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per Joe:
There were indications Sunday that the University of Minnesota will try this week to secure an agreement to make Tracy Claeys head football coach, removing his interim tag.
University officials have watched Claeys lead the Gophers through two hard-fought games since Jerry Kill retired Oct. 28, losing to then-No. 15 Michigan and then-No. 1 Ohio State.
As disappointing as the Halloween loss to Michigan was, with the bungled clock management, Claeys got a peak performance from a squad that lost its head coach just three days earlier.
The Gophers also gave Ohio State a bit of a fourth-quarter scare Saturday before falling to 4-5 overall and 1-4 in the Big Ten.
“I hate to use the cliché ‘Minnesota might be the best 1-4 team in any conference,’ ” ABC’s Brad Nessler said during the telecast. “But I tell you, after seeing them the last couple weeks, they have fought their guts out.”
As the Gophers near an official switch to Claeys as head coach, Nessler’s words might not fully appease fans who are frustrated that the team has lost eight of its past 12 games, dating to last season.
http://www.startribune.com/claeys-may-lose-interim-label-as-gophers-enter-stretch-run/343288902/
Go Gophers!!
There were indications Sunday that the University of Minnesota will try this week to secure an agreement to make Tracy Claeys head football coach, removing his interim tag.
University officials have watched Claeys lead the Gophers through two hard-fought games since Jerry Kill retired Oct. 28, losing to then-No. 15 Michigan and then-No. 1 Ohio State.
As disappointing as the Halloween loss to Michigan was, with the bungled clock management, Claeys got a peak performance from a squad that lost its head coach just three days earlier.
The Gophers also gave Ohio State a bit of a fourth-quarter scare Saturday before falling to 4-5 overall and 1-4 in the Big Ten.
“I hate to use the cliché ‘Minnesota might be the best 1-4 team in any conference,’ ” ABC’s Brad Nessler said during the telecast. “But I tell you, after seeing them the last couple weeks, they have fought their guts out.”
As the Gophers near an official switch to Claeys as head coach, Nessler’s words might not fully appease fans who are frustrated that the team has lost eight of its past 12 games, dating to last season.
http://www.startribune.com/claeys-may-lose-interim-label-as-gophers-enter-stretch-run/343288902/
Go Gophers!!
