Recent content by otter

My first memory of being into the tournament was Artis Gilmore and the Jacksonville State team in 1970. Out of nowhere they made the finals by playing the game "above the rim".

Not sure if I have ever seen a single player dominate a basketball court like Mark Olberding could. Off topic since it wasn't Minnesota, but anyone else remember the legend of Robert Eaglestaff at Fort Yates, ND?

As a matter of fact, If I remember correctly (and I'm sure someone on here will quickly correct me if I'm wrong), in the mid-seventies the entire Minnesota athletic department was put on indefinite probation because of a basketball player accepting a ride from an assistant coach (among other...

An alternate take: If he only handed money to players that had completed their eligibility or intend to declare for the draft the rules do not even apply. Maybe OBJ's "performance" wasn't stupid, but instead a deliberate attempt to stick it to the NCAA.

To be honest, "co-champion" doesn't sit quite right with me. Seems to me that the best terminology to recognize the team's accomplishment this season is "tied for first place, lost the championship on the first tie-breaker".

The problem is that this stuff is interfering with my ability to enjoy the game. I have been an avid football fan since the Joe Kapp led Viking team hooked 13 year old me in 1968. In all the hundreds (thousands?) of pro and college games I have watched the first endzone incompletion when the...

I actually think the Gopher game plan was solid, they played a little conservative on offense and sold out to stop JT (and held him to 76 yards) and put the game in Coan's hands in bad weather against our DB talent, going into the game I 100% buy into that plan. Just didn't work, WI flat out...