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They use a historic loss to Wisconsin as their example...but appears to be where Minnesota got jobbed by the officials...so guess that makes it okay.
 


On Tyler Johnson
http://www.startribune.com/peach-story/564561162/
Just as the football hangs in the air above Tyler Johnson’s waiting arms in Golden Gophers games, so does the glittering future for the Pride of North Minneapolis.
A lustrous career in the National Football League is surely in store for this native son, with his ankle-breaking agility and hands sticky as if he coated his palms in Dippity-Do before stepping on to the TCF Bank Stadium field. But first, this former Polar must help his unvanquished Gophers past mighty Penn State on Saturday.
Those Nittany Lions are second in the country at foiling the rush, their roar allowing only 547 yards per contest on the turf. That could give the Gophers’ star receiver open looks with eyes toward the end zone. And he’ll have help, from the undersized-but-no-longer-overlooked Tanner Morgan at quarterback and a merry band of fellow pass-catchers, including Georgia peach Rashod Bateman, another wideout with professional prospects.

But Johnson is the main attraction. A big brother of six children to his happy parents and a senior on this Gophers team, the Minneapolis Marvel is a role model to his family, his teammates and an entire city.
 

BilldGopher said:
They use a historic loss to Wisconsin as their example...but appears to be where Minnesota got jobbed by the officials...so guess that makes it okay.
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Figures that refs have been screwing us against Bucky for 50 years.
 


What I remember about the Star/Tribune is their extreme diligence in unearthing Gopher infractions in football and scandal, crashing promising programs (ask Clem Haskins etc.). Alabama has no such problem.
 

OldBob53 said:
What I remember about the Star/Tribune is their extreme diligence in unearthing Gopher infractions in football and scandal, crashing promising programs (ask Clem Haskins etc.). Alabama has no such problem.
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The Pioneer Press broke the Haskins stuff. I don't blame them for reporting it, but I will forever believe they sat on it until the day before the NCAA tournament on purpose for maximum chaos and attention.
 

I grabbed a copy of the Peach section. Longtime GH fans will remember Oldtimer, (RIP) from Southern California talks about the Tribune "Peaach" Oldtimer would have been very proud today. Hopefully we all get to meet under the Neon Sign at the Rose Bowl and hoist a toast. I kept a copy of this to remember him by.
 

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