Lincoln Journal Star: It was painful watching Jerry Kill sitting alone w no reporters

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If I worked for a newspaper in Lincoln, NE most everything would be painful
 

Guys, the article wasn't about Minnesota's media (we all know they suck when it comes to college football), but about ALL the media in general not giving Coach Kill the time. Can't blame them. It sucks, but we have Urban freakin' Meyer in the conference now. Along with Nebby, scUM, PSU.. Big programs with a LOT more storylines to dish than lil' ol' Minnesota and Jerry Kill. Let them underestimate us. It'll make the impeding success that much more sweet.
 

Rosemountian said:
Casual Fan interest in gopher football is about as low as its been since 1997. The media never covered them well.
Why would they cover now that nobody cares?

I care, you care....nobody else does.


Mason brought relevance.
Brewster brought anger.
Kill had better do something quick because the 1990s apathy is starting to set in.
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Only with you!
 

F---the media
F--- the Vikings
F---Rosemountian
There, that covers it. Time for a cocktail.... Cheers!
 

Formo said:
Guys, the article wasn't about Minnesota's media (we all know they suck when it comes to college football), but about ALL the media in general not giving Coach Kill the time. Can't blame them. It sucks, but we have Urban freakin' Meyer in the conference now. Along with Nebby, scUM, PSU.. Big programs with a LOT more storylines to dish than lil' ol' Minnesota and Jerry Kill. Let them underestimate us. It'll make the impeding success that much more sweet.
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Now throw in the fact that Jerry's not exactly a "quote machine" and that nails it on the head.
 


PhillyGopher said:
If I worked for a newspaper in Lincoln, NE most everything would be painful
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You are correct sir. Living there for about 16 months, and at a time when the internet really wasn't widely available for other sources of news, READING the drivel in the Lincoln Journal Star was unimaginably painful.
 

Dean S said:
Only with you!
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Thanks for pointing out Rosemountain's attitude/agenda. It is pretty pathetic. When Minnesota didn't hire a named star quality coach Rosemountain decided that Kill was the problem.
 


ruppertflywheel said:
F---the media
F--- the Vikings
F---Rosemountian
There, that covers it. Time for a cocktail.... Cheers!
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LOL

Short, precise and to the point. Your last edit was 4:47. That leaves you 13 min till the official start of cocktail time.:drink:
 



TCF=UnitedWeStand said:
I'm completely fine with our coach not facing questions regarding players getting arrested, drug abuse within the program, academic issues/scandal (how many media outside the Twin Cities have any idea about our APR increase this past year, or even care?, etc. Without the garbage, who is going to talk to the coach of a 6-7 team that nobody thinks is going to be any sort of threat to compete for the division title?

I'm not sweating this. Start out 5-0, beat Michigan there, and then Kill and our program will be getting plenty of attention.
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Was wondering when someone would actually read the story for what it was. We are an also ran right now with minimal intrigue that is going to catch the attention of anyone outside the state of Minnesota. A lot of people in here see a team on the verge of big things but if you look at the National landscape we are little more than a blip on the radar and most National writers have us picked in the bottom 2 of the division.

Not sure the schedule dig was necessary but I am not shocked at all to hear that Kill wasn't a hot commodity at media day.
 

Honestly, the only coach worse than Pellini is Beckman. F*CK F*CKING NEBRASKA.
 


MNVCGUY said:
Was wondering when someone would actually read the story for what it was. We are an also ran right now with minimal intrigue that is going to catch the attention of anyone outside the state of Minnesota. A lot of people in here see a team on the verge of big things but if you look at the National landscape we are little more than a blip on the radar and most National writers have us picked in the bottom 2 of the division.

Not sure the schedule dig was necessary but I am not shocked at all to hear that Kill wasn't a hot commodity at media day.
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A little optimistic on our national appearance, aren't we? :p
 



MNVCGUY said:
Was wondering when someone would actually read the story for what it was. We are an also ran right now with minimal intrigue that is going to catch the attention of anyone outside the state of Minnesota. A lot of people in here see a team on the verge of big things but if you look at the National landscape we are little more than a blip on the radar and most National writers have us picked in the bottom 2 of the division.

Not sure the schedule dig was necessary but I am not shocked at all to hear that Kill wasn't a hot commodity at media day.
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I agree with this. We are an afterthought to pretty much everyone outside of forums like this. We get picked to finish last because we usually finish at or near the bottom. Very few of the rags put much effort into researching us, and why would they? How many times have you read a season preview where they mention guys who either play very little, or are not even on the team(seems unbelievable, but I've seen it). I'm sure IN gets the same treatment we do. NW is all of a sudden a hot pick. Why? They've won as of late. That will be us.

You know what else? Something tells me Jerry Kill is just fine with the lack of media attention.
 

Personally, I think Media day is a joke. If you think about it, most beat reporters have a pretty good relationship with players and coaches already. Why would they drive/fly to Chicago to get an interview with coach Kill and a couple players when they can go to practice the following week and ask the same questions that they already know the answers to. Or just call them. Also, everything is covered on the Big Ten Network. You all have to except the fact that the Gophers will be second to the Vikings until the Gophers start winning, and that isn't guarenteed.

I don't mean to be a Danny Downer, and I'll always cheer for the Maroon and Gold before the Vikings, but I'm in the minority. I'm also a realist. I'm sure Jerry Kill couldn't give two S#@ts about the fact nobody talked to him. I also bet he'd rather be back here getting ready for the season instead of talking to d#@k head reporters from Nebraska.
 

No news is good news. It's not painful, we don't have an exciting non-conference schedule, we haven't had any off season news, our QB situation is set...what else is there to talk about? The Big Ten media only seems to want to pretend that epilepsy is a terminal disease so they have a story line for Coach Kill.

Conference media days are a somewhat dated event that seem to still exist only so reporters can expense a few nice dinners in Chicago. Would anyone show up if it was in, say, Lincoln?

P.s. one of the front page stories at the Lincoln Journal Star today is that a couple from Wahoo has adopted a few raccoons...so "painful" is open to interpretation.
 

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