BleedGopher
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Per Pat:
On Fleck's amazement meter, winning 11 of 13 games apparently beats those pairs of back-to-back 8-0 seasons in 1934-35 and 1940-41 and national championships for the Bierman Boys.
The issue with mixing history and the era of 12- and 13-game schedules is this:
The Gophers played schedules of eight games or fewer from 1906 through 1941, nine-game regular seasons from 1942 to 1964, and 10-game schedules from 1965 to 1970.
Tough to get to 11.
Maybe what's causing P.J. to float his own boat is that a victory over so-so Syracuse in Yankee Stadium on Dec. 29 would give him four straight bowl wins. In Fleck-land, we should appreciate those more than reaching back-to-back Rose Bowls (1-1) after the 1960 and 1961 seasons.
Go Gophers!!
On Fleck's amazement meter, winning 11 of 13 games apparently beats those pairs of back-to-back 8-0 seasons in 1934-35 and 1940-41 and national championships for the Bierman Boys.
The issue with mixing history and the era of 12- and 13-game schedules is this:
The Gophers played schedules of eight games or fewer from 1906 through 1941, nine-game regular seasons from 1942 to 1964, and 10-game schedules from 1965 to 1970.
Tough to get to 11.
Maybe what's causing P.J. to float his own boat is that a victory over so-so Syracuse in Yankee Stadium on Dec. 29 would give him four straight bowl wins. In Fleck-land, we should appreciate those more than reaching back-to-back Rose Bowls (1-1) after the 1960 and 1961 seasons.
This is not the golden era of Golden Gophers football, despite P.J. Fleck's claim
The Minnesota coach's framing of modern success is off, and the national champions and Rose Bowl teams of yesteryear would not at all be impressed with 3-3 in the lousy Big Ten West.
m.startribune.com
Go Gophers!!