Red Five

We went after this guy last year, right? Looks like he averaged 8 and 4 at OU last year coming off the bench. https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/john-hugley-1.html

Online chatter saying that Utah PG Rollie Worster is on campus today. He has one year of eligibility left and looks like he was hurt the last half of this past season. Not a great shooter (career 29% from 3), but has averaged 5.2 assists and 1.9 turnovers the last 2 years. https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/rollie-worster-1.html

Punt returns aren't really a thing in modern football. Only 7 teams returned 2 or more punts per game. 40 teams returned less than 1 punt/game. Nebraska was pretty average in the amount of punt returns at 1.3 per game (tied for 42nd with 19 other teams). Now what we did with those punt returns was pretty much dog poop and needs to improve greatly. We averaged 3 yards/return, good for 124th.

The vast majority of holds don't get called anymore, so I would basically be teaching how to get away with holding. But I am also just a guy sitting on my couch.

He had knee surgery for "clean-up" right before Christmas and missed a couple of weeks. You could tell the last couple weeks of the season it was affecting him as he looked like he was laboring when he went up and down the court.

And this is who I think are the known players we are after (we have visited or they have been on/will be on campus): SF Frankie Fidler Sr Omaha PF William Kyle Jr South Dakota St SG Connor Hickman Sr Bradley PF/C Pharrel Payne Jr Minnesota SF Joshua Ola-Joseph Jr Minnesota C Malique Ewin Jr JUCO/Ole Miss SG/SF Gavin Griffiths So Rutgers

7/13 scholarships filled Seniors (5): Gary, Mast, Ulis, Williams, Morgan Juniors (0): Sophomores (0): Freshmen (2): Frager, Janowski *Hoiberg is a junior walk-on (I was out of town a week for spring break and wasn't following close, so let me know if this isn't correct)

.169??? Yikes. Thankfully no one was hurt. There goes her NIL car, not that she will be able to drive it for the next year anyways. Hopefully a lesson learned for her and everyone else on the team.

Comparing stats and records now is pretty much meaningless. In the 70s, 80s, and 90s, teams only played 11 games and bowl games didn't count towards official stats. Now everyone plays 12 games and bowl game stats count. And until the mid-70s freshmen couldn't play. And now we'll have a 5 year window due to Covid where you will have guys who play for 5 years.

U of MN built a new stadium 15 years ago and was paid for 40% by the State of Minnesota and 60% by the University. It only cost $300M (in 2009 dollars), but seats just 50k. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huntington_Bank_Stadium Stadium proposal The push for a new on-campus stadium for Golden Gopher football began in the fall of 2000. The university cited poor revenue and lack of a college football atmosphere at the off-campus Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome as their main reasons for wanting to move back on campus.[13][14] A plan for a joint Minnesota Vikings/University of Minnesota football stadium was proposed in 2002, but differences over how the stadium would be designed and managed, as well as state budget constraints, led to the plan's failure.[15] In September 2003 a highly publicized attempt was made by T. Denny Sanford to be the lead donor for the project, but in early 2004 the plan fell through when the two parties were unable to come to an agreement on the financial terms.[16] The university unveiled preliminary stadium drawings and a general plan to seek state money and donations in December 2003. On March 24, 2005, the university and TCF Bank announced a deal that would have the bank contribute $35 million towards the project which would give them naming rights.[17] The deal was given an expiration date of December 31, 2005; time enough for the Minnesota Legislature to provide the bulk of funding needed to make the project a reality.[18] During the remainder of 2005 the university concentrated on drafting a stadium proposal that would draw the support of state politicians. The final plan proposed that the state of Minnesota would contribute 40% of the stadium cost while the university would raise the remaining 60% on its own. Portions of that 60% were to be funded by the TCF naming rights, while the remainder would come from a $50 per semester student fee, private donations, the sale of 2,840 acres (11.5 km2) of university land in rural Dakota County back to the state, and game day parking revenue.[17] Even though the university proposal drew widespread legislative support, the stadium effort suffered a setback when the 2005 legislative session ended before the stadium bill could be heard.[19] Late in 2005 when it became evident that this would happen, the university and TCF Bank announced that it had extended the naming rights deal to June 30, 2006.[18] Despite the 2005 session having ended with the bill not coming to a vote, the stadium effort did not lose momentum in the legislature and was introduced quickly in the 2006 session. On April 6, 2006, the Minnesota House of Representatives passed the stadium bill on a 103–30 vote.[20] The house bill was nearly identical to what the university was proposing and had full university support.[21] However, on May 9, 2006, the Minnesota Senate passed a radically different version of the bill on a 34–32 vote.[22] The Senate version would have removed the TCF naming rights deal, the student fees, and the purchase of the university owned land. The proposed funding that was removed was to be replaced with a statewide tax on sports memorabilia. It also would have required the stadium to be named Veterans Memorial Stadium (similar to the previous on-campus football stadium Memorial Stadium, which was last used in 1981 and demolished in 1992).[11] Governor Tim Pawlenty stated he supported the House version.[23] He signed the bill in May 2006 at the University of Minnesota McNamara Alumni Center.[24] Legislative approval 2006 Even though the differences between the House and Senate bills were major, the details were ironed out and approved on May 19, in a House–Senate conference committee. The naming rights and land sale remained in the bill, as did a scaled down $25 per year student fee. The tax on sports memorabilia as well as the Veterans Memorial Stadium name were voted out. The committee also voted to increase the state contribution to the project to compensate for the smaller student fees.[25] The compromise bill was then approved by both the full house and senate on May 20, and was signed by Governor Tim Pawlenty on May 24.[26][27][28]

A) The Athletic is a great source for sports/CFB info. Well worth the subscription if you can find a special they run a few times a year. B) Influential CFB people are pushing for a 80 team league (70 teams fixed, 10 teams can go up/down based on records).Colletive bargaining with players, one TV contract for all 80 team. But it’s nothing to worry about right now because it doesn’t have B1G or SEC backing (because they would be taking a pay cut to do this).

I've never seen him play, so I can't comment on much besides what the stat sheet says 2022-23 So 33.5 mins 14.7 pts 5.8 rbs 2.7 ast 28% 3pt 2023-24 Jr 36.0 mins 20.1 pts 6.3 rbs 2.6 ast 36% 3pt

Taking a unofficial visit to Lincoln early next week.

He's also entering the NBA draft (and I was surprised to see him as a 2nd round to undrafted projection). But he is gonna get paid if he stays in college.

I think: Green jersey means they go through position drills, just no (or very light) contact. Yellow jersey means they don't go through position drills, just work on the side.

You started almost the exact same thread 3 weeks ago

Perkins would be a great get, much better than taking Ulis last year. Only downside is his 3 shooting isn't great. Perkins and Ulis pretty much started every game together in 2022-23. Perkins had more minutes, points, assists, and rebounds. Similar 3 point shooters. Tony Perkins per game 2022-23: 29.7 minutes 12.3 points 4.1 rebounds 2.8 assists 33% 3point% 2023-24: 30.9 minutes 14.0 points 4.4 rebounds 4.6 assists 30% 3point% Aaron Ulis per game 2022-23: 22.6 minutes 6.1 points 1.6 rebounds 2.1 assists 32% 3point%

The $175M quoted for Texas is as of 2018 according to wikipedia. So, yeah...

CJ gone

But what beef jerky will Dannen eat?

With Keita leaving, we have 4 scholarships open. Seniors (5): Gary, Mast, Ulis, Wilcher, Williams Juniors (1): Lawrence Sophomores (1): Diop Freshmen (2): Frager, Janowski *Hoiberg is a junior walk-on

Take any political leanings out of it, why is the governor speaking at the Dannen's introductory press conference? Does any other university/state do this? Will Washington's governor speak when they hire Dannen's replacement? It's completely asinine.