Gopher Football 2014

[PurpleFloyd]

This is better than the 80's. I was at the 1983 84-13 game. That was terrible.

Then again the Packers could very well beat the Vikings by that much tomorrow.

[LMITOUT]

As long as they hold onto that coveted #25 ranking everything is good...right?

[Mr.Seaguar]

Last year should have told you how bad the B10 could be. I think it has improved on last year, overall. I hope Coach Kill can recruit increasingly better players with his continued improvement.

[SkunkedAgain]

Five teams in the Top25 is pathetic? That must be hyperbole.

This is a good team. They have to continue winning big games to pry the monkey of the program's back. This has been one of the most fun seasons to watch in years. I didn't have high hopes against Ohio State, and they almost won. I didn't have high hopes for winning in Lincoln, yet they did. It's been since 1993 in Madison and I've been at every game since. We've had leads there but could never hold them. It appears that we play better from behind. To be a great team they need to do both.

Since I'm not going to the game for once, maybe this will be their opportunity to win at Camp Randall.

[Big Dave2]

There is a lot of parity in college football right now its not just the big ten and I don't know if that is necessarily a bad thing. There has been head scratchers all year today was no different.

The #3 team in the country (Fl state) has to pull another rabbit out of the hat again this week against 6-5 Stanford)

#8 Ole Miss gets crushed by 6-5 Arkansas

# 6 Ohio state has a scare against Indiana

Not exactly the kind of domination you would expect from top 10 teams

There's one team still dominating.

[Nick Kuhn]

Alabama also lost to Old Miss, who put up a dud and lost 30-0 against Arkansas. College football has a lot more parity this year than previous years. The champion of any of the 5 power conferences has a good chance at the national title. The only problem is there are only 4 slots, and one team that should play isn't going to go.

[CaptainMusky]

Ooh the venerable catamounts from wcu. Perennial powerhouse that's a signature win for Sabin.

[Huskie]

Bryce, you must be a lot of fun to hang around with!!!!!

[fishersofmen]

Five teams in the Top25 is pathetic? That must be hyperbole.

[Big Dave2]

Ooh the venerable catamounts from wcu. Perennial powerhouse that's a signature win for Sabin.

And the point is that the Tide dominated them as they should. What did the Gophers do against Illinois again?

[fishersofmen]

The Gophers climbed to No. 22 in both the AP Poll and Coaches Poll on Sunday, coming off their 28-24 win at Nebraska.

This is the first time this season that they've cracked the AP Top 25. They were No. 24 in the Coaches Poll before their loss at Illinois on Oct. 25.

The Gophers (8-3, 5-2 Big Ten) have held down the No. 25 spot in the College Football Playoff rankings the past two weeks. Those rankings come out on Tuesdays.

The Gophers will play at Wisconsin (No. 14 both polls) on Saturday to determine the Big Ten West title.

[Bryce]

Bryce, you must be a lot of fun to hang around with!!!!!

I fear that I have been chastised by an interweb princess. I stand by that they have beaten nobody, admit that they play the schedule handed to them, and point out that they have failed against any team with a glimmer of talent.

Must have been all the booster dollars that built that shiny new stadium.

[CaptainMusky]

And the point is that the Tide dominated them as they should. What did the Gophers do against Illinois again?

that game was a let down. Who are you trying to fool big Dave no one here is trying to say the gophers are better than Alabama or will contend for a national championship but this team under this coaching staff is making great strides. This is about the worst place most highly ranked HS athletes would want to go. Cold, snow, actually requiring kids to go to class and get decent grades but hey, thats what it takes. They have a hard time recruiting. They were set back nearly 10 years by that one-who-thinks-I-am-silly Brewster. Should have kept Mason.

[CaptainMusky]

Must have been all the booster dollars that built that shiny new stadium.

all from the guy who loves UND. Isn't that hypocritical where did they get their hockey arena?

[schmitty3]

LOL the naysayers on here are pathetic. What do you expect they just all of sudden are going to become one of the best teams in the nation. It is a process and they have been progressing very nicely these past few years.

Doesn't matter what they do next week, they win you'll say they haven't beat anyone and how bout a national championship. They lose and we'll get the same thing, didn't beat anyone this year, can't win the big games.

This is a pretty good team, despite having one joke of a quarterback.

[Big Dave2]

This is about the worst place most highly ranked HS athletes would want to go. Cold, snow, actually requiring kids to go to class and get decent grades but hey, thats what it takes.

[Big Dave2]

LOL the naysayers on here are pathetic. What do you expect they just all of sudden are going to become one of the best teams in the nation. It is a process and they have been progressing very nicely these past few years.

Not all of a sudden but it would be nice to win your conference once in 47 years.

[Bryce]

all from the guy who loves UND. Isn't that hypocritical where did they get their hockey arena?

That was a private donation. Was a match in kind deal. They had to figure out how to spend that that much on a college hockey arena in order to get the match for the rest of the university. Hence the marble floors, leather seats and granite condiment shelfs.

[Bryce]

47 years. That's just sad. I will most likely watch and root for them against Bucky but history tells me it is in vain.

[fishersofmen]

If Leidner plays the way he did on Saturday and Cobb comes back on the field we definitely have a shot....

[Huskie]

Pretty snappy comeback Bryce (cue eye roll), too bad you're not on the top of your game like the Gophers!!!

[CaptainMusky]

That was a private donation. Was a match in kind deal. They had to figure out how to spend that that much on a college hockey arena in order to get the match for the rest of the university. Hence the marble floors, leather seats and granite condiment shelfs.

"private donation"? How is that different than booster? And if you think or believe it was a "match in kind" I have a bridge to sell you. I applaud folks like englestad who give back but call it what it is don't use a smokescreen because you were caught...

[CaptainMusky]

How does Michigan, Michigan State, Wisconsin and Ohio State recruit year in and year out then? Most years you can throw Iowa and Nebraska in there too. How do these schools get kids to go to their schools? U of M is one of the only schools in the big 10 located in a major city. If anything, they should have a recruiting advantage.

All those schools with the exception of maybe Iowa and Wisconsin are much closer to where the large number of the talent is. How do those schools get them? Well they have a stronger tradition. If the gophers hadn't had the Brewster debacle I have no doubt they would be in the mix. Newsflash MN isn't a hotbed for 4 star football players. There are a few but you take a thirty second glance at the facilities these other schools have and then look at the U of M and you get slapped in the face with how far behind they are.

[Bryce]

Engelstad arena built with a 100 million dollor donation. Actually came to 104 million after contruction and that same amount was donated to the university for other needs.

The vault was a 300 million dollar project. Rodents had 52% and the state had 48%. That 10 million/year equates to 1.7 million/game for the next 25 years on our taxes.

Start another thread if you want to argue facts readily available on wikipedia. I'm going to hope the rodents get the axe. Return on investment.

[CaptainMusky]

Donation from a booster enough said.

BTW its actually closer to $800,000 per game but who's checking facts.