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Pretty Sure You are Wrong
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The 1995 Northwestern Wildcats completely caught me by surprise. I didn't follow college football as closely then as I do now but in general that year was the before/after season in regards to my respect for their program. Before 1995, any loss to Northwestern felt like your team must have big problems. After 1995 Northwestern just felt like a Big 10 team.
They just came out of nowhere (having gone 3-7-1 in '94 and ending the season with a long losing streak). Ever since then, I have wondered when will it be the Gopher's turn. Yet here we are 25 years later and although there have been painful losses to derail otherwise promising seasons ('03, '05, etc.) - the Gophers just have never had that magical season ending in a B1G title.
When it finally does happen, do you feel it will be like '95 Northwestern, or will it be through a series of seasonal steps forward (getting a New Years bowl game, then just missing on a divisional title, then getting a divisional title, then winning the B1G championship game)?
Odds are certainly in favor of 2019 being a minor step forward or even a disappointment but I am once again thinking of those '95 Wildcats and dreaming 2019 could be the year, given how the last one ended. But, then seeing NU's 3-7-1 season in 94, I realize even a B1G Championship next year wouldn't be quite as surprising as that '95 season was for NU.
They just came out of nowhere (having gone 3-7-1 in '94 and ending the season with a long losing streak). Ever since then, I have wondered when will it be the Gopher's turn. Yet here we are 25 years later and although there have been painful losses to derail otherwise promising seasons ('03, '05, etc.) - the Gophers just have never had that magical season ending in a B1G title.
When it finally does happen, do you feel it will be like '95 Northwestern, or will it be through a series of seasonal steps forward (getting a New Years bowl game, then just missing on a divisional title, then getting a divisional title, then winning the B1G championship game)?
Odds are certainly in favor of 2019 being a minor step forward or even a disappointment but I am once again thinking of those '95 Wildcats and dreaming 2019 could be the year, given how the last one ended. But, then seeing NU's 3-7-1 season in 94, I realize even a B1G Championship next year wouldn't be quite as surprising as that '95 season was for NU.
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