Pat Reusse: Former Gopher making nostalgic New Year's Day bowl trek

[BleedGopher]

per Reusse:

Finally, 53 years after the Rose Bowl victory, Tom Loechler — 74, well retired as a teacher and a coach, and refusing to give into the diabetes that has him moving slow — will get to see his beloved Gophers play in a New Year’s Day bowl game.

Tom and Sue will make the drive from their winter spot in Spring Hill, Fla., to Orlando, and with Beth and a friend, they will attend the Citrus Bowl: Ski U Mah vs. the Mizzou Tigers.

“Missouri beat us in the opener [6-0] in 1961,” Loechler said. “This is a good chance for revenge.”

http://www.startribune.com/sports/gophers/286845011.html?page=all&prepage=1&c=y#continue

Go Gophers!!

 

[Replacement Gopher]

"the Gophers had been chosen to fill the vacancy after the Ohio State Faculty Council voted 28-25 not to permit the Buckeyes to accept the invitation to Pasadena.

The majority in the faculty group believed that football had become too powerful and was overshadowing Ohio State’s academic mission. "

Whaaaaa?????

 

[ruppertflywheel]

If they did that at Ohio State today Columbus would be burned to the ground.

 

[FireDaveLee]

Kind of funny to think about; the exact opposite would happen at OSU now. They wouldn't want anything to become too powerful to overshadow their football mission!

 

[MNGoldenGophers1]

If they did that at Ohio State today Columbus would be burned to the ground.

You say that like it would be a bad thing?

 

[highwayman]

If they did that at Ohio State today Columbus would be burned to the ground.

My buddy who lived there told me that it was burned to ground, and that's why it looks that way.

 

[supadupafly]

Kind of funny to think about; the exact opposite would happen at OSU now. They wouldn't want anything to become too powerful to overshadow their football mission!

Ha! Actually, a bit of truth to that. Google former OSU President G. Gordon Gee and his now infamous Jim Tressel related quote that he made a few years back for some context and you will see what I am referring to.

 

[Iceland12]

per Reusse:

Finally, 53 years after the Rose Bowl victory, Tom Loechler — 74, well retired as a teacher and a coach, and refusing to give into the diabetes that has him moving slow — will get to see his beloved Gophers play in a New Year’s Day bowl game.

Tom and Sue will make the drive from their winter spot in Spring Hill, Fla., to Orlando, and with Beth and a friend, they will attend the Citrus Bowl: Ski U Mah vs. the Mizzou Tigers.

“Missouri beat us in the opener [6-0] in 1961,” Loechler said. “This is a good chance for revenge.”

http://www.startribune.com/sports/gophers/286845011.html?page=all&prepage=1&c=y#continue

Go Gophers!!

Loved that quote.