Video of old gophers warmup routine

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Wow long but classic
 

My vote is for Eliason to be on the unicycle.

I don't think any of today's players are skilled enough to do any of this.
 

Thanks for the memories! There were no late arrivers in those days!
 

Great memories! Landsberger, Olberding and Thompson. WOW,.
No one ever came late in those days. The Barn was packed an hour before game time!
 


sec105 said:
Great memories! Landsberger, Olberding and Thompson. WOW,.
No one ever came late in those days. The Barn was packed an hour before game time!
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That's a couple National titles if we keep that front line together.
 

Awesome. 11 years old at the time and pretty sure we were there! Great memories!


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And a big game, too - against the Indiana team that would go all the way undefeated.

Check out how many cheerleaders we had - an army of cheerleaders.

The beauty of that pregame fanfare is that ballhandling and passing aren't parlor tricks, they're fundamental skills. Seems to me it would be good to get a little jazzy in the pregame warmup to sharpen the players up. You play the way you practice. The stuff in the 70's was over the top, but it sure would be cool to add some lower key version of this and give the fans a little more entertainment for the high ticket price we pay.
 

I used to think if time travel were possible, I would like to go back and meet Jesus. I think I just changed my mind. ;)
 




George Schauer was the guy on the unicycle. Musselman brought him in just to lead the pre-game warmup.

One of the better parts of the pre-game warmup was to watch the other team warm up and pretend they were not watching the gophers.

Looks like George Schauer is still entertaining with his ball handling as Crazy George.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5FBOIYgJKVQ
 


Somebody needs to tweet this at coach p


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Great atmosphere under Musselman. However, we lost that particular game 69-54. If I have the year correct of the old film (74-75), we finished18-8 overall and were 11-7 in B1G.
 

Bad Gopher said:
And a big game, too - against the Indiana team that would go all the way undefeated.

Check out how many cheerleaders we had - an army of cheerleaders.

The beauty of that pregame fanfare is that ballhandling and passing aren't parlor tricks, they're fundamental skills. Seems to me it would be good to get a little jazzy in the pregame warmup to sharpen the players up. You play the way you practice. The stuff in the 70's was over the top, but it sure would be cool to add some lower key version of this and give the fans a little more entertainment for the high ticket price we pay.
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I'll never forget that game. Senior in college and was sitting in the same section as the present student section,just a few rows up from the floor. We rode Scott May hard all day , and near the end of the game he flipped us off as a parting gift.
 

I have a feeling coach P would get a kick out of it. I'm guessing today's players have no idea this went on, either. I'd be curious if they would think it is cool or silly? As others have said, it would be great to bring back a toned down version of this pre-game. I'd also love to see a return to those style warm-up jackets and pants, get a picture of the old fashion Goldy on the back of the jacket.

This should also be forwarded to Norwood.
 

Bad Gopher said:
And a big game, too - against the Indiana team that would go all the way undefeated.
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Indiana's championship was the next year. In 1974-75 (the year of this film), undefeated Indiana lost in the region final to Kentucky, after Scott May had broken his arm in the regular season finale.

Looking back, this Gopher game vs #1 Indiana was the only game we lost at Williams Arena all year.
 

WanderingGopher said:
Indiana's championship was the next year. In 1974-75 (the year of this film), undefeated Indiana lost in the region final to Kentucky, after Scott May had broken his arm in the regular season finale.

Looking back, this Gopher game vs #1 Indiana was the only game we lost at Williams Arena all year.
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OK, I got my 1975 and 1976 mixed up. Thanks for the info.
 

Wow. Nice blast from the past! I can remember doing many of those ball handling drills in high school practice. I remember George Schauer staying on the floor, doing his thing, long after the team went down to the locker room. His job was to entertain. Not sure how much he ever saw the court during a game. Muss really understood creating a great fan experience, and that (along with talented players and on-court success) really packed the Barn.
 


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