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http://www.usatoday.com/sports/ncaaf/ballots/ Merry Christmas everybody! For those of you not inclined to look, Kill did his part as a loyal B1G soldier: -Michigan State- 3rd (actually 4th) -Ohio State- 5th (6th) -Wisconsin- 14th (19th) -Iowa- 21st (28th) -Minnesota- 25th (34th)...

http://www.startribune.com/sports/231235721.html Reusse hate aside, this is a well-written and interesting look at Tommy's career so far as a Gopher. Glad to see he's getting another chance.

7 votes in the AP (4 last week) 18 votes in the coaches (6 last week) We'll need some 2-loss teams to lose this week if we're going to make the top 25 with a win over PSU. Might not happen until after our BYE.

The game had previously been scheduled for ESPN2. Say what you will about this season, but at least the Gophers have been on national TV a lot. After spending the entire season on ESPN2 (2), ESPNU (1), or BTN (8) last year, the 2013 Gophers have already had two games on ABC, two games on ESPN2...

Came up on my ESPN news feed. It's behind a paywall, but basically he says that he has a great time this weekend and will likely commit in the next few days because of the opening at linebacker. He's also still interested in Penn State, and I know a few other Big Ten programs were looking at...

With Boston College firing their head coach, I think it would make sense to go after Cottrell (Eden Prairie). I'm not sure why he was never offered in the first place, but given our needs at middle linebacker, and Cotrell's considerable talents, I think it would make a lot of sense to make a...

I'm not a native Minnesotan, so this has vexed me since I moved here. I'm originally from Ohio, and there we play a 10-game schedule, and the playoffs involved 5 games, meaning that a championship team will have to play 15 games in a season. Nobody ever complained about the length of the season...

I was curious so I went through the participation report and the roster to see who didn't record any action last night. Correct any of these if you think they are inaccurate. I'm not including any freshman obviously designated for redshirts or non-scholarship players. -Dexter Foreman -Grayson...

T.J. Watt, brother of Houston Texan and Badger alum, J.J. Watt, got an offer from the Gophers today (his brother Derek is also a currrent Badger). Wisconsin supposedly has a limited # of offers this year as well, so it would be fun to steal a Watt out from under them...

I know that some people aren't ready to talk 2013 recruiting yet. That's fine. However, usually by February or March we have at least one, and sometimes numerous verbals for the next year, so it's coming whether you want it to or not. Here are the numbers the last six years (bear in mind, this...

I saw this on GI. Not totally out of left field, but a little surprising. I guess when Pankey decided not to visit they pulled the trigger on another 3rd offensive lineman. The kid has a ton of size and may have received more attention if he didn't get injured his senior year. Probably not...

Cody Hazlett, a linebacker out of Simley, signed with Northern Illinois today. This kid defines "under the radar." Vames (one of our resident high school experts) didn't have anything about him that I could find, and he has no rivals profile. Simley has improved in the last few years, but...

Per ESPN. James Franklin is a recruiting machine.

I will not sit idly by while you besmirch the good name of Frank Stallone.

Hello all. I think I've mentioned before that I keep a database to compare how we match up each year in recruiting with each program. I'm hesitant to share the numbers this year because they are so bad and I don't want to get into endless arguments about whether Brewster should be fired, etc...