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per Souhan:
P.J. Fleck bolted up the steps to the podium and popped the top on a can of Coke, one of the University of Minnesota's sponsors.
His Gophers football team had just lost the biggest game of the season, at home, but when you are the kind of guy who trademarked your own motivational phrase, it is never not the right time to practice product placement.
Coca-Cola likely will survive its affiliation with the University of Minnesota football program. "Row The Boat'' may not.
The Gophers concluded their home schedule for the 2018 season on Saturday, losing 24-14 to Northwestern at TCF Bank Stadium, where a small crowd arrived late and departed early.
The Gophers next head to Wisconsin for their season finale, needing a victory to ensure a .500 record and bowl eligibility. With his second season at Minnesota almost complete, Fleck is 10-13 overall and 4-13 in the Big Ten.
The record that may be most significant is his 2-6 mark in the Big Ten this season. His team has not improved in its second year, even while playing in a mediocre league.
Fleck took over a program that had won nine games in 2016 and had appeared in five straight bowls, the final two of which it won.
If Fleck loses to Wisconsin, he will continue to distract with shiny slogans, but any rational evaluation of him should conclude that the first two years of the Fleck experiment have been an embarrassment.
http://www.startribune.com/p-j-fleck-and-his-gophers-look-lost/500761741/
Go Gophers!!
P.J. Fleck bolted up the steps to the podium and popped the top on a can of Coke, one of the University of Minnesota's sponsors.
His Gophers football team had just lost the biggest game of the season, at home, but when you are the kind of guy who trademarked your own motivational phrase, it is never not the right time to practice product placement.
Coca-Cola likely will survive its affiliation with the University of Minnesota football program. "Row The Boat'' may not.
The Gophers concluded their home schedule for the 2018 season on Saturday, losing 24-14 to Northwestern at TCF Bank Stadium, where a small crowd arrived late and departed early.
The Gophers next head to Wisconsin for their season finale, needing a victory to ensure a .500 record and bowl eligibility. With his second season at Minnesota almost complete, Fleck is 10-13 overall and 4-13 in the Big Ten.
The record that may be most significant is his 2-6 mark in the Big Ten this season. His team has not improved in its second year, even while playing in a mediocre league.
Fleck took over a program that had won nine games in 2016 and had appeared in five straight bowls, the final two of which it won.
If Fleck loses to Wisconsin, he will continue to distract with shiny slogans, but any rational evaluation of him should conclude that the first two years of the Fleck experiment have been an embarrassment.
http://www.startribune.com/p-j-fleck-and-his-gophers-look-lost/500761741/
Go Gophers!!