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This Saturday, we all want the pig. Adam Weber has no championships, no bowl victories, no trophies and has been criticized more than deserved. In his defense, he has not benefited from any good teams around him. There have been many "Gopher greats" that we have talked about that never had any more championships, bowl victories and trophies than Weber. No one can refute that he is a "gopher great" based on his toughness, heart and grit. Every player on any team should give everything each week for their teammates but this Saturday should be something special. There is no question Adam Weber will want the pig and will put forth the effort. This team and the fans need to work together to get Adam Weber a trophy of victory.
 


gopherjay said:
This Saturday, we all want the pig. Adam Weber has no championships, no bowl victories, no trophies and has been criticized more than deserved. In his defense, he has not benefited from any good teams around him. There have been many "Gopher greats" that we have talked about that never had any more championships, bowl victories and trophies than Weber. No one can refute that he is a "gopher great" based on his toughness, heart and grit. Every player on any team should give everything each week for their teammates but this Saturday should be something special. There is no question Adam Weber will want the pig and will put forth the effort. This team and the fans need to work together to get Adam Weber a trophy of victory.
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Adam Weber deserves commendation and respect for his achievements at the U of M and I completely agree that he has been criticized more than he deserves. As an Iowa fan attending the game Saturday, I will stand and cheer for his commitment to the Gophers and respect his unquestionable devotion towards improving the Gopher program.
 

Agree with the above posts. I hope Weber gets a standing ovation and is given the respect he deserves. He has carried himself with class over the past 5 years. You could do a lot worse than him.
 

Absolutely. Weber deserves to go out a winner!

Go Gophers!
 


It would be awesome to see everyone step it up to send Adam and the other seniors out on a high note, while at the same time sticking it to Iowa.

Either way, I'm sure Weber will get an ovation and will hopefully feel the appreciation for all the hard work he's put in as a Gopher under very trying circumstances.
 

for seniors and team yes. Not weber individually. I will remember him as a guy with misplaced confidence who had a singular knack for making his worst mistakes at critical points in games that were within reach. His whiny arm waving on the sidelines and ridiculous desire to have input about the new coach have not made him an enduring symbol of gopher greatness.
 

I will remember the people who trash Weber as a sign...

the University of Minnesota Football has completely been run into the ground by prexy b and joel maturi. With fans who attempt to trash a good student athlete, this sick segment of the fan base represents the absolute bottom of the Big Ten fan bases. There are NO fans that are less deserving than the fans who bash a kid who has given his all for this program that maturi and prexy b drove to the bottom of the conference with their hire of brewster. That is not the fault of our quarterback.

Walking in the wilderness is too good for you fans who try to trash a fine young man who represents the best of the student athletes wearing the Maroon & Gold.

To anyone who has an ounce of decency: it is time to stand up to these people who would bash our quarterback! This is NOT right. This mindless bashing that some do needs to be addressed and needs to be called out. Do Minnesota Golden Gopher Football Fans really want to stand by while some fools and low-classed individuals bash a fine young student athlete who has represented himself so well for so very long? Unless people "shout down" this kind of disrespect for a fine young Minnesota student athlete, the message sent to kids from the state of Minnesota is STAY AWAY from the University of minnesota Football Program. The fan base will only bash you and trash you if you are foolish enough to accept a football scholarship to the Unviersity of Minnesota. (We all know that Minnesota kids SHOULD want to play for the U, but, in all good faith, how the heck could you ever believe that when we are constantly read the way that so-called Gopher fans bash our quarterback?????????????)

Decent Gopher Fans UNITE! Do NOT allow a few people to make us all look like creeps, bashers and jerks.
 

imthewalrus said:
the University of Minnesota Football has completely been run into the ground by prexy b and joel maturi. With fans who trash a good kid like Weber, this fan base presents the absolute bottom of the Big Ten fan bases. There are NO fans that are less deserving than the fans who bash a kid who has given his all for this program that maturi and prexy b drove to the bottom of the conference with their hire of brewster.

Walking in the wilderness is too good for you fans who try to trash a fine young man who represents the best of the student athletes wearing the Maroon & Gold.

You Weber bashers are the worst of the worst.
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Weber is a great kid but at his best he was no better than an average Big 10 quarterback.
 



Adam Weber

I agree that Adam Weber deserves a standing ovation. I have been impressed how positive he has remained in the face of all of the program's adversity. I also think the entire team deserves recognition for their continued hard work that resulted in the Illinois win. I think we're likely to give Iowa a much better game than they are expecting.
 

Why should a record holding, "average Big 10 quarterback" be bashed so savagly by some of his team's own fans? THAT is HORRIBLE form for so-called Gopher Fans. No wonder kids from Minnesota don't want to play at the University of Minnesota. Even if they should be so gifted and fortunate to become a starting quarterback for Minnesota, one of the bottom teams in the Big Ten and then rise to being an "average Big Ten quarterback" on that team that resides near the bottom of the standings, their own fans will bash them and trash them and will wish ill-will upon them.

Just what the hell does being an "average Big Ten quarterback" have to do with being treated like trash by the "home" fans. Those "home" fans deserve the worst of the worst. May the sins of thes "home team bashers" come back to haunt them early and often. I hope no one treats their sons and daughters with the kind of disrespect that they show great kids who wear the Maroon & Gold so proudly and so honorably.

Division I Football Athletes in Minnesota: beware of the "home" fans. If you accept a scholarship from a place that claims fans like these bashers, they may very well attack you when you play for the U.
 

gopherjay said:
This Saturday, we all want the pig. Adam Weber has no championships, no bowl victories, no trophies and has been criticized more than deserved. In his defense, he has not benefited from any good teams around him. There have been many "Gopher greats" that we have talked about that never had any more championships, bowl victories and trophies than Weber. No one can refute that he is a "gopher great" based on his toughness, heart and grit. Every player on any team should give everything each week for their teammates but this Saturday should be something special. There is no question Adam Weber will want the pig and will put forth the effort. This team and the fans need to work together to get Adam Weber a trophy of victory.
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Typical Minnesota. You must work in education. Give out awards to the biggest losers...

What's next...
 

Sparlimb said:
Typical Minnesota. You must work in education. Give out awards to the biggest losers...

What's next...
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Adam Weber has carried himself with class in the face of revolving coaches and way to many loses most of which were not his fault. I will stand and cheer.
 

All of the seniors should be recognized and cheered next week. Ryan Collado and Kyle Theret are my personal favorite.
 

All the the Seniors gave the program and the UM their best shot. They tried to win each game for their team, university and the fans. For those who chastise AW for his efforts are out of line.
 


gopherjay said:
This Saturday, we all want the pig. Adam Weber has no championships, no bowl victories, no trophies and has been criticized more than deserved. In his defense, he has not benefited from any good teams around him. There have been many "Gopher greats" that we have talked about that never had any more championships, bowl victories and trophies than Weber. No one can refute that he is a "gopher great" based on his toughness, heart and grit. Every player on any team should give everything each week for their teammates but this Saturday should be something special. There is no question Adam Weber will want the pig and will put forth the effort. This team and the fans need to work together to get Adam Weber a trophy of victory.
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Adam seems like a great guy and I desperately want to see him go out a winner too. But let's not get carried away. He has had two - count em two - mediocre-to-good games over the past two seasons. Just because one of those was last week should not suddenly exempt him from the fact that he's also the losingest QB in Gopher history, and one of the losingest team captains as well. If Weber can help beat the Hogeyes, I'll find some part of me to forgive Brewster and Mr. Interim for refusing to try other options and for refusing to get the backup QBs any meaningful experience over the past 1 1/2 seasons.
 

Adam Weber's senior day is a moment many gopher fans have been waiting for for 2.5 years.

He will and should get a standing ovation. He gave his heart and soul to the program. He was not very successful in the wins department, but that is not nearly entirely his fault. He was a guy that made many mistakes, and made many plays (as evidenced by his gaudy stats).

I will be happy if he gets a good ovation, but I will not be sad to see him leave. His tenure at Gopher QB has been the most excruciating in gopher history IMO (for length and coach alone).

Once again I say, I am thankful for the effort he gave, and I am also thankful that he will no longer be the QB in 2011.
 

I honor Weber every time I sit on the toilet.
 

I think it is fair to honor Weber the same way as the other seniors on this team. Applaud them and their parents during the introduction and cheer their good plays during the game, but if playing someone other than a senior gives this team the best chance to win then it should be done.
 

Adam seems like a great guy and I desperately want to see him go out a winner too. But let's not get carried away. He has had two - count em two - mediocre-to-good games over the past two seasons. Just because one of those was last week should not suddenly exempt him from the fact that he's also the losingest QB in Gopher history, and one of the losingest team captains as well. If Weber can help beat the Hogeyes, I'll find some part of me to forgive Brewster and Mr. Interim for refusing to try other options and for refusing to get the backup QBs any meaningful experience over the past 1 1/2 seasons.
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Change that to 2.5 seasons and I'm +1 with you.
 

imthewalrus said:
the University of Minnesota Football has completely been run into the ground by prexy b and joel maturi. With fans who attempt to trash a good student athlete, this sick segment of the fan base represents the absolute bottom of the Big Ten fan bases. There are NO fans that are less deserving than the fans who bash a kid who has given his all for this program that maturi and prexy b drove to the bottom of the conference with their hire of brewster. That is not the fault of our quarterback.

Walking in the wilderness is too good for you fans who try to trash a fine young man who represents the best of the student athletes wearing the Maroon & Gold.

To anyone who has an ounce of decency: it is time to stand up to these people who would bash our quarterback! This is NOT right. This mindless bashing that some do needs to be addressed and needs to be called out. Do Minnesota Golden Gopher Football Fans really want to stand by while some fools and low-classed individuals bash a fine young student athlete who has represented himself so well for so very long? Unless people "shout down" this kind of disrespect for a fine young Minnesota student athlete, the message sent to kids from the state of Minnesota is STAY AWAY from the University of minnesota Football Program. The fan base will only bash you and trash you if you are foolish enough to accept a football scholarship to the Unviersity of Minnesota. (We all know that Minnesota kids SHOULD want to play for the U, but, in all good faith, how the heck could you ever believe that when we are constantly read the way that so-called Gopher fans bash our quarterback?????????????)

Decent Gopher Fans UNITE! Do NOT allow a few people to make us all look like creeps, bashers and jerks.
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Trash Weber? Absolutely not.


Tell the truth about his success leading the team and overall play as a QB? Yes.
 


It's one thing to criticize Weber's flaws, but some of the personal shots I see taken at him on this board tend to turn my stomach and are totally out of line in my opinion. This young man is not a highly paid professional, he's a fricken college player, and people should keep that in mind. It seems there's all this resentment towards him because he continues to start rather than one of his understudies so that we might get a look at the possible future, but he's not the one making that call. It's his coaches who continue to start him.

I have nothing against Weber and I applaud the fact he's always worked hard and played hard and done his best, but to me he will go down in Gopher history as being one of our bigger disappointments, in spite of all his impressive stats. Just based on how he looked and how he played his freshman season, I felt the sky was the limit for that kid, and imagining his career arc back then from his freshman to his senior season- it was like DAMN. If this guy is this heady and this good already, by the time he's a senior he's going to be absolutely AWESOME, and of course that never happened. Rather than progressing as a player, it seemed he plateaued his freshman season and then began a steady regression, and whether that was a result of the rotating coordinators and offensive philosophies, Coach Brewster, Weber himself or all of the above, it seems pretty clear that he undeniably regressed and never matched the potential he showed during that freshman season.

I mean look at the accolades he received that year and his accomplishments as a freshman QB starting in the Big Ten, and it's some really impressive stuff. Third team freshman All American, first team freshman All Big Ten, started all 12 games, completed 57.5% of his passes and threw for 24 TDs including TD passes in 11 of 12 games, set school single-season records for pass completions, attempts, yards and touchdown passes, led the team in rushing with 617 yards on 146 carries and scored 5 rushing TD's to tie for the team lead, set school records for both total offensive yards (3,512) and plays (595), averaged 292.7 yards of total offense per game to rank 20th in the country, third in the Big Ten and first among freshmen nationally, he also finished among the national leaders in points responsible for (14.83 per game), ranking 20th in the NCAA, second in the Big Ten and second among all freshmen nationally, and he was an Academic All Big Ten selection.

Really, I felt like we were seeing the birth of a major star with all that, and had such great hopes and expectations for him as a result of that. It's just a shame that that appeared to be his peak, with the rest of his Gophers career being a slow slide downward into an inconsistent QB with an unreliable arm, and just a shadow of all that terrific promise he'd shown as a freshman.
 




In honor of Adam Weber, I'm going to take some time out of my Thanksgiving holiday to go outside and throw a football into the dirt.

Sorry, that was out of line. Instead I'm going to throw it over somebody's head.
 

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