Sid says Saturday's winner will get 2 or 3 recruits

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Big game
No doubt the Gophers-Wisconsin football game Saturday is the biggest game in the three-year coaching career of coach Tim Brewster.

If the Gophers win this game and then follow up with a victory over Purdue the following week, Brewster and the Gophers will be 5-1 with a good chance to finish as high as 8-4 in the conference.

The Gophers have lost 12 of the past 14 games to the Badgers, many of which were very close games.

Saturday's game is also a battle for recruiting. The winner will get two or three outstanding players who will go with the team that shows the best.

The Gophers are in a good position to win this game because of the home-field advantage of the new stadium. Coaches of Air Force and California, whose teams have played in the new stadium, talked about how the crowd noise made it impossible to run their offense like they could at other places.

One advantage the Gophers will have that they didn't have in the Metrodome is that Badgers rooters will be in the minority, rather than the majority as had often been the case in the past because, outside of the 3,000 tickets the visiting team is allowed, tickets were almost impossible to get.

This is a must-win for the Gophers if they expect to call the season a success.

http://www.startribune.com/sports/vikings/63197052.html?page=2&c=y

Go Gophers!!
 

The only problem with this idea is that we seem to get alot more commitments when we lose. I don't understand why, Brew must have an approach that works well in that situation. and of course the biggest consideration is that win or lose it will be obvious that Gopherland is the place to be and that the Badgers suck.
 

Sid's overall take on the game is fine, I guess. But I have serious doubts that these "Two or three outstanding players" will make their final decision based on the outcome of this game. More than likely the way both teams entire season plays out, and what the playing time situation for them might be will be as or more important.
 

Yeah the two or three outstanding players quote seems a bit off. I think there only two non committed players coming on officials, RobDonnovan Lewis (gotta respect a kid with three first names) and Beau.
 

BleedGopher said:
Saturday's game is also a battle for recruiting. The winner will get two or three outstanding players who will go with the team that shows the best.
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Put this in the 'WTF' file.
 


I think Sid is overestimating the recruits we are competing with Wisconsin for as well as how this game will play in to their (his) decision.
 

I remember Stocco being down to Minnesota & Wisconsin and committing to Sconnie the day after we beat them in 2001.
 

It's amazing to think that Wisconsin has won 12 of 14 against Minnesota. It certainly doesn't "seem" that bad, but obviously it is. I know Mason tied a record by losing 5 straight to Iowa before winning in the Dome against them in his last Big Ten game, so we've lost 7 of 8 to them.

It's stating the obvious, but we've got to start winning these games far more frequently. I think this game is huge for Brewster, because a loss brings about the very real possibility that he starts his Gopher career 0-6 against Wisconsin and Iowa. I certainly would not want that on my resume if their was any chance my future was up in the air.
 

True that EG. It's nice that Brew has elevated the team to a point where we can be competitive. I look forward to the next step where we are the dominant team in the equation. Soon very soon. If not next year the one after that for sure.
 



DarrenTheGreek said:
I remember Stocco being down to Minnesota & Wisconsin and committing to Sconnie the day after we beat them in 2001.
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I went to High School with the kid, nice but not a lot of personality. I remember when he committed, I was so let down. And really confused, he was as good or better at baseball. To think he coulda pulled a decker if he had come to the U.
 

Think of all the make-believe recruits Sid was convinced would be flocking north to play under the dome. Déjà vu?
 

Schnoodler said:
True that EG. It's nice that Brew has elevated the team to a point where we can be competitive. I look forward to the next step where we are the dominant team in the equation. Soon very soon. If not next year the one after that for sure.
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Good post. My personal desire for Minnesota is to considered the best program in the upper midwest. Achieving that should make us a consistent top 4 team in the Big Ten.
 

Schnoodler said:
True that EG. It's nice that Brew has elevated the team to a point where we can be competitive. I look forward to the next step where we are the dominant team in the equation. Soon very soon. If not next year the one after that for sure.
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you think 55-0 at home is competitive? wow just wow
 





Ya, and sid also told Mike Max he needed to change his diaper...zero faith in anything the senile old guy says

did you hear him during the (as sid called it) "walk around" before the air force game? hilarious, and kind of sad that people actually still listen to him
 

Oh sometimes Sid does understand...I remember his reaction when the Vikes drafts TWill. Though his expression was uncalled for, he did end up being right.

That said, I doubt this one game is going to be based on win or lose, but which program has the better momentum going.
 

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