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per Liz:
Die-hard Gophers fans are wringing their hands about whether to cancel pricey travel arrangements to San Diego for the Holiday Bowl, anticipating that the University of Minnesota football players will make good on their promise to boycott the Dec. 27 game if 10 suspended players are not reinstated.
Some longtime season-ticket holders scrambled to cancel flights — many of which would be ineligible for reimbursements — while others decided to gamble that administrators would reach a deal with the players and convince them to play.
"It's really thrown a monkey wrench into everything," said Jim Nesseth, a 1976 graduate of the U's St. Paul campus and proud Gophers booster. "It's not a good day for Gophers sports."
Nesseth, who tailgates every home game with a group of fellow southwestern Minnesota farmers, regularly travels for bowl games to have a reunion with college pals spread across the country. He's going to wait a few days before breaking his plans and swallowing about $1,200 in airfare and lodging.
http://www.startribune.com/gopher-fans-weigh-options-for-holiday-bowl-do-i-stay-or-go/407166736/
Go Gophers!!
Die-hard Gophers fans are wringing their hands about whether to cancel pricey travel arrangements to San Diego for the Holiday Bowl, anticipating that the University of Minnesota football players will make good on their promise to boycott the Dec. 27 game if 10 suspended players are not reinstated.
Some longtime season-ticket holders scrambled to cancel flights — many of which would be ineligible for reimbursements — while others decided to gamble that administrators would reach a deal with the players and convince them to play.
"It's really thrown a monkey wrench into everything," said Jim Nesseth, a 1976 graduate of the U's St. Paul campus and proud Gophers booster. "It's not a good day for Gophers sports."
Nesseth, who tailgates every home game with a group of fellow southwestern Minnesota farmers, regularly travels for bowl games to have a reunion with college pals spread across the country. He's going to wait a few days before breaking his plans and swallowing about $1,200 in airfare and lodging.
http://www.startribune.com/gopher-fans-weigh-options-for-holiday-bowl-do-i-stay-or-go/407166736/
Go Gophers!!