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According to PJ Fleck, the Big Ten has acknowledged that targeting should have been called. ""The fumble with Michael Brown-Stephens, whether I agree or disagree, it does not matter now," Fleck said. "We did turn that in to the Big Ten, and they give you an explanation, and typically, 'Here's the explanation. I'm sorry.' That's it. That's basically what it is." https://www.startribune.com/gophers-hear-back-from-big-ten-on-targeting/600094817/

HEY! Stuff it!

Yeah, you aren't wrong, but then Maryland whipped PSU, so maybe they were better than we all thought. The Gophers can't play defense, but at least we can count on the running game.

I think most of us in Minnesota are still looking at Nebraska as as much of a guaranteed win as Illinois.

It might surprise you to learn that Minnesota has a beautiful campus, great facilities, a vibrant business environment, a young coach who kids love, and a football program on the rise. It might surprise you even more to learn that high school kids are capable of understanding all this.

Eh, whatever. It's part of being a Gophers fan.

Ciarocca has been a good coach, but the system is installed, the playbook is in hand, and we have a good staff. I expect they'll promote Matt Simon to OC, and we won't really miss coach Ciarocca. Good luck to him, except for you-know-when.

Oh, I get it now. Your whole post makes more sense in that context.

Some people think I'm a pollyanna for cheering for our conference mates, but I think it's always good for all the teams in a conference if the conference is able to flex and show its power. Of course it doesn't feel very meaningful if you're still stinging from the regular season and got vaseline running down your inner thigh. If you know what I mean.

I don't ever remember hearing such comments. Who says that?

Rochester is an unlikely place to fly into when the St Paul Downtown Airport (Holman Field) or Crystal Airport offer much better access to Minneapolis.

Last year you won four games. This year you won five games, and came very close to upsetting #17 Iowa in the final week. Don't fret; your team is getting better. Don't hope for too much, too soon. Your disappointment this year is the product of a hype-letdown. Scott Frost is a respected coach and he's going to build you a better team. It's already happening.

Update: ROCORI wins 22-21 in overtime. Steil is the hero, throwing a perfect strike on 4th and goal from the 18, then connecting on a pass for the 2 pt conversion for the win.

Johnson's team (SMB) is in a dogfight with ROCORI High for the Minnesota 3A title. ROCORI is led by QB and LB Jack Steil, who happens to be a Nebraska baseball commit. Small world. ROCORI, incidentally, is the alma mater of tomorrow's Gameday guest picker Eric Decker. Anyway, they're currently tied 7-7 in the 3rd quarter.

Yeah, but that fifth win makes 2019 an improvement over last year, And as Minnesota fans know, in a bad season you take good news wherever you can find it. As for Iowa, beat those jerks into the dust. If you can. But it’s going to be tough. Epenesa is a monster.

Gee, what a bunch of grouches. I’ve been secretly cheering for the huskers ever since our teams played. A few weeks ago I predicted three more wins for you and I’ve surprised myself by being sorry each time your boys lost. I also urged you guys not to get down on Frost, because I really think he’s going to do great in the long term. This board has been really friendly and welcoming. Don’t hate me now just because my downtrodden team has finally won a few games!

Don't do it!!

You don't care that your team won a game? That's cold hearted, man.

Well, I did predict a couple of wins that didn't happen, but I also predicted to this downcast lot that your 2019 would be an improvement over 2018, and it is. Congratulations on win #5. Now you can stick your snoots in the air (or as they say in England, 'keep your pecker up') and feel good about 2020. Have a great Sunday!

"Impervative" is my new favorite word.

Minnesota :)

I didn't say don't call for Frost's head. I said don't get down on him.

For what it's worth...Minnesota football coach Murray Warmath was lynched in effigy on the Minnesota campus in 1959, when the Gophers went 2-7. Then in '60 and '61 the Gophers went to the Rose Bowl, and were crowned national champs following the '60 season. Virginia Tech football coach Frank Beamer posted a losing record four times in his first six years in VT before piling up 13 seasons of ten or eleven wins in the next 17 years. Don't get down on Frost in the early going. He'll get it together if you're patient.

You know where to find it. Come and take it from us.

Your guys likely win three more games - Indiana, Purdue, and Maryland.