Gophers in the NBA Draft?

Saw this on the Strib site.

Wow! I cannot believe that Tollackson and Coleman have even considered giving up their senior seasons for a shot at the NBA.

A long shot it would be.

I first thought it may have been a historical piece, looking at the 1987 Gopher team with Willie Burton, Melvin Newburn and Kevin Lynch (no disrespect to Richard Coffey or Jim Shikinjanski).

These two players aren't half the player Rick Rickert was. I hope they are not consulting the same people Rickert did.

If they do stick it out and go undrafted in the NBA, Yakima isn't such a bad place...

Boise State football

I had great intentions of going to bed, early last night. A certain spunky team from Boise, Idaho kept that from happening and I am glad. I am glad I stayed up to watch the end of one of the greatest college football games ever. It truly was the best one I have ever watched.

It had everything.

It had a Gopheresque 4th quarter collapse.

It had a coach who had a full play book and used almost every play!

It had a team, depsite having their hearts supposedly ripped out with about a minute left, came back to force an overtime in a game they dominated.

They withstood a 25 yard TD run in OT to force them to match.

And match they did.

A run pass option to force a tie breaking or winning conversion.

Boise, chose to go for the win. Cueing up a little AC DC now...

A statue of liberty play for the 2 point conversion and the greatest win in college football I have ever seen.

So many heroes...and the coach praises...

His back up QB's who have been pressing for those fun OT plays.

This is what the Gophers could be...but have only witnessed from across the field for decades.

What a game!

The Gophers

Friday night, beyond cooking some world class stir fry and sipping on some yummy cocktails, I was glued to the TV watching the news on Saddam. Therefore, I missed out on the Gophers football game.

Jason and I talked later in the night, after Matt called him to tell him how impressive the Gophers were, being ahead 35-7 at halftime. I was just as shocked at Jason.

I never checked out the score again...until I picked up the Strib on Saturday morning.

Wow...Fire Glen Mason now! The Gophers collapsed...lost 44-41 in overtime.

So Sid Hartman devoted about 4 column inches, of his 100, to talking about the Gopher debacle. He's the biggest Mason apologist around.

He also wrote about the Twins Stadium problems to acquire the land for the stadium.

Ah Sid...just stop!

At least the Huskies won (swept a tourney) again!

A sports thread

Its been a while...

Vikes. Yikes! Despite a big win yesterday, it's going to be a tough end to the season. Brad Johnson is done.

Gohpher B-Ball. Ouch. Outrebounded by Arkansas Little Rock 43-16? Monson should have to endure this season, he created this mess!

Gopher football. We have heard the crap about being in 7 straight bowl games...and that by going to a bowl game, we get 6 more weeks of practice to develop talent, build the future. When will we see the fruits of this? Mason drives me nuts!

Twins. Please, for the love of humanity, sign someone who can help us! I hate bandaid solutions.

T-Wolves. Please trade for AI. When I get a new job, I may buy tickets to see this. Now, I am bored with this team...

UND. I must admit, the Ralph Englestad arena is a beautiful place. Does it have a lot of Indian heads, oh yeah. But you know, you really don't notice them unless you are looking for them. Its a top notch state of the art arena, in the middle of no where!

SCSU. The hockey team is on a roll! #2 in the WCHA, 8-0-3 in the past 11 games, last lost to UND in the Ralph (before the election). Go Huskies!