BleedGopher
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per Reusse:
I later had a chance to interview Frank (long retired) before the Gophers played Clemson in the 1985 Independence Bowl in Shreveport, La. I got him on the phone, identified myself as being from the St. Paul Dispatch and Frank bellowed:
"The St. Paul DISS-patch. Does that paper get out of the city limits, boy?''
And it got funnier from there, including Frank's appraisal when he asked what was the Gophers' record and I was forced to say, "Six-and-5.''
"Yeah, that's our record, too,'' Frank said. "This ain't no bowl game. This is a battle of pissants.''
There are 25 of those now, out of 35 total, but when Frank brought his Tigers to Houston for the first Bluebonnet Bowl, hey, it was a college football game to watch ... as he waited for the New Year's Day feast.
You tell me ... galleryfurniture.com, EV1.net, Meineke Car Care, or the Bluebonnet Bowl, named in honor of the state flower of Texas?
Always, when a team has a choice in accepting a bowl invite, go with a fruit or a flower.
http://www.startribune.com/sports/blogs/191696711.html
Go Gophers!!
I later had a chance to interview Frank (long retired) before the Gophers played Clemson in the 1985 Independence Bowl in Shreveport, La. I got him on the phone, identified myself as being from the St. Paul Dispatch and Frank bellowed:
"The St. Paul DISS-patch. Does that paper get out of the city limits, boy?''
And it got funnier from there, including Frank's appraisal when he asked what was the Gophers' record and I was forced to say, "Six-and-5.''
"Yeah, that's our record, too,'' Frank said. "This ain't no bowl game. This is a battle of pissants.''
There are 25 of those now, out of 35 total, but when Frank brought his Tigers to Houston for the first Bluebonnet Bowl, hey, it was a college football game to watch ... as he waited for the New Year's Day feast.
You tell me ... galleryfurniture.com, EV1.net, Meineke Car Care, or the Bluebonnet Bowl, named in honor of the state flower of Texas?
Always, when a team has a choice in accepting a bowl invite, go with a fruit or a flower.
http://www.startribune.com/sports/blogs/191696711.html
Go Gophers!!