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I like the fact that Watson doesn't seem to have any coherent game plan. This will make it nearly impossible for a DC to "jump" his plays based on his play calling tendencies. If Watson doesn't know what he's going to do next, how can opposing coaches? He will keep everyone guessing.

Interesting thought. I think Callahan was doomed from the start due to his preoccupation to prove himself an "Offensive Genius" (no pun intended). The rest of the team, won-lost records, etc. were afterthoughts with him. Remember "The numbers don't lie" and "I'm doing an outstanding job" comments during our extended losing streaks? Of course, it didn't help hiring a complete bumbling incompetent as DC. It just hurried the inevitable.

Next up for Minnesota: USC. The scoreboard's gonna look light up like a pinball machine. In a sports poll, 89.7% of Minneapolis Star Tribune readers want the Gopher coaches fired. Cosgrove has worked his magic yet again. Looking for early retirement? Hire Cosgrove as your Defensive Coordinator.

This week: South Dakota passed for 352 yds and 3 TDs against the Cosgrove coached Minnesota defense. Last week: South Dakota passed for 104 yds and lost to Central Florida 38-7.

It seems like we take a while to get started offensively, play pretty well, get a big lead, then putz around after that. That won't work against top teams.

I suppose you're right, given coaching performances like today. But It would have been fun to watch.

Minnesota just lost to powerful South Dakota 41-38. I can't wait to watch the Husker offense against a Cosgrove coached Gopher defense.

There were four (4) bad calls (all against Nebraska) in the last 1:06 of the 1982 game, all of them by game official Don Guman,father of then just recently graduated Penn State All American RB Matt Guman: 1. Unsportsmanlike Conduct on Nebraska on the NU kickoff. This "official" watched from close range as a PSU player hit an NU player once, twice well after the whistle was blown. Then the Husker retaliated. The Call: unsportsmanlike conduct against Nebraska. 2. On 4th and 11, a Penn State receiver caught the ball a yard and a half out of bounds (untouched). The NU sidelines erupted in celebration over the obvious incompletion right in front of their bench. The Call: pass completion, first down PSU. 3. PSU receiver caught another ball a yard and a half out of bounds at the 2 yard line with 9 seconds left in the game, also untouched by any NU player. The Call: pass completion. 4. With 4 seconds left in the game, a PSU receiver struggled and fumbled trying to pick a pass off the turf. This Penn State player later admitted publicly he trapped it. The Call: Penn State touchdown. The call was made by the now famous Don Guman from behind the play where it was impossible to see the play. Check out the article. This guy was Paterno's Secret Weapon for years. We aren't the only ones he homered for St. JoePa: http://www.nytimes.com/2002/10/19/sports/on-college-football-paterno-got-his-share-of-calls-over-the-years.html What's better than Sooner Magic? The Paterno Fix.

Apparently, the arrogant yet uninformed PU writer is unaware the Penn State receiver admitted publicly to trapping the ball on the fake TD. What actually happened in the last 1:06 (not 1:18)? Check this out: http://www.nytimes.com/2002/10/19/sports/on-college-football-paterno-got-his-share-of-calls-over-the-years.html The "win" he's so proud of was arranged in advance.

1982 PSU "wins" game with Nebraska after 3 more-than-questionable calls in the last 1:06, including the infamous Penn State yard-and-a-half-out-of-bounds 4th down "catch". Head official at the Penn State home (homer?) game was the father of a recently graduated PSU All-American. PSU "winning score" call was made by this very official from directly behind the play, where he could not possibly have seen the "catch". Penn State player later admits publicly he trapped the ball. NU goes undefeated, PSU loses badly to a so-so Alabama team. Penn State voted NC. Do Penn Staters REALLY want to whine about getting robbed of an NC by Nebraska on this Board? Really? BTW, it appears Paterno's favorite official, Don Guman (father of former PSU RB Matt Guman), has a long history of "handling" critical games for St. JoePa: http://www.nytimes.com/2002/10/19/sports/on-college-football-paterno-got-his-share-of-calls-over-the-years.html

Texas and A&M would not have been allowed to abandon the other state schools except as a last resort. Then or now. That was how TCU was bounced out of the Big 12 in favor of then Gov. Ann Richard's alma mater Baylor. Texas politics at it's finest. Along the same lines, I hear Kansas U. won't be allowed to jump to another conference unless they take little brother K-State along. Best of luck with that baggage.

LOL!!!!!!! I'm sure we'll be schooled how King Texas saved the Big 8 like they just "saved" the Big 12. Texas is a political malignancy that destroys whatever conference they can control. Just ask the former members of the late SWC (RIP). The Texas 12 "conference" days are numbered. Bet on it.

Who made Texas king? We did when we threw them a rescue line from the fast sinking Southwest Conference. A conference Texas helped destroy by forcing Arkansas to jump to the SEC. My guess is SMU's death penalty earning behavior was their attempt to level the playing field with King Texas.