Gopher The Roses

Gopher Nation In Near Chaos

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There is a growing surge of people saying, “We told you so. Hiring Tim Brewster was a dumb idea. He has never been a head coach. He has never been a coordinator. He is Jim Wacker without the drawl and the geezo beezo. He said we were going to Pasadena this year!!!”

And then they pause to take a breath and continue.

For the most part I let them go on until they get tired and need water.

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The unfortunate thing is we needed a few wins to keep the momentum going. A loss and a 3 OT victory over MAC teams does not sit well.

The bandwagon has lightened the past few days and the negative folks are shouting from the mountain tops. “I told you so.”

Not me and not most of the people we know. We are in this for the long haul. This team and these coaches do not owe us anything.

OK, so maybe Coach Brewster should have contained a little of his enthusiasm. That may be fair. Maybe the Kool Aid mix could have had less sugar in it. Sure.

But how else do you sell a program to players, fans and state? We were lulled into a nap by Glen Mason. We needed to be woken up.

Give him time my friends. He needs a recruiting class or two before we see what is going to happen. It will be OK.

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Patrick Reusse Is A Jerk

It must be really nice to have a well paying job commenting sports, getting to fly around to games on company expense, writing off meals, being able to talk to professional athletes, etc.

But what on earth qualifies him to have this job?

Yes, I am a Gopher football fan as loyal as they come. Yes I take things personally when guys who hack out a few columns a week take shots at my guys.

Patrick Reusse should be moved to the editorial, commentary, or entertainment sections because the past few years I have seen little or no effort at anything other than, “here is what I think and so should you”.

What has my ire? This article following the Bowling Green loss, Journey starts, and U quickly loses its way.

Now the nay sayers of Coach Tim Brewster have their own champion, their own captain to lead them in the world every morning. Pat Reusse, what a joke.

Here is his email address should you have any opinions of your own, preusse@startribune.com. I sent one, doubt I will get a response. Why would he, he knows everything already.

Must be nice to be able to be negative on everything in the local sports area. To give an opinion every day.

And to not have to worry about your job.

Pat, give us some real news please or get a job on Entertainment Tonight.

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Dude, WAKE UP!!!

A picture, err video, says a thousand words.

I guess the halftime show during the Bowling Green game was not very exciting to this young man.

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2007 Gopher Football Prediction

When I was sitting at the bar last December watching the Gophers put a whooping on Texas Tech (obviously this was the first half of the game) I was telling anyone who would hear me that we could go 8-4 in 2007.

And then with the smirk of Coach Glen Mason as he was walking off the field at halftime it started to all unravel.

The Gophers tanked in the second half.

Coach Mason was fired within hours of the defeat.

A new unproven coaching staff was hired and promised to bring us back to the Rose Bowl.

4 players were kicked off the team amid allegations of sexual misconduct. (I do not fault the coaches for this)

The implementation of a new offensive and new aggressive attitude on defense begins.

And we have a very young team.

On the eve of the first game of Coach Tim Brewster I no longer believe we can go 8-4. I am guessing 5-7, maybe 6-6.

While that prediction may appear to be negative I have not been this excited over a football season in many years. I believe Coach Brewster when he says the team will play hard and will not quit.

No doubt there will be growing pains. No doubt we will lose games we should win. I bet we win one we should lose. Maybe we do better in a Big Ten Conference many think will have a down year.

All I do know is I believe the future of the program is in good and capable hands. We are seeing more people at events, more people talking about the team, and most importantly a new enthusiasm and optimism.

Gopher Nation has been revived, enjoy the ride. Oh, and fasten your seat belt and keep your arms and in legs inside at all times...

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Minnesota Rouser Versus ABC’s

We start them young here in Minnesota:

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Big Ten Network Promo for Minnesota

Minnesota, This is Big Ten Country.

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