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per Marcus:
“I’m ecstatic,” Thompson said. “I think it’s great for the program, great for the state of Minnesota. It really gives us an opportunity. We haven’t had very exciting (bowl) places where we’ve had a lot of momentum going behind the team. I think after last season coming into this year, we were a little bit better than people thought. I really feel like the team deserved this and coach Kill and his staff deserved it.”
But the buzz about Gophers football is at a much higher level right now, Thompson said.
“It means more,” Thompson said about going to a New Year’s Day Bowl right now. “The landscape has changed. Teams play more games. Honestly, it wasn’t a realistic expectation when I was in college. Our team wasn’t that strong (to go to a New Year’s Day Bowl). We were happy to be in the middle of the Big Ten. I think with the modern landscape and with what coach Kill is doing here, it’s a realistic goal to keep climbing to the top and keep getting better.”
http://blogs.twincities.com/gophers...darrell-thompson-beyond-ecstatic-citrus-bowl/
Go Gophers!!
“I’m ecstatic,” Thompson said. “I think it’s great for the program, great for the state of Minnesota. It really gives us an opportunity. We haven’t had very exciting (bowl) places where we’ve had a lot of momentum going behind the team. I think after last season coming into this year, we were a little bit better than people thought. I really feel like the team deserved this and coach Kill and his staff deserved it.”
But the buzz about Gophers football is at a much higher level right now, Thompson said.
“It means more,” Thompson said about going to a New Year’s Day Bowl right now. “The landscape has changed. Teams play more games. Honestly, it wasn’t a realistic expectation when I was in college. Our team wasn’t that strong (to go to a New Year’s Day Bowl). We were happy to be in the middle of the Big Ten. I think with the modern landscape and with what coach Kill is doing here, it’s a realistic goal to keep climbing to the top and keep getting better.”
http://blogs.twincities.com/gophers...darrell-thompson-beyond-ecstatic-citrus-bowl/
Go Gophers!!