reusse still not convinced of bowl worthiness

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Several great comments from Gopher Fans regarding Pat's schtick and his constant lambasting of the university. He threw in a few Pitino jabs for good measure and innuendo. Pat's appearing more and more like a grumpy old man who hates everything.
 


So do guys like Reusse have an agenda?... That being one of keeping the Vikings up top & keeping the Gopher football program at the "kids table"... You don't hear him wailing against Gopher basketball like this, and they just lost to TWO South Dakota schools. It just seems like Reusse makes a concerted effort to keep Gopher football down.

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Lordshawesome said:
So do guys like Reusse have an agenda?... That being one of keeping the Vikings up top & keeping the Gopher football program at the "kids table"... You don't hear him wailing against Gopher basketball like this, and they just lost to TWO South Dakota schools. It just seems like Reusse makes a concerted effort to keep Gopher football down.

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He did call Richard Pitino "Little Ricky".
 


Crap, Reusse isn't convinced??? That sucks. What a way to ruin my day. When Pat's not happy, I'm not happy :(
 




It's not a column, it's a Blog. It doesn't get printed. It's for sports internet clickers like us.
 

so the gophers were a half yard short of being bowl worthy? they say it is a game of inches

all the yards gained and given up, all the hours played, all the points made and surrendered, the gophers would only truly be bowl worthy had they gained those last 18 inches in the final two seconds? unless of course you don't think 6-6 teams are worthy either
 


Buttcheeks McGaffigan said:
People actually think the Gophers are bowl worthy this year?
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What does that even mean: bowl worthy? Most of these games are glorified exhibitions. MN could likely beat many of the bowl teams. They already beat 2. Is Ohio "bowl worthy?". They won 8 games, but lost to MN. If 6 wins is your only metric, then no, MN is not "bowl worthy". People mad that 5-7 teams made bowl games should be mad at the system that got us here, not the teams who made it -- or their fans who are excited to see one more game, as opposed to waiting 9 months.

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Give us Iowa's schedule & see how many wins we'd have had...

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GopherOhana said:
so the gophers were a half yard short of being bowl worthy? they say it is a game of inches

all the yards gained and given up, all the hours played, all the points made and surrendered, the gophers would only truly be bowl worthy had they gained those last 18 inches in the final two seconds? unless of course you don't think 6-6 teams are worthy either
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Such a bogus argument. Could go the other way too, a few small changes against Kent St or CSU and we could be at 3 wins just as easily.
 

Donovan said:
Crap, Reusse isn't convinced??? That sucks. What a way to ruin my day. When Pat's not happy, I'm not happy :(
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I couldn't possibly agree more, and I'm afraid this might be very serious. It sounds as if all this self-created drama-drama regarding bowl worthiness has plunged Pat into an existential crisis so profound that it's nearly overtaken his life such that it's even threatening to shatter his relationship with his longtime besty 'Dutch'. I think Pat is really, really hurting here, people, and probably just needs a big old hug, so can we get any volunteers? Anyone?
 

Look - in case anyone hasn't figured this out by now -

with the exception of Sid, and maybe some of the beat writers, the media in the twin cities are actually happier when the local teams are losing or playing poorly - because that gives them the excuse/reason to be negative, cynical, snarky, and generally mean. You can just tell from Reusse's writing that he has more fun with the negative columns. If you follow him on twitter, you know he's got a very cynical sense of humor. And Zulgad, Mackey, etc are junior-grade Reusse clones. They think they're supposed to criticize the local teams because that's what Pat does.

If you hooked up Reusse or any other of the media guys to a lie detector, I think they'd admit that they have more fun when the local teams are losing. it is what it is. Not worth all the tooth gnashing we get on this board after every negative column or tweet.
 


Ha, I was thinking the same thing. Let's say the Vikings lose out and finish 8-8, but make the playoffs.... should they turn down the Wild Card spot? I guarantee that no reporters will write that because it is stupid.
 

If you're going to post Reusse's bulls#!+, then copy and past the article so I don't have to
give him a click.
 

Reusse had on a writer from Philly the other day, and they were talking about what a train wreck all the Philly teams are. The best of the four pro teams last season was the Phillies, and they lost 99 games. Think about that. Reusse mentioned how much fun it would be to be a writer there right now to troll fans with the fact that the only decent team in town is Temple football, which is one of the historically awful programs in NCAA history. Lets face it - it's a lot more fun to write snarky, cynical negative things, than it is positive.
 

short ornery norwegian said:
If you hooked up Reusse to a lie detector, I think he'd admit that he has more fun when the local teams are losing.
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Lie detector? Why?

Reusse readily admits he likes when the local teams lose. He don't need no stinking lie detector.
 

discochris said:
Lets face it - it's a lot more fun to write snarky, cynical negative things, than it is positive.
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Not just fun to write, but people here love to read and discuss those same things. Reusse and Barreiro are popular/successful because people in MN love to complain and rip on stuff.
 

reusse still not convinced of bowl worthiness Well it's good that I could care less about someone who suffers from LMS (Little Man Syndrome) says. With some of the crap that he and some of the other local media spew out I have just come to the conclusion of considering the source. Those guys aren't even worthy of handling a game worn jock strap.
 

discochris said:
Reusse had on a writer from Philly the other day, and they were talking about what a train wreck all the Philly teams are. The best of the four pro teams last season was the Phillies, and they lost 99 games. Think about that. Reusse mentioned how much fun it would be to be a writer there right now to troll fans with the fact that the only decent team in town is Temple football, which is one of the historically awful programs in NCAA history. Lets face it - it's a lot more fun to write snarky, cynical negative things, than it is positive.
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Didn't the Eagles go 10-6 last year?
 

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