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I remember the first time I saw the term was when a NY headline writer used it after the Knoblauch/Yankees hot dog pelting incident at the Metrodome. “Maniacs in Minny drive Knob to cover”. Here’s the news report from May 3, 2001. https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/408910394/ I figured the NY...

If you've never seen Cass Gilbert's designs, they are stunners. What might have been... https://picryl.com/media/university-of-minnesota-drawings-of-proposed-scheme-view-from-the-south-cass?zoom=true . https://i.pinimg.com/originals/8b/ff/5f/8bff5fa7bd3db55565ebe794a510b0df.jpg

Probably belongs somewhere else, but this thread will do. My family stopped at TCF Bank Stadium after a state fair trip yesterday. On the plaza where the beer gardens were last year, there are some new large-ish trees and shrubs planted. One hopes that they are honeycrisp apple trees. Also...

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I need to acquire 6 seats to the Iowa game. We and another couple attend the game every year home and away. My wife and I are Gopher alums and season ticket holders. The other couple lives in Chicago and is a mixed marriage: H is Hawkeye, W is Gopher. How sweet it was to have him present at...

Anyone have a pic or preferably somehow saved the game telecast that would contain the moment of these two shaking hands? No doubt Brewster was pretty grim at the moment. Would make a nice historic image.

Probably familiar to you all, but I just found it interesting that the cycle is so reliable. Reasons for Coach Termination at UMN since 1978 = 1. Could not take us to the next level, or 2. Incompetence The pattern is real: 1. Stoll :: 2. Salem 1. Holtz-Gutekunst* :: 2. Wacker 1. Mason :: 2...

I have fond memories of "the rabbit" from the late years of Memorial Stadium. I was a little tyke, so I'm not sure if he had a name, or what his deal was. I also remember he appeared and was cheered at the first Gopher game in the Metrodome. If anyone else is old enough to recall this strange...