BleedGopher
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per Pat:
We have three sects of ardent sports followers in Minnesota. There are the reasonable and objective people who take the long view. I am a proud member of this group, although we now have fallen to roughly 2.65 percent of the Minnesota sports base, the same percentage as was obtained by the Grassroots Party's ticket of Chris Wright-Judith Schwartzbacker in our 2018 gubernatorial election.
The largest sect remains the traditionalists — "true fans," they call themselves — with a belief that most defeats are caused by poor officiating intentionally directed toward Minnesota teams, or bad breaks, or a momentary lapse in strategizing.
This group now makes up an estimated 53.8 percent, the same majority as winner Tim Walz in the 2018 gubernatorial election, and it has had Sid Hartman as its spiritual leader for 75 years.
This is not quite Tammany Hall (1789-1967) in New York, but Sid's reign is both impressive and ongoing.
The third group has now grown to 42.4% (by coincidence, Jeff Johnson's runner-up showing in 2018) and is having a spectacular run in recent months. This is the Prove-It-To-Me sect, with the mantra, "They haven't played anybody."
http://www.startribune.com/gophers-...he-prove-it-sect-of-minnesota-fans/564577882/
Go Gophers!!
We have three sects of ardent sports followers in Minnesota. There are the reasonable and objective people who take the long view. I am a proud member of this group, although we now have fallen to roughly 2.65 percent of the Minnesota sports base, the same percentage as was obtained by the Grassroots Party's ticket of Chris Wright-Judith Schwartzbacker in our 2018 gubernatorial election.
The largest sect remains the traditionalists — "true fans," they call themselves — with a belief that most defeats are caused by poor officiating intentionally directed toward Minnesota teams, or bad breaks, or a momentary lapse in strategizing.
This group now makes up an estimated 53.8 percent, the same majority as winner Tim Walz in the 2018 gubernatorial election, and it has had Sid Hartman as its spiritual leader for 75 years.
This is not quite Tammany Hall (1789-1967) in New York, but Sid's reign is both impressive and ongoing.
The third group has now grown to 42.4% (by coincidence, Jeff Johnson's runner-up showing in 2018) and is having a spectacular run in recent months. This is the Prove-It-To-Me sect, with the mantra, "They haven't played anybody."
http://www.startribune.com/gophers-...he-prove-it-sect-of-minnesota-fans/564577882/
Go Gophers!!