We Need a "Touch This for Good Luck" Item in our Locker Room -- What Should we Use?

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Livingat45north said:
I'm pretty sure this is why we haven't won a BIG title in decades, we don't have a "lucky charm" to touch when we run on on the field. We need something like Notre Dame's "Play Like a Champion" sign, or Florida's "Gator Head" statue, or Clemson's "Howard's Rock". These three teams all have good luck charms on their side, and we don't. Those three teams have all won a conference championship in the past couple of decades, we haven't (granted, since Notre Dame is the only team in their "conference" by default they win it each year, but still, the Irish have done pretty well in the wins and losses category...). The obvious conclusion is simple -- if we get a lucky charm, then we'll be like these three teams, and we'll win conference championships.

Okay, just assume the above may be true and that Fleck & Company have decided it's up to the Gopherhole folks to pick the charm that we'll from now on use when we take the field. What do ya got? What should our Gophers place in the locker room as our good luck charm?
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Sure we do. We are the "Home" of General Mills! If when the TCF Contract runs out, we can name the stadium "Lucky Charms" Stadium. We'd be the luckiest team in Division 1 College Football. Sid could cut the ribbon...:D

https://www.luckycharms.com/
 

BilldGopher said:
A picture of a smiling Dan Nystrum at Beaver Stadium from 1999.

Had some luck going that day!
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Caused me to think of this...

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PMWinSTP said:
Caused me to think of this...

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Yep...thought of Rhys too! Maybe pictures of both of them!
 


Semi-serious: does the U have Bruce Smith's old helmet or any of his gear on hand? Mount the helmet over a doorway to touch on the way to the field. Hey, still the only Heisman winner in school history. maybe something good will rub off.

Otherwise, if you're looking for something that signifies Minnesota:

a plate of lutefisk

A giant mosquito
 


swingman said:
An old Bob Dylan harmonica.

Have them tear off and stick Maroon and Gold Post-It notes with game goals.

The Kensington Runestone.

Bakken's first pacemaker.

A Lillehei scalpel.

A chunk of Spam.

A box of Cheerios.

The motorcycle Prince rode.

Lindbergh's flight jacket.

A hunk of LandOLakes butter.

Humphrey's Civil Rights speech.

An original stock certificate from the StPM&M.

Anything from Herb Brooks.

Anything from Lindsay Whalen.

A bushel of Haralson apples.
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You forgot:

A picture of a HOT DISH

A can of POP

A picture of kids playing Duck Duck GRAY DUCK!

A walleye

A scene of a family passive aggressively suggesting that a guest bringing Red Delicious apples from Washington was OK because they probably didn't understand how vastly superior Honeycrisp apples are.
 

They should dig a big, dirt, gopher hole for them to jump over, in the tunnel to the field.

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Lordshawesome said:
They should dig a big, dirt, gopher hole for them to jump over, in the tunnel to the field.

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Your post made me think of this...
Good luck for a Gopher though, so???
 




Norwood already proposed this idea several years ago. It was not received well...
 

short ornery norwegian said:
Semi-serious: does the U have Bruce Smith's old helmet or any of his gear on hand? Mount the helmet over a doorway to touch on the way to the field. Hey, still the only Heisman winner in school history. maybe something good will rub off.

Otherwise, if you're looking for something that signifies Minnesota:

a plate of lutefisk

A giant mosquito
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A dead mummified badger
 


I'm still offering my Boss' wife.


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Livingat45north said:
On a totally serious note, seeing that its July 4th and all, here's what we should use:

http://www.mnopedia.org/multimedia/battle-flag-first-minnesota-volunteer-infantry-regiment

If you don't know anything about the Minnesota First, do yourself a favor and read "The Last Full Measure", it'll make ya proud to be a Minnesotan.

https://www.amazon.com/Last-Full-Measure-Minnesota-Volunteers/dp/0873514068
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And if we ever play Virginia (or anyone from a Confederate state), we should pull this one out for show...
https://www.twincities.com/2017/08/20/minnesota-has-a-confederate-symbol-and-it-is-going-to-keep-it/
 


Some interesting suggestions. Anything connected with the First Minnesota is good, and I know that fairly recently someplace in Faribault (sp?) put Bruce Smith's memorabilia on display.

Another suggestion: The gopher from Caddyshack.

But, my suggestion: A Smith of Minnesota movie poster. I think they just look cool.
 

Touch this? I suggest we touch "The Golden Palace of the Himalaya's." (Brighton Beach Memoirs reference)
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Livingat45north said:
On a totally serious note, seeing that its July 4th and all, here's what we should use:

http://www.mnopedia.org/multimedia/battle-flag-first-minnesota-volunteer-infantry-regiment

If you don't know anything about the Minnesota First, do yourself a favor and read "The Last Full Measure", it'll make ya proud to be a Minnesotan.

https://www.amazon.com/Last-Full-Measure-Minnesota-Volunteers/dp/0873514068
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The Daily Gopher reposted an article today on the Minnesota First. Click here to give it a read. As more FYI, when the Confederates surrendered at Appomattox, thus ending the Civil War, the Union Generals selected the Minnesota First to be the honor guards for that surrender.
 


I'm disappointing in how few people here are willing to publicly online indicate they'd like to commit crimes with me.... it's stuff like this that keeps us from winning more games.
 



I have seen an Oar mentioned, but take it to the next level, we must have a large maroon and gold oar that says.....Row Like A Champion Today
 

A_Slab_of_Bacon said:
And as is tradition after a win the Gophers parade around the field with Sid Hartman's mummified corpse! Don't be disgusted folks, Sid would have wanted it this way!
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Sid is our Chicago Cubs Billy Goat curse. The day he dies (if he ever does) we will finally beat Sconny.
 

HoustonTXGopher said:
I have seen an Oar mentioned, but take it to the next level, we must have a large maroon and gold oar that says.....Row Like A Champion Today
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Uh...no...we need something that transcends a single coach's tenure.
 





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