	Minnesota	13–10
65	October 17, 2025	Minneapolis	Minnesota	24–6

Nebbie 20 Wins Minnesota 19 Wins

Inquiring GHer wants to know. Are you lurking Patrick? Care to chime in?

 

[Word]

I'm gonna take the high road and wish him a happy birthday.