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If you were guaranteed to hire Jacobson if you fired Pitino right now, would you?

Please put up the 2017 Fall Football Schedule. Thanks.

Why not a Hall of Fame player as our Coach?

Reagan. Always felt she really ran the country back in the day.

All of these deaths lately of people that I basically grew up with is making me feel very old.

And not a scrimmage. Will make it more fun to watch.Problem is that there are a lot less players on the team during the modern era and it is tough to come up with 2 full teams.

Unless the 3 suspended players get reinstated for the Big Ten Tournament, the loser plays the Gophers.

The B1G Wrestling Championships are this weekend on Sat. March 5th and Sun. March 6th at Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City, IA. Every match will be available on BTN Plus and the finals will be on BTN at 3pm on Sun. March 6th.

Gopher Wrestling was up in the air as to who would finish the year at 125 and 133 lbs. Head Asst. Coach Brandon Eggum announced on Thurs. Feb. 25th that Steven Polakowski would get the nod at 125 and Sam Brancale at 133. Skyler Petry had won the most recent wrestleoff at 125, but Polakowski had a better record so the coaches decided that he would have a better chance of qualifying for Nationals at the B1G tournament. And Brancale won the 133 lb. wrestleoff, but Ben Morgan also did not have enough matches to allow him to be ranked/seeded, whereas Brancale has had a couple good wins over ranked wrestlers, so he got the nod.

Based on results to-date and B1G Championships seeding, Gopher Wrestling would only expect to qualify the following wrestlers for Nationals:
- 141 Thorn (seeded 2nd)
- 149 Short (seeded 8th)
- 174 Wanzek (seeded 7th)
- 197 Pfarr (seeded 2nd)
- 285 Kroells (seeded 5th)

Having said that, I think we also have a good chance to qualify:
- 157 Kingsley (needs to finish 7th in B1G);
- 165 Krone (needs to finish 6th in B1G);

and a fair chance at qualifying:
- 125 Polakowski (needs to finish 7th in B1G);
- 133 Brancale (needs to finish 9th in B1G).

It is possible, but unlikely for us to qualify:
- 184 C. Pfarr (needs to finish 7th in B1G)


Here is an article on Pre-seeds for the Championships...the brackets should be out tomorrow or Friday:

Pre-seeds released for Big Ten Championships

Big Ten Conference
2/29/2016

ROSEMONT, Ill. -- The Big Ten Conference announced the preliminary seeds for the 2016 Big Ten Wrestling Championships, which are set for March 5-6 at Iowa. Five schools boast at least one top-seeded wrestler, with Penn State leading the way with four.


Nebraska and Penn State will bring a seeded wrestler in each of the 10 weight classes, while Iowa, Ohio State and Rutgers each boast a seeded grappler in nine classes.

The pre-seeds, as voted on by the conference's coaches, rank the top eight wrestlers in eight weight classes, along with all 14 starters in two weight classes due to the Big Ten receiving nine or more NCAA Championships qualifier allocations in those classes.

To see a full listing of allocations for the NCAA Championships, click here.

Penn State holds four No. 1 seeds, with 149-pounder Zain Retherford, 157-pounder Jason Nolf, 174-pounder Bo Nickal and 197-pounder Morgan McIntosh earning top billing in their weight classes. Michigan boasts two top-seeded grapplers in Dom Abounader (184) and Adam Coon (285), while Ohio State received top seeds in Nathan Tomasello (125) and Micah Jordan (141). The Fighting Illini's Zane Richards (133) and Badgers' Isaac Jordan (165) round out the group of top-ranked grapplers.

Three of this year's top seeds claimed titles at last year's Big Ten Championships, with Tomasello (125), I. Jordan (165) and Abounader (184) earning conference crowns last season. This season, three freshman earned No. 1 seeds entering the championships, including M. Jordan, Nickal and Nolf.

For more information on the 2016 Big Ten Wrestling Championships, visit the Big Ten Championships Central page on Iowa's website here. The complete list of Big Ten Championships pre-seeds can be found below.

125:
1. Nathan Tomasello, OSU
2. Thomas Gilman, IOWA
3. Nico Megaludis, PSU
4. Tim Lambert, NEB
5. Elijah Oliver, IND
6. Johnny Jimenez, WIS
7. Conor Youtsey, MICH
8. Sean McCabe, RU

133:
1. Zane Richards, ILL
2. Cory Clark, IOWA
3. Jordan Conaway, PSU
4. Geoff Alexander, MD
5. Eric Montoya, NEB
6. Ryan Taylor, WIS
7. Johnni DiJulius, OSU
8. Rossi Bruno, MICH
9. Dom Malone, NU
10. Anthony Giraldo, RU
11. Luke Welch, PUR
12. Garth Yenter, MSU
13. Alonzo Shepherd, IND
14. Sam Brancale, MINN

141:
1. Micah Jordan, OSU
2. Tommy Thorn, MINN
3. Anthony Ashnault, RU
4. Jameson Oster, NU
5. Javier Gasca III, MSU
6. Anthony Abidin, NEB
7. Danny Sabatello, PUR
8. Jimmy Gulibon, PSU

149:
1. Zain Retherford, PSU
2. Brandon Sorensen, IOWA
3. Jake Sueflohn, NEB
4. Jason Tsirtsis, NU
5. Alec Pantaleo, MICH
6. Alex Griffin, PUR
7. Andrew Crone, WIS
8. Jake Short, MINN

157:
1. Jason Nolf, PSU
2. Isaiah Martinez, ILL
3. Richie Lewis, RU
4. Jake Ryan, OSU
5. Edwin Cooper, Jr., IOWA
6. Brian Murphy, MICH
7. Tyler Berger, NEB
8. Lou Mascola, MD

165:
1. Isaac Jordan, WIS
2. Bo Jordan, OSU
3. Steven Rodrigues, ILL
4. Anthony Perrotti, RU
5. Chad Welch, PUR
6. Austin Wilson, NEB
7. Geno Morelli, PSU
8. Patrick Rhoads, IOWA

174:
1. Bo Nickal, PSU
2. Alex Meyer, IOWA
3. Zach Brunson, ILL
4. Myles Martin, OSU
5. Nathan Jackson, IND
6. Micah Barnes, NEB
7. Nick Wanzek, MINN
8. Ricky Robertson, WIS
9. Phil Bakuckas, RU
10. Mitch Sliga, NU
11. Aaron Calderon, MICH
12. Josh Snook, MD
13. Shane Shadaia, MSU
14. Andrew Hoselton, PUR

184:
1. Dom Abounader, MICH
2. Matt McCutcheon, PSU
3. Sam Brooks, IOWA
4. TJ Dudley, NEB
5. Nick Gravina, RU
6. Kenny Courts, OSU
7. Jeff Koepke, ILL
8. Ryan Christensen, WIS

197:
1. Morgan McIntosh, PSU
2. Brett Pfarr, MINN
3. Nathan Burak, IOWA
4. Max Huntley, MICH
5. Aaron Studebaker, NEB
6. Mark Martin, OSU
7. Hayden Hrymack, RU
8. Jacob Cooper, MSU

285:
1. Adam Coon, MICH
2. Kyle Snyder, OSU
3. Sam Stoll, IOWA
4. Billy Smith, RU
5. Michael Kroells, MINN
6. Collin Jensen, NEB
7. Brooks Black, ILL
8. Nick Nevills, PSU

It's going to be an exciting weekend of elite level D1 Wrestling...so tune in and enjoy!!
Go Gopher Wrestling!!!

They are on the verge of going winless in the ACC for both football and basketball this year

I've been a longtime Leidner defender, so this doesn't surprise me and I absolutely believe that Mitch has been undervalued by Gopher fans.

http://walterfootball.com/draft2017QB.php

Mitch is big, strong, runs pretty well, and does a great job going through his progressions. He has also improved every single year.

the U but I guess bad influences influence badly...

We'd have quite a tag team in our high profile sports,

Minnesota offered OL Eric Wilson ( Benilde St. Margaret's) today. Wilson, a 3-star recruit, has 15 offers, but only two are from P5 schools, the other being Iowa State. https://n.rivals.com/content/prospects/maple/184138

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Being that Minnesota players and coaches believe in double teamimg off the court and not on the court, the program is headed down a dark road.

It's OK, the Duke fan bus is here to pick you up. We actually beat the f'ing badgers.

MSU scores first, Glover ties it up. Telecast on the FSN overflow channel...

The new Illinois AD brought up from a lower division just fired Bill Cubit as HC...

Game time is moments away. Let's get pumped up!

How was this kid not getting minutes prior to the suspensions? Sure looks like we found something here..

Mans basketball.. Tough record... Morris gets kicked off the team, the 3 best guards get suspended the last 4 games... Joey breaks his foot.... 3 of our 8 players in the last 2 games are walkons...Out of the 5 scholarship players, Jordan Murphy is the only one that would start at any other Big Ten school.

Mens Hockey - Underachieving to say the least

Wrestling - we are young/

Womens basketball - Awesome year for Banham but team not very good at defense

Wpmen's hockey - the bright spot of the winter season

Dance team - 6 time defending champs and the crown jewel of competitive athletics/events at the U.

I WANT TO BE POSITIVE BUT THIS HAS TO BE THE WORST IN MY LIFETIME.. HAS THERE BEEN WORSE??

Sorry didn't see other thread
Carry on

Marcus reports phone was stolen on the 24th, dorsey reported in the 28th...does it change anything now if he didnt post the vid?

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Was there any news from practice?

It will be interesting to see how this group plays out in the spring with everyone healthy. This group has always been an achilles heal under Kill as they have had problems with drops, lack of separation, and overall lack of big play ability. I think this could finally be the year we see some big plays out of these guys. KJ Maye was our only real playmaking option last year and now we have 4-5 guys at this position who have been in the system for 3-4 years now. I also love the size we have recruited at this position the last couple cycles. Breakthrough year coming with this new Offensive Coordinator too. Here is my opinion, but let me know what you guys think.

Depth:

Woli/Holland/Register

Still/Gentry

Carter/Howard

Mr. Reliable: Eric Carter. Carter will be in his fourth season as a Gopher next year and he took a big step forward last season. Not the fastest or strongest but showed great hands and rarely dropped a pass. If he continues to develop speed and explosiveness he could be a problem in the slot.

Red Zone Target: Rashad Still. Still has the mindset you want in a receiver. Extremely confident and borderline arrogant at times, but he thinks he can go up and get any ball, and will let you know when he does. Not a great route runner, but good hands and will only get better after a decent freshman year. I look for him to catch 4-6 TD's this year with a few being off of fade's like in the Illinois game.

Potential Star: Isaiah Gentry. By far the most potential out of any WR on the roster, he just has to stay healthy. He's 6'4" and has legit 4.4 speed with a huge catch radius. If he doesn't have at least 500 yards receiving that is a disappointment for me in his third year in maroon and gold. He is also the deep threat we have been missing as he can truly take the top off the defense.

Darkhorse: Melvin Holland. A four star recruit coming out of high school, Holland struggled with drops and confidence at times last year. The physical traits are there and he is a good route runner, just has to prove he can hold onto the ball. Could be a really good player this year assuming he keeps improving this spring.

Senior Leader: Drew Wolitarsky. Was second on the team in receiving last year behind KJ Maye, but he has struggled in the past in creating separation against good corners and with dropping unexplainable passes (see Central Michigan game). He is the only senior in this group. I can either see him having a huge senior season as he will have the opportunity to start initially; or else falling out of favor with the new OC because of his lack of explosiveness and untimely drops. We shall see.