BleedGopher
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per Randy:
The time is now
This game might be Minnesota’s only chance for nearly a full calendar year to impress that noncommittal bloc known as casual fans in this sports-saturated market.
The Gophers play 2019 nonconference home games against FCS-level South Dakota State and Georgia Southern of the Sun Belt Conference, with a trip to Fresno State in between. The first five Big Ten games are at Purdue, vs. Illinois, vs. Nebraska, at Rutgers and vs. Maryland, and those teams are a combined 19-36 this year. The Gophers won’t face a upper-tier Big Ten team until Nov. 9, when Penn State visits TCF Bank Stadium.
Beating Wisconsin would grab people’s attention, and the Gophers certainly need that. Their average announced attendance this season was 37,914, the lowest in TCF Bank Stadium history. More alarming: The scanned ticket data obtained by the Star Tribune this week reveal an average actual attendance of 22,656, including 15,434 for the Nov. 10 game against Purdue and 15,160 for last week’s home finale vs. Northwestern.
http://www.startribune.com/rivalry-...more-about-opportunity-for-gophers/501159691/
Go Gophers!!
The time is now
This game might be Minnesota’s only chance for nearly a full calendar year to impress that noncommittal bloc known as casual fans in this sports-saturated market.
The Gophers play 2019 nonconference home games against FCS-level South Dakota State and Georgia Southern of the Sun Belt Conference, with a trip to Fresno State in between. The first five Big Ten games are at Purdue, vs. Illinois, vs. Nebraska, at Rutgers and vs. Maryland, and those teams are a combined 19-36 this year. The Gophers won’t face a upper-tier Big Ten team until Nov. 9, when Penn State visits TCF Bank Stadium.
Beating Wisconsin would grab people’s attention, and the Gophers certainly need that. Their average announced attendance this season was 37,914, the lowest in TCF Bank Stadium history. More alarming: The scanned ticket data obtained by the Star Tribune this week reveal an average actual attendance of 22,656, including 15,434 for the Nov. 10 game against Purdue and 15,160 for last week’s home finale vs. Northwestern.
http://www.startribune.com/rivalry-...more-about-opportunity-for-gophers/501159691/
Go Gophers!!