Reusse: Ranking Gophers successes this season, from worst to first (#4. Football)

per Reusse:

Counting down 10 team sports, five for women athletes (basketball, hockey, volleyball, softball and soccer) and five for men (football, basketball, hockey, wrestling and baseball) at the U.

4. Football. On the field, Tracy Claeys’ bunch went 8-4 in the regular season. Amid chaos, the Gophers then came up with the most surprising effort of the 2016-17 sports year for any U team with the 17-12 upset and defensive masterpiece vs. Washington State in the Holiday Bowl. University President Eric Kaler and athletic director Mark Coyle were looking on glumly at this noble effort, knowing they were going to fire Claeys.

http://www.startribune.com/ranking-...209563/?utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=dlvr.it

Go Gophers!!

The whole article is very positive. You see words and phrases like "entertaining, vibrant, nice turn around, fantastic, turned it into a winner, create a foundation for a return to glory," used to describe Gopher sports in a column by Reusse. Come to think of it, I wonder if the Tribune knows that either somebody hacked his account or stole his computer.