Recent content by Southpaw

Thanks, I was aware that Mr. Knight's contributions to the academic side were extensive but didn't think it was relevant to the discussion about NIL financial impacts to athletic success. The University of Oregon is extremely fortunate to have such a dedicated benefactor (both for academics and...

The NIL era is still in its infancy, but it seems to be devolving into a system of haves and have-nots with Minnesota squarely in the have-not camp. The gap between the 2 camps will only widen with time. Schools with mega-donor alumni will soon dominate athletics in all areas. Take Oregon...

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This is nothing new. The cheapest tickets have been $340 for several years now. They are upper deck bench seating in the end zones.

Anyone know what a typical Gopher recruiting visit entails? I'm assuming a tour of the campus and the athletic facilities and a meet-up with Ben and some of the players would be on the agenda - what else? With 3 pro teams in action tonight, I would think a recruit would be impressed if he were...

I was wondering about the NIL mechanics as well. For example, if Dennis Evans received an offer of 800k from Louisville as some have reported, is that all up-front money or is it prorated over 4 years? And if the offer requires a 4 year commitment by the athlete is that spread evenly over the 4...

In a hindsight is 20-20 vein, I would point out that David Mutaf was a freshman teammate of Greenlee. After not getting any playing time with the Gophers, Mutaf left to join a Spanish pro team (minor league) where he led the league in scoring and shot 36% from the international 3 point line...

When I say Hurt held his own, I mean exactly that - his role subbing in for Coffey was not to match Amir's offensive output, but rather to take care of the ball and play good team defense until it was time for a rested Coffey to return - I believe he performed that role well.

Agree with your assessment. This is the strategy that was employed to give Amir Coffey a rest to ensure he remained fresh for crunch time - Michael Hurt typically subbed in for Coffey 3-4 minutes in each half and held his own while waiting for a rested Coffey to return to action - seemed to...

Anyone know when game time for St. Francis contest will be announced? Have Gopher volleyball tickets same night at 7:00 - Big Ten volleyball match has priority over a BB creampuff opponent but would like to attend both if possible - 5:00 start for BB would be perfect for me. Does athletic...

Any word on a pre-season exhibition game?

Any word on whether there will be an exhibition game to start the season? - I believe there has been one scheduled almost every year.

Do you think we'd take Thiam if he wanted to come back?

I expected better things from Thiam based on his Juco stats - 48.5% from 3 on 130 attempts seems to indicate an elite level shooter but in very limited playing time with the Gophers he was far from impressive. Even in warmups, his shooting stroke did not look smooth nor did there appear to be...

Looking at the individual game logs for Thiam, the minutes per game is definitely off. For the first 18 games he is listed as having played only 1 minute per game ( a placeholder to show that he played in that game?) despite putting up some good stats. For the last 6 games, he averaged 21.5...