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"University of Minnesota Regent Dave Larson, who died unexpectedly late last month, used to telephone me about Gophers football. I never heard him utter one word of doubt or negativity about coach Jerry Kill.
“He had my back,” Kill said after a public memorial service at TCF Bank Stadium last Saturday."
"What Kill told Larson after he inherited the Gophers program in late 2010 was that academics among his players were a mess. The collective GPA performance was so poor the Gophers were in danger of losing scholarships, per an NCAA policy that monitors grades. “We had seven kids who were in bad shape,” Kill said.
Larson told Kill he wanted to help and asked what was needed to improve the schoolwork of the football players. Larson, who had been one of Cargill’s top executives until retiring in 2010, was devoted to philanthropy and he gave $500,000 to the football program to pay for tutors, laptops and also enhancements to the weight room."
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“He had my back,” Kill said after a public memorial service at TCF Bank Stadium last Saturday."
"What Kill told Larson after he inherited the Gophers program in late 2010 was that academics among his players were a mess. The collective GPA performance was so poor the Gophers were in danger of losing scholarships, per an NCAA policy that monitors grades. “We had seven kids who were in bad shape,” Kill said.
Larson told Kill he wanted to help and asked what was needed to improve the schoolwork of the football players. Larson, who had been one of Cargill’s top executives until retiring in 2010, was devoted to philanthropy and he gave $500,000 to the football program to pay for tutors, laptops and also enhancements to the weight room."
http://shamasportsheadliners.com/