Link: Minnesota target talks Vanderbilt interest

Nico talks about his Vanderbilt offer and gives a quote on Minnesota.

Y'all are depressing as hell and my buzz from Saturday is gone.


Two conference games most of us had marked as "toss-ups" prior to the season = two losses.

Maybe it's the alcohol but a lot of this board's Saturday reaction is more dramatic than being around my wife. (In that case, I should cancel my wife subscription because she costs much more than TGR).


If my memory serves, most realists here were saying 8-9 wins is a good season this year. A first year offensive coordinator, easy schedule and senior quarterback coupled with a young defense. Reading the posts here, I should probably get my hotel room in Detroit ready for a late December post-season appearance.

But the "coaching hot board" posters and "Throw Leidner from the Train" rhetoric seems a little soon. And here's why, I think 8 wins is still very possible.

Without further ado, I present the remaining schedule, complete with Sagarin rank differential compared to Minnesota, which currently sits at 60 in his rankings:

@Maryland (+2)
Rutgers (-59)
@Illinois (-30
Purdue (-50)
@Nebraska (+38)
Northwestern (+9)
@Wisconsin (+46)

I've marked the "losses" in that gross blue color, the perceived wins in something close to maroon and the toss-ups in aqua.

If they win the "wins" and manage to beat Maryland on the road along with Northwestern at home, Claeys gets to 8 wins without any miracle required.

Soft schedule or not, 8 wins at Minnesota is something the program has done just five times since 1968. In that case, buy stock in bronze because Claeys will probably get an extension and we'll have to start hoarding to buy the materials required for his statue. That's something we can all applaud.

...again. We have spent the last decade rebuilding: first Brew ran us into the ground and then Kill picked up the pieces. Did Indiana start over and rebuild when it took Kevin Wilson 4 years to get to a bowl game? No, and last week they beat Sparty.

The team is far more Talented now than it was during the Brew years, the latter Mason years and the early Kill years. We have better athletes than we had then.

But if we rebuild? Then you've got attrition and schematic upheaval which leads to inconsistent play and big holes and a lack of depth in the roster. Brew's teams were so slow and unathletic. The Mason D's of the last 5 years of the Mason regime were the same. I do NOT wanna suck for 3 years only to find out we hired another Brew.

Let's see what Claeys can do before we blow everything up and return to the Big 10 cellar.

All tee'd up for OPD. in federal court. be curious to see how the federal judge responds.

some day freedom of religion (and establishment clause) will clearly not be equated to a freedom from religion (of any sort) standard. wonder if this was foreseeable when the warren court hijacked the Jackson Quaker letter verbiage. good reading for those that really want to know the history of the cliché "separation of church and state."

https://proudamericans.org/the-rush...ge-facing-suit-for-voluntary-prayer-in-court/

You all make me sick!

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Gophers football coach Tracy Claeys finally was given a specified parking spot at TCF Bank Stadium two weeks ago. His predecessor, Jerry Kill, was incensed that he didn’t have a regular place to park.

This is WHY it will be hard to be successful at Football in Minnesota! You have to wonder why we've been unsuccessful and I can say it's the little things that add up to bigger problems.

This is why I feel Minnesota has lost the winning edge. Push Back by Administration!

They will never allow a Coach at any of the Sports programs to become to popular and powerful. So they send little messages like NO PARKING. It sounds so small but it's not about the space, it's about the message. You don't treat a Chief Executive like that! It sends a message that we don't care about you and your program.

SAD!

They are losing to Michigan 78-0 with 3:30 left in the 4th. We should beat them

Claeys excuse for abandoning the run was the line was getting whipped. Curious your thoughts? I thought the line play while not fantastic certainly wasn't getting whooped.

Couldn't hear it today, but anything new from Claeys on the game? Wondering if Sid repeated the JJ is the worse OC?

If I was a media member, here are the questions I would have asked:

1. Why does your best offensive weapon get only 11 touches?
2. Why is he not on the field when the game is on the line, especially when Smith had an injured hand and fumbled already?
3. Is the option read a true option? If so, what did you think of the decisions of Mitch?
4. With the game on the line, there were some stop routes and plays that allowed receivers to make plays. I would assume we run the best plays at that time, so why wait until a minute left?
5. I assume #45 Hart is one of the best players as he was in the game on the last drive. Do we have a 4 wr set that perhaps matches our 4th wr against their 4th corner?
6. Where is Getty, Holland, Register and any other WR we recruited in the last 4 years?
7. With 5 minutes left and trailing by 7, I would assume we would go to our bread and butter, however we chose to NOT have Brooks on the field at all, and also not run ever again.
8. This is the 3rd straight game where we didn't throw the ball past 15 yards, is Mitch's arm sore?

If anyone has any answers to these questions, please respond. The only response I wanted out of Claeys in the press conference was, WE GOT OUTPLAYED, WE GOT OUT COACHED AND GOT OUR BUTTE KICKED. THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE AND WILL NOT BE TOLERATED.

unfortunately, I didn't get this response but rather a bunch of ho-hum bs, so I may have just given my last dollar and attended my last game. At least my golf game can only improve.

Oct 15 @ Maryland 11:00 AM
Oct 22 vs Rutgers 11:00 AM
Oct 29 @ Illinois 11:00 AM
Nov 5 vs Purdue Time: TBD
Nov 12 @ Nebraska 6:30 PM
Nov 19 vs Northwestern Time: TBD
Nov 26 @ Wisconsin Time: TBD


We will have better athletes than opponents in 4 remaining games.

We will have similar/equal athletes (advantage us as it's a home game) in 1 of the games.

We will be double digit underdogs for good reason in 2 of the games.


There are 7 games left, but IMHO, 5 of them are games we have the advantage.


Do we make a bowl game ? What say you ?

Link: Hoops targets: Weekend notes from Team USA minicamp, Nike iS8

...member when we beat Alabama the last time we played them




...member when we beat oregon in a bowl game...





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Craig James leads Southern Illinois in PBUs and has an interception

Snelson has 3 catches for 44 yards

Both Daniels brothers have 2 tackles

Streveler is South Dakota's leading passer and runner. Having a great year: 58/107 for 648 yards, 11 TDs, 5 INTs

Jashon Cornell has not played for OSU.

Khari Blasingame now plays running back for Vanderbilt. He has 37 carries for 158 yards and 3 TDs.

John Kelly at Tennessee got 40 carries last year as a true freshman but has only got 3 carries this year.

Elijah Battle was called the MVP by West Virginia's defensive coordinator last Saturday. He hadn't started until now.

Tre Bryant has 13 carries for 57 yards and 1 TD as a true freshman for Nebraska

Tralund Webber has 4 TFLs and 1 sack this year.

Going well so far in the 1st half.

The play to end the 1st qtr was a helmet shot to Bradford's chin; they need to start enforcing the rules to get these guys heads away from the chest, head, etc. Stop leading with your head; it's crazy.

Tracy Claeys = John Gutekunst

Bland defensive coordinator replaces fiery head coach and is ill prepared to assume the mantle of leadership to lead the Gophers to respectability.

Discuss.

Link: Co-Lin coach thinks Landrews is a steal

Link: Devontae Lane Article

At least they beat the crap out of Maryland. I was really afraid of that game. Mitch needs a sports psychologist really bad. I think he was afraid of Desmond King. King followed Wolitarsky all over the field. What took so long to get Still in there? I know he dropped one ball, but still . . . (no pun intended).

I also wanted to ask about Richardson. What was Timms doing in there? You'd think Gary Moore would finally see some action. The paper didn't mention Richardson on the injury list.

Well he is who we thought he was...
Even Elton John could see that.

What is the record for five year starter loses???

Mitch is gonna be on the heals of it.

Terrible lifeless

What might be most disappointing is that instead of being 5-0 and creating a huge buzz, we're now again being mocked and ridiculed. This time around I can't say they don't deserve it.

Need to win the next 4 and grab momentum back.

why isn't he getting the same respect from the staff? Damian wasn't platooned. Let him free. He should play most snaps.

Nm