Take a look at how several Gophers commits and top targets performed in their games this past weekend!

https://minnesota.rivals.com/news/fnl-big-games-from-croslen-glover-holmes-and-ryerse

Anybody know what the deal was with that? Was this the Sports Huddle's mistake, or Coach Claeys'?

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Minnesota offered safety Jordan Ulmer today. Ulmer apparently is about as soft of a commit as they come, so I'd look for him to take official visits to Minnesota and likely elsewhere. He also holds an offer from Cincinnati.

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I read that 36 players on the NDSU team that beat Iowa yesterday are from Minnesota. It seems that our state has a fairly large number of players coming out of high school that are just a tad shy of being legitimate D1 prospects. As NDSU has proven they can be coached and built up to be some darn good players. What would happen if Minnesota emphasized football like the southern schools do? Things like spring practice, seven on seven leagues in the summer, booster clubs that raise and spend hundreds of thousands of dollars for weigh training facilities, travel to play other big time high schools, sponsoring summer camps, etc. I know you can't 'make a silk purse out of a sow's ear', but some of this must result in players down south being more advanced coming out of high school and therefore more ready to produce in a P5 program. It has long been my contention that a state with the population of Minnesota should have forty to fifty D1 level players a year coming our of high school on average every year instead of eight or ten. Winning here, over the years, has been virtually impossible. When a good players from Florida, Texas, Ohio, or California have to fly over five or ten other choices (see Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa, Nebraska, etc.) just to get to our campus it makes it tough. Wouldn't it be nice to have a state like Texas that produces over two hundred D1 players a year next door (I've wintered in Texas for about fifteen years and read the local players after signing day when they list all the kids and where they're going). It's amazing.
Well, I'll end my rant here, but wonder how others feel about this issue.

Smoked the pole. It came up in a thread so I researched it and he was bisexual. I guess it is/was common knowledge around Hollywood. (The tread said he was gay but sounds more like he was bi).

Libertarian Johnson's response when asked about it on TV; will be interesting to see the fallout from this blanking. However, I suspect most Americans would respond similarly. Will it have much impact on his chances? I doubt it.

Clemson -11 @ GT
TCU -24.5 @ SMU
Utah -4 vs USC
VT -10.5 vs ECU
Mich -16 vs PSU
Iowa -12.5 @ RU
Minn -14.5 vs Colo St
WVU -4.5 vs BYU
UNC -6.5 vs Pitt
ND -19 vs Duke
Bama -41.5 vs Kent St
TAMU -3.5 vs Ark (Arlington, TX)
Ole Miss -6.5 vs UGA
UK -2 vs SoCar
Tenn -8.5 vs UF
FSU -5 @ USF
Neb -6.5 @ NW
Boise St -13 @ Oregon St
ASU -6.5 vs Cal
Stanford -1.5 @ UCLA
Baylor -10 vs OK St

I think all of us anticipated one guard and one big in recruiting. I would like to ask Pitino some questions.

"In regards to the last scholarship, everybody is anticipating a big. But what is your plans with FITZGERALD?? Are you planning on playing him as a 'stretch 4' or as a wing?? If you have Fitzgerald as a stretch 4 and Murphy as the starter with Curry looking good as a freshman, do you really need another PF?? Though we know that a player like French would bring a different skill to the position. Are you considering Murphy as a wing or would be willing to play 2 of either Murphy, Fitzgerald, or Curry at the same time??"

I am interested to see if the recruitment of Jamir Harris becomes more important.. From MJH article, I think Harris picks Stanford if they offer. I know defense is important but you gotta to be able to have guys consistently put the ball in the hole against good opponents. If Harris can do that, he may be the more important take. That way, you can set the defense easier after made baskets.. So if he is convinced that Harris would benefit the team more in exterior scoring than French would fill a team need, then maybe Harris is the better guy to pursue. Just throwing it out there.

Sweet game time! I am taking my eldest son to the game at Happy Valley on 9/30. We are flying in and out of Pittsburgh so I was hoping it was not going to be an 8ET game....that would get late for a Sunday morning flight. I am starting to get excited for what is the Gopher B1G opener. Go Gophers!!

They aren't the team they were last year. Teams are running on them this year. And their OL isn't getting the protection they had last year. And the defensive line hasn't put the pressure on teams as before. But the big thing yesterday was, they didn't get by with the holding they did last year. Number 46 who held us all the time was finally flagged for it.
They're going down on 10/8.

so far is our own Mitch, so this thread is for Sherm and tcfgophersomething.... Pro Football Focus says Mitch is the best

will be quite something, but Psycho is a better LB so says Riddick

you might find this interesting...Gophers not in top 30 schools. Hope the link works!

http://247sports.com/Gallery/430796...=247s-fb-148&nan_pid=1854770301#228381-228381

Watching football tonight got me thinking, what if Maxx Williams would have stayed through his senior season? I would think he would be much more NFL ready and can't help to think of what he would have done with the Gophers. I can't blame a guy for going to the NFL early but it's fun to think of what could have been.

personally I'm rooting for the Bison to win.
I'm using the old adage, the enemy of my enemy is my friend. Who is everyone else rooting for?

There is no doubt that coaches are the most knowledgeable people about football... I guess my question in having a coaches poll is how much they get to see 20-25 teams outside of the ones on their schedule? Current coaches are working 100+ hours a week with watching film, meetings, coaching the players, recruiting, speaking engagements, press conferences, etc... How can they find the time to watch film or games that would allow them to rank the top 25 teams in the country?? I am probably wrong but what are your thoughts?? Instead, could there be a poll of FORMER coaches(retired or otherwise) who know the game and have time to evaluate the teams in the country???

The Oregon coach is the biggest idiot around. Why would you go for a 2 point conversion on every TD? If he wouldn't have kicked the extra point on all of them they would have won.
And some of you question TC about going for the 2 point when he's up by 7? What would you be calling this guy now?

Iowa loses. Notre Dame getting spanked and will be out of contention, and no ideatotic posts from Opie. Not a bad day.

Link: Minnesota leads for Kendrick Green

Daniel Young is busy trying to get his team their first win. He says that there is some planning and conversation that has to take place before setting up his official visits, but says that he has only been talking to schools in his top four.

https://n.rivals.com/news/young-trying-to-get-offense-on-track#

think it's awful that Mike Sherels had to set up a 'gofundme' campaign to pay his medical bills. This is a guy who is already in the top 5% for household income nationwide.

I've been at several cancer benefits in the past and it always makes my blood boil. People shouldn't go broke then sink into debt because they need health care.

And if somebody with Mike's salary can't afford health care even with insurance, think about what happens to those who aren't as fortunate as him?

It's football season and I'm already depressed enough about the year 2016, so I'm gonna try not to argue this, even if another poster wants to get into it. I just wanna cheer for the Gophers and be happy.

But yeah, I think this is pretty awful. Mike and his family have enough to worry about---they shouldn't be forced to beg for money.

Liverpool with a nice away win yesterday at Stamford Bridge, suck it all you Chelsea fans! JK, kind of.

Reds off to a decent start, however, the loss to Burnley was completely unacceptable. Wins over Arsenal, Leicester and Chelsea were great, tie on the road with the Spurs. Pretty good start to the season for Klopp's team.

Will the Hammers get relegated?

Don't think Leicester will repeat either.

#1 ranked overall 2018-19 wrestler and Gopher recruiting target Gable Steveson (Apple Valley, MN) won his 2nd Cadet World Freestyle title today in Tbilisi, Georgia. Wrestling at 100KG (220 lbs.) Steveson beat Russian Adam Beterbiev 5-1 to win the gold medal.

Gable Steveson is the younger brother of Redshirt Freshman Bobby Steveson who will likely be the starter at 184 #s for the Gophers this year.

The talented U.S. Team captured three gold medals , one silver medal and three bronze medals in this week. #9 ranked 2017 Gopher target Jacob Warner (Washington, IL) took bronze and #3 ranked 2018-19 Roman Bravo-Young (Sunnyside, AZ) place 10th.

Here is the article from USA Wrestling:


Diakomihalis, Steveson go back-to-back, Wittlake wins bronze on final day of Cadet Worlds

By Richard Immel, USA Wrestling | Sept. 18, 2016, 3:22 p.m. (ET)


The U.S. Cadet World Team finishes in second place
overall in men's freestyle at the 2016 Cadet Worlds.

VIDEO: 2016 Cadet World Championships Interviews

TBILISI, Georgia – History was made on the final day of the 2016 Cadet World Championships with Yianni Diakomihalis and Gable Steveson becoming the first two Americans to ever win two Cadet World gold medals, and Travis Wittlake grasping bronze to give the U.S. seven total medals in men’s freestyle.

Diakomihalis was the first American up on Sunday evening at New Sports Palace in Tbilisi, Georgia, and he stayed true to his championship form. In the 63 kg/138.75 lbs. gold medal match, Diakomihalis was dominant in all phases to secure an 8-0 win over two-time Cadet European medalist Stefan Tonu of Moldova.

“That was probably the best match I wrestled all day,” an energetic Diakomihalis said after winning gold. “So, like, it’s good that I won, but it’s good that I finished off wrestling well. Overall I was completely wrestling from setup to finish. It was good.”

Diakomihalis won a five matches on his road to Cadet World gold No. 2, with three wins coming by technical fall and his closest margin of victory standing at six points. He outscored his opponents by a combined 52-6 tally.

In the 100 kg/220 lbs. finals, Steveson won a physical 5-1 battle over Russian foe Adam Beterbiev. Early in the first Beterbiev ran Steveson off the mat and raised finals platform to take a 1-0 lead. However, it was all Steveson from then on as he scored a takedown, turn and step out to win the gold.

“I’ve been working every day, all summer for this, no breaks, and I told you all back in June that I was going to win it, and I stuck with my word,” Steveson said following his win. “No one else has done this. It’s just me and Yianni. This is it.”

In the morning session Steveson pitched shutout technical fall wins over Ashot Rushanyan of Armenia and Samed Kurban of Turkey prior to topping Cadet Asian bronze medalist Viky Viky of India in the semifinals, 5-1.

Neither Diakomihalis nor Steveson surrendered a takedown throughout the tournament.

Wittlake came back strong after suffering a second round loss to win the bronze medal at 76 kg/167.5 lbs. with a 5-4 win over Shutaro Yamada of Japan. Wittlake opened a 4-0 lead in the first period, but Yamada rallied in the second to tie it, 4-4. The American emerged victorious 5-4 after a failed challenge by the Japanese corner at the end of the bout.

“It was a good match. He’s a tough kid, hard to wrestle with,” Wittlake said. “It was a good tournament. Coming into this I was prepared to win a World title. I was really excited. I believed I could do it, and I still believe I should be a World champ right now. To come back from something like that is a great reward.”

Malik Heinselman and Roman Bravo-Young both dropped early matches in the opening session for the U.S. squad and were not pulled into the repechage. However, Bravo-Young netted the U.S. a team point by finishing in 10th place at 54 kg/119 lbs.

The U.S. wound up in second place in the team standings with 67 team points, two behind first-place Russia. Azerbaijan and Georgia both finished with 47 team points, but Azerbaijan took home the third place trophy due to criteria.

“The last time I checked there’s only one planet with people living on it and this group got second on that planet as a group of young men…I’m really, really proud of their overall effort as a team,” said U.S. coach Brandon Slay.

In addition to today’s medalists, Kurt McHenry won gold, Vitali Arujau took silver and David Carr and Jacob Warner picked up bronze medals for the U.S. in men’s freestyle. The talented American squad captured three gold medals , one silver medal and three bronze medals in Tbilisi this week.

Complete brackets and match-by-match results from the 2016 Cadet World Championships are available at unitedworldwrestling.org. Archived matches and additional coverage from Georgia can be viewed on Flowrestling.org.

2016 CADET WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
Sept. 13-18 at Tbilisi, Georgia

Team Standings
1. Russia 69
2. United States 67
3. Azerbaijan 47
3. Georgia 47
5. Japan 42
6. Armenia 39
6. Armenia 39
8. Iran 37
8.Turkey 37
10. Ukraine 33

Final Results
46 kg/104.4 lbs.
Gold – Zagir Shakhiev (Russia)
Silver – Swapnil Shelar (India)
Bronze – Marcell Budai Kovacs (Hungary)
Bronze – Dogan Kara (Turkey)
5th – Hirai Tanaka (Japan)
5th – Akbar Kenzhebek Uulu (Kyrgyzstan)
7th – Rustambek Juraev (Uzbekistan)
8th – Nurymbet Atabekuly (Kazakhstan)
9th – Amirhossein Khodabakhshiparijan (Iran)
10th – Vladimeri Gamkrelidze (Georgia)

Gold – Zagir Shakhiev (Russia) tech. fall Swapnil Shelar (India), 10-0
Bronze – Marcell Budai Kovacs (Hungary) inj. def. Hirai Tanaka (Japan), 0:00
Bronze – Dogan Kara (Turkey) dec. Akbar Kenzhebek Uulu (Kyrgyzstan), 9-7

54 kg/119 lbs.
Gold – Andrii Dzhelep (Ukraine)
Silver – Georgios Pilidis (Greece)
Bronze – Ravinder Ravinder (India)
Bronze – Abzal Okenov (Kazakhstan)
5th – Amiran Vakhtangashvili (Georgia)
5th – Arsen Harutyunyan (Armenia)
7th – Hyuga Taniguchi (Japan)
8th – Firuz Yokubov (Uzbekistan)
9th – Ikromzhon Khadzhimurodov (Kyrgyzstan)
10th – Roman Bravo-Young (United States)

Gold – Andrii Dzhelep (Ukraine) dec. Georgios Pilidis (Greece), 3-2
Bronze – Ravinder Ravinder (India) dec. Amiran Vakhtangashvili (Georgia), 11-0
Bronze – Abzal Okenov (Kazakhstan) dec. Arsen Harutyunyan (Armenia), 6-3

63 kg/138.75 lbs.
Gold – Yianni Diakomihalis (United States)
Silver – Stefan Tonu (Moldova)
Bronze – Jintaro Motoyama (Japan)
Bronze – Inal Dzhopua (Azerbaijan)
5th – Ulan Tolegen (Kazakhstan)
5th – Turgay Fevzi (Bulgaria)
7th – Muslim Saidulaev (Russia)
8th – Daniel Markarashvili (Georgia)
9th – Daniel Coles (Canada)
10th – Arman Andreasyan (Armenia)

Gold – Yianni Diakomihalis (United States) dec. Stefan Tonu (Moldova), 8-0
Bronze – Jintaro Motoyama (Japan) dec. Ulan Tolegen (Kazakhstan), 9-2
Bronze – Inal Dzhopua (Azerbaijan) dec. Turgay Fevzi (Bulgaria), 8-0

76 kg/167.5 lbs.
Gold – Miriani Maisuradze (Georgia)
Silver – Kamil Abdulzhamalov (Russia)
Bronze – Travis Wittlake (United States)
Bronze – Andrii Gyka (Ukraine)
5th – Shutaro Yamada (Japan)
5th – Arman Avagyan (Armenia)
7th – Rashad Yusifli (Azerbaijan)
8th – Johannes (Germany)
9th – Naveen Naveen (India)
10th – Mert Cikmaz (Turkey)

Gold – Miriani Maisuradze (Georgia) dec. Kamil Abdulzhamalov (Russia), 11-9
Bronze – Travis Wittlake (United States) dec. Shutaro Yamada (Japan), 5-4
Bronze – Andrii Gyka (Ukraine) dec. Arman Avagyan (Armenia), 7-7

100 kg/220 lbs.
Gold – Gable Steveson (United States)
Silver – Adam Beterbiev (Russia)
Bronze – Ashkab Hamzatov (Azerbaijan)
Bronze – Viky Viky (India)
5th – Alisher Yergali (Kazakhstan)
5th – Ashot Rushanyan (Armenia)
7th – Lior Altshuler (Israel)
8th – Samed Kurban (Turkey)
9th – Roman Dovhaliuk (Ukraine)
10th – Elguja Balanchivadze (Georgia)

Gold – Gable Steveson (United States) dec. Adam Beterbiev (Russia), 5-1
Bronze – Ashkab Hamzatov (Azerbaijan) dec. Alisher Yergali (Kazakhstan), 5-0
Bronze – Viky Viky (India) dec. Ashot Rushanyan (Armenia), 3-0

U.S. men’s freestyle results
46 kg/104.4 lbs. - Malik Heinselman, Castle Rock, Colo., 12th
LOSS Rustambek Juraev (Uzbekistan), 11-2

54 kg/119 lbs. - Roman Bravo-Young, Tucson, Ariz., 10th
WIN Stefan Coman (Romania), 10-0
LOSS Arsen Harutyunyan (Armenia), 8-7

63 kg/138.75 lbs. - Yianni Diakomihalis, Rochester, N.Y., Gold
WIN Tobias Portmann (Switzerland), 15-3
WIN Daniel Markarashvili (Georgia), 10-0
WIN Ulan Tolegen (Kazakhstan), 10-0
WIN Jintaro Motoyama (Japan), 9-3
WIN Stefan Tonu (Moldova), 8-0

76 kg/167.5 lbs. - Travis Wittlake, Myrtle Point, Ore., Bronze
WIN Ali Shakouri (Iran), 8-1
LOSS Kamil Abdulzhamalov (Russia), Fall 1:55
WIN Grigori Carastoian (Moldova), 10-0
WIN Rashad Yusifli (Azerbaijan), 6-5
WIN Shutaro Yamada (Japan), 5-4

100 kg/220 lbs. - Gable Steveson, Apple Valley, Minn., Gold
WIN Ashot Rushanyan (Armenia), 10-0
WIN Samed Kurban (Turkey), 12-0
WIN Viky Viky (India), 5-1
WIN Adam Beterbiev (Russia), 5-1

Nebraska is going to be a handful. So many weapons in the passing game. Would love to have any of their WR.

Link: Young trying to get offense on track

Daniel Young has been increasingly difficult to get a hold of since he cut his list down. Nothing really new here, but it's the first time he's spoken to anyone in awhile.