BleedGopher
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per Shama:
The list of implications that came out of yesterday’s mega win is long and includes the prospect of Minnesota advancing to the Big Ten title game next month and playing competitively against Ohio State, viewed as the best team in the country by those who put out the College Football Playoff Rankings. A 12-0 record going into Indianapolis to play the Buckeyes could put Minnesota into the driver’s seat for the program’s first Rose Bowl invite since 1962. That kind of success would be an eye-opener for impressionable high quality recruits around the country who are likely to think about grabbing an “oar” and heading to Minneapolis.
The most optimistic of fans—and some are probably still partying after yesterday’s program turning win—are chortling that the Gophers are contenders to earn their way to the four-team playoffs. In an improbable season, those in the Optimists Hall of Fame are thinking bigger than I am.
Make no mistake, though, the Gophers are likely to sustain success this season. They might lose a couple of games in a closing stretch against the top-25 Hawkeyes and Badgers. A string of unfortunate injuries to Minnesota’s best playmakers could spoil the fun in the games ahead, but so many good things are already in place with more coming.
The Gophers are headed to a credible, if not prestigious, bowl game—see you later Motown. Ticket sales will increase next year, and should be jumping for the home finale to keep possession of Paul Bunyan’s Axe. Fleck’s getting love from fans and learned yesterday he can have a happy football marriage in this on and off the bandwagon town. Athletic director Mark Coyle has already won his presentation to the U Board of Regents next month when he asks for formal approval of the coach’s new seven-year extension.
Donation checks should be on the upswing to the Athletic Department and the University. A Rose Bowl win will goose donations like it did years ago when bottom feeders Big Ten Wisconsin and Northwestern rose up and said, “Pasadena here we come.”
Are you listening T. Denny Sanford?
http://shamasportsheadliners.com/
Go Gophers!!
The list of implications that came out of yesterday’s mega win is long and includes the prospect of Minnesota advancing to the Big Ten title game next month and playing competitively against Ohio State, viewed as the best team in the country by those who put out the College Football Playoff Rankings. A 12-0 record going into Indianapolis to play the Buckeyes could put Minnesota into the driver’s seat for the program’s first Rose Bowl invite since 1962. That kind of success would be an eye-opener for impressionable high quality recruits around the country who are likely to think about grabbing an “oar” and heading to Minneapolis.
The most optimistic of fans—and some are probably still partying after yesterday’s program turning win—are chortling that the Gophers are contenders to earn their way to the four-team playoffs. In an improbable season, those in the Optimists Hall of Fame are thinking bigger than I am.
Make no mistake, though, the Gophers are likely to sustain success this season. They might lose a couple of games in a closing stretch against the top-25 Hawkeyes and Badgers. A string of unfortunate injuries to Minnesota’s best playmakers could spoil the fun in the games ahead, but so many good things are already in place with more coming.
The Gophers are headed to a credible, if not prestigious, bowl game—see you later Motown. Ticket sales will increase next year, and should be jumping for the home finale to keep possession of Paul Bunyan’s Axe. Fleck’s getting love from fans and learned yesterday he can have a happy football marriage in this on and off the bandwagon town. Athletic director Mark Coyle has already won his presentation to the U Board of Regents next month when he asks for formal approval of the coach’s new seven-year extension.
Donation checks should be on the upswing to the Athletic Department and the University. A Rose Bowl win will goose donations like it did years ago when bottom feeders Big Ten Wisconsin and Northwestern rose up and said, “Pasadena here we come.”
Are you listening T. Denny Sanford?
http://shamasportsheadliners.com/
Go Gophers!!
