Eight days a week
Posted on October 22nd, 2008 – 6:50 PMBy Kent Youngblood
Well, actually, five days this week. But I couldn’t resist the Beatles reference.
By the time the Gophers line up for their game in Purdue Saturday, they will have practiced an extra day this week. The players had much of the weekend off, but they practiced pretty hard on Monday before getting into their regular game-day rhythm on Tuesday.
So, why?
Brewster didn’t really say, other than saying the extra day was a bonus, that it gave the coaches an extra day to install the game plan vs. Purdue. But I believe that it was an idea by Brewster and his staff to avoid the pitfalls experienced by the likes of Wisconsin, Northwestern and Illinois. All three of those teams lost their games following byes. Michigan (which beat Wisconsin) is the only team that won after a bye.
I think it was a good idea to get the rust off Monday, then get at it Tuesday. Now, we don’t get to watch the substantive portions of practice, and so it’s hard, at times, to get a feel for the team. But the noise coming from practice Wednesday — whoops and hollers and yells and laughing — indicate to me that the Gophers are very prepared and very confident heading into a place where the Gophers haven’t won in nearly two decades.
93 Responses to "Eight days a week"
Wow, look at all the new homers hopping on the punky’s bandwagon after a few sips of BS-flavored Kool-Aid! Still done nothing…..still won nothing……still defeated nothing but big, fat cupcakes….. Beat Penn State, then crow. Beat Ohio State, then crow. Beat MSU, then crow.
Well recruiting, we lost to ohio state, and osu could very well run the table, or lose only to penn st., which would mean that losing to osu isn’t so bad. And the other two we don’t play. which means… yep, you guessed it! we have to infer.
recruiting just seeks attention, hence he posts pablum to try get it.
I have to believe Brewster will get them focused on the task at hand.
Go Gophs!
Best wishes to Coach Brewster and the players. Don’t let the mobbers and the bashers (like wren) get you down. One game at a time. Wins are good, losses are bad. Bowl games good. Timberpukes. Give Coach Monson a contract extension, Prexy B. Look to Ann Arbor.
Renegade Rambler: now there was a GREAT American! A fantastic contraster. Unfortunately, now Ann Arbor needs to look to Columbus…just to get it right, Ann Arbor crapped out and got a rich rodder who thinks he can throw entire seasons away. That is not good for Ann Arbor and Columbus has it all over Ann Arbornow.
But, Renegade Rambler had spunk and Renegade Rambler had fire. He said what he thought. He tried, he did his best. He contrasted ba$tards who needed to be contrasted. The art of the contrast…now that is a concept that is entirely lost on this brewster’s apologists. They could have learned a thing or two from Renegade Rambler. Renegade Rambler: give ‘em hell! Big Ten wins rule!
I kinda miss the real Renagade Rambler dude. Full of history and a solid outlook on Gopher football. One game at a time, enjoy the game, the moment, the campus, support the coach and promote the program, etc.
Now we have this wrenagain2 fellow full of all kinds of silly stuff.
And we now have a Bayfield who loves Big Ten losses and wants to wait for ten years until this brewster has been given as much time as this foolish prexy b and his yes man maturi gave the failed and fired Mason.
Bayfield didn’t think much of the Renegade Rambler when RR was battling the ba$tards who attacked the coaches and were doing their best to bad mouth the Gopher Football Coach. In fact, all too often, Bayfield had to be contrasted by Renegade Rambler as RR battled on against the mobbers and bashers and poor old Renegade Rambler was mercilessly attacked by the likes of the bashers, mobbers and ba$tards (who are now this brewster’s apologists). But, Renegade Rambler never would let the ba$tards get him down.
So, now Bayfield, we now need to have someone hold this brewsters feet to the fire by looking at the reality of his entire record at the University of Minnesota. Not just a small sampling of the body of work. We will be needing in depth, honest and actual numbers related to that body of work that this brewster presents us…week to week, month to month and season to season.
Contrast is still called for. Contrast there will be.
Former bashers and mobbers turned into this brewster’s apologists. It will be my pleasure and my honor to help examine what the total picture of this brewster’s record at the University of Minnesota Football Program is evolving into. Good. Bad. Indifferent. These last five games of the 2008 season are all winable. We shall see what we shall see Bayfield. I want Big Ten Football wins…that and an honest program and ever increasing numbers of football players graduating. Those are my simple and I believe positive goals and hopes for this football program.
This brewster will have every opportunity to prove that he is worth “contrasting” company lines and points of view for. However, he has proved nothing yet. There is a chance for something GREAT to happen if he can go five for five in the win catagory to close out the 2008 regular Big Ten Schedule. I want Big Ten wins. They impress me. I want a win against the Boilers on Saturday VERY mch! Go Gophers!
I agree bayfield. We now got this Wren guy who is a cheap imitation of the real thing!
This brewster’s apologists kicked the old Renegade Rambler off some forums because they didn’t like his contrasts and his battling for truth, justice and the American way. So, they managed to limit Renegade Rambler’s forums of contrast. Then they tried to attack family members and stooped to all-time lows. So, Renegade did go away. Kind of like KILROY, Renegade is no longer to be heard from. (Only dirty trick artists from Gopher Hole and Gopher Illustrated will try to steal the moniker of Renegade Rambler…but…they will NEVER capture RR.)
There is NO Gopher Football Coach worth defending any longer. Perhaps there never was a Gopher Football Coach worth defending. Perhaps Renegade Rambler had it all wrong all along. Perhaps he should have been bashing and mobbing.
So now, we will look at what the Gopher Football Coach or fantasy recruiter actually IS doing. What has he/she done lately? Enough Big Ten wins? We shall hold the football coach up to constand criticism…constructive criticism and just plain criticism when there are not enough Big Ten wns delivered.
The spirit of KILROY was killed off in Korea, Viet Nam and now in Iraq. You don’t find the message “…Kilroy was here…” where GI’s are fighting these days. Not since the great World Wars…
The spirit of Renegade Rambler was also killed off by the bashers, the mobbers…the ba$tards who proved once and forever that Minnesota will ALWAYS attempt to “fire their way to prosperity and success” in the University of Minnesota Football Program. THAT has been established now. Even administrators as weak as prexy b and maturi have resorted to the “fire the ba$tard” methology that had previously been employed ever since Bierman was run off.
WIN enough Big Ten games or you are through. THAT is the message to anyone coaching the University of Minnesota Football Program now. Do it often. Do it every year…and…you will still be fired eventurally.
No, Renegade Rambler is NOT here on this blog. Only some trickster from gi/gh has forged a post by The Renegade Rambler. RR can NOT be immitated or impersonated or copied. Just as KILROY will never be back again anywhere American soldiers may go either. That time…that spirit, that era and message is gone.
As for me, I’m going to call it like I see it! And call it…I will!
WE WILL NOT GIVE THIS MORONIC WHYNE WRENBAWL BABBLER MORE THAN 30 SECONDS ….
to win his first marble match.
Get it done, babbler.
Purdue in a shambles:
http://www.bigtennetwork.com/news/article.asp?list_id=12&story_id=3174189
The U of M should save the plane fare as this team is toast with Lame Duck Joe at the helm! Hope punky doesn’t dislocate his shoulder slapping himself on the back after beating this folded up cheap tent on Sat!
Hey recruit, listen Jerky, the coach and team did not hand pick their schedule, they are playing the games the U scheduled years ago, give them some credit………better yet, go move in with Jmarksor.
Interesting that after the felonious Hogeyes got a win, Pantherhog/Crudeboy reappears. I guess he got done slopping (or sleeping with) the hogs.
Crudeboy, many of us are homers and proud of it. That is NOT a derogatory term.
The conference schedule is set 5 years in advance. The Gophers need make no apology for not playing Penn State. Michigan State is not that good. They showed their true colors last weekend.
Kent, you stole my line from yesterday about punching them in the mouth early. Can I can get credit for that please?
In all seriousness, the Gophs do need to jump on them early. I can easily see Purdue packing it in and calling it a day if the Gophs jump on them. Go Gophs!
Michigan State has been winning because so many teams in the Big Ten are so weak in 2008. That fact can not be refuted. The cycles have fallen to a low ebb for the Big Ten right now. It is a FANTASTIC time to get LOTS of Big Ten wins. The wins are there for the taking. This brewster needs to have his team ready to destroy the lame-duck led Boilers on Saturday. Of course, any kind of win will do. A lucky win…an ugly win…or a start to finish dominating kind of win…ANY win will do. Go to 3-1 in the Big Ten and the dream is still on and the dream is still possible. Lose and the pressure mounts. Win and the pressure mounts. Winning is all about being able to keep the pressure building and continuing to execute, execute execute on Game Day Saturday in the Big Ten.
The pressure is on you Gophers. But, THAT is what you want! That is what happens when a team makes a run for a GREAT Big Ten record. Pressure…we want LOTS of pressure to be put on this brewster. We want this brewster to put lots of pressure on his coaches…and we want this brewster’s coaches to put lots of pressure on the players. We want the players to execute…execute…execute and above all else to PROTECT the Quarterback! Go Gophers! The pressure is on. It doesn’t get any better than having the pressure on…and then executing! You NEED to beat Purdue on Saturday.
Wrong again Wren. Unlike you, I actually want a winning football program at the University of Minnesota. Seven years of Masonball was way too much for me and you still wish he was here after ten years of proving he is not capable of winning big and often!! Even surrounded by some very good players who are now playing in the NFL.
You love to slam the administration but they happen to share my view and finally realized a change was needed.
You said it; “Mason is a loser”! It appears that Maturi and Bruininks don’t want losers around for ten years. And its apparant that’s all you want to talk about; losses. Not a healthy attitude to have for someone your age. But I realize that its difficult for a Masonite to shake that attitude.
Unlike Mason, I will not give Brewster or any coach seven or, for some bootlickers, a decade to make the UM a winner. It appears you have finally come around to my way of thinking after ten years of denial.
So whine and whimper all you want Wren about Brewster’s losses as I would rather focus of the wins. And we can compare the W;s to your man Mason. I promised I would do that for you and the Loonatic to help you out a bit.
Brewster has already matched Mason’s second year record of 2 Big Ten wins and could likely do better than the Grinster’s astounding 3-13 BT record after two years. And I even heard rumors of a bowl game this year. Is that true?
No one is defending Brewster. Most of us are watching closely, seeing some improvement, and enjoy being 2-1. Why not join us?
Quite possible:
Wren & Recruiting siamese twins seperated at birth, only neither one received any part of the conjoined brain.
Go Gophs!!!
I might add that there is also no shame in cheering for the coach to succeed while also carefully watching how he’s doing. And speaking of evaluating, here’s what I’m seeing …… a coach who completely disassembled the previous coach’s system in order to rebuild it from the ground up. When that is combined with the loss of a school-record-holding QB, 2 RB’s who are now in the NFL, and half of your starting offensive line, the first-year losing record is no only predictable, but to be expected. What I’m seeing is a coach who has assembled a highly skilled staff, and has the ability to bring in top-20 recruiting classes. What would normally be expected in this situation is for the team to improve each year under the new coach’s direction, with the team competing for a conference title by the time the first recruiting class are seniors. What I’m seeing is improvement in the 2nd year that is far more dramatic than anyone could have expected. The great thing is that this team basically loses NOBODY next year except for Van De Steeg. What I’m seeing is an AD (Maturi) that looks like a pretty smart guy.
Mason was inadequate. Wacker was even worse and drove the program beyond the depths that the loser gutey had taken them to. lou hoax basically DSTROYED football at the U of M for a quarter of a century when he walked away after less than two full seasons. He realized what the situation at Minnesota had been was and always would be. He knew he was d.o.a the minute he took the Minnesota job and found a way to escape the terrible penalty a coach must pay for coaching at the University of Minnesota. It was prexy b and maturi, the loser administrtors who kept the incompetent Mason on for all those years and the weak handed prexy b and maturi even EXTENDED the loser Mason’s contract only to have to shell out millions and millions of dollars that they had to borrow from the General Fund of the University to pay the failed Mason off big time to go away quietly. What was up with that? What was behind that? Inquiring minds want to know…
There you have it Bayfield. THAT should make you happy. But, the buck stops directly on prexy b’s desk. He kept Mason around and he even begged Mason to bring home the new stadium…the naming rights and then to help make the pitch to the incompetent legislators. So, they shelled out for the stadium for the Gophers so that they could have cover to ok an even bigger buck twins ball park. They turned their back on the infrastructure of the state…until…the bridge fell down. Now the vikings ball park can NOT even be consdered until the foolish legislators start taking care of all the infrastructure needs of the State of Minnesota. And, facing a billion dollar deficit, a viking’s stadium won’t be any kind of priority for a very long time…if ever.
This brewster had all the tools there to make a bowl game in 2007, but this brewster thought he had a throw away season. So, he tanked the entire 2007 schedule. His overall record will include that throw away season that he threw down the drain. That 1-11 season is a season that he can never be forgiven for. It didn’t have to be that bad. It will stay with him and his overall record forever. He had better close out this 2nd season at 11-1 to help counter balance it. THAT would put him at 12-12, and with the cupcake schedule and the shocking cycle of decline currently being displayed by so many Big Ten teams, it would not say much about his two years of being this bewster at Minnesota.
Yes, the record will be examined…all the time. The record is the record. I want Big Ten wins in Big Numbers…I want a clean, honest program…and I want ever increasing numbers of football plyers graduating. I want ever improving ACT scores for the recruits. I want ALL the good stuff. There is NO excuse for not producing all the good stuff all the time…this brewster even has this new stadium to proved support that no other failed Gopher Football Coach ever had. And, make no mistake…they ALL faile. Bierman was forced out, Fessle gave up. Murray was forced out. Stoll, Salem. hoax bagged for greener pastures. Gutey, Wacker Mason…this brewster…they all were froced out or fired as will be the case with this brewster when it is all said and done. EVEN with the new stadium. That is the way it has been and that is the way that it will be. Some things will never change. The University of Minnesota is a graveyared of college football coaching. That is what the administrations want. That is what the so-called fans want. That is the way it will be.
It has been said that West Lafayette is a tuff place for the Gophers to win. This is true unlike Champaign. This Purdue team does not know who to look towards for leadership. The most winningest coach in Purdue football history is on the sidelines but all the players know that he will not be back next year. Do they play for Coach Tiller or do they try and impress Coach Hope who will be coaching them next year? It is an interesting team dynamic that is not seen much in college football. There are head coaches in waiting but the coach they work for has not set an exit date. The weather and the first quarter could determine the Gophers success at Purdue. If the team is as messed up as everyone says it is then we have a shot. If we protect the ball and let Purdue turn it over which they have been doing, then it could be a game like two weeks ago. In any event just sit back and enjoy the game and let be what will be. Rub your lucky charm and wish for the best. DAC I do not think that Golf up north would have been the right call this week. Your problem with your knowledge base is it all comes from the internet. My sources are good on this one and they say McNeal was let go by Michigan.
Duke scored more points against NW this year than Purdue did. That’s not a good sign for this year’s Purdue team. This is definitely not one of the Purdue offensive teams we’re used to seeing. The managed only 3 points against Ohio St. I’m sure our defense is as good as NW’s is, and probably better. I’m confident we’re going to win this game. I’d say we’re going to win by 10 to 14 points. The difference will be turnovers. We’ve over turned over the ball 2 times in 7 games. We’re +12 during that time. We will win because our defense is better than Purdue’s and we will win the turnover battle.
Geez Wren it sounds as if you are a tad bitter after the UM finally canned the “inadequate” coach you backed for a decade! And its very clear that you would still like to see him here.
Get over it Wren.
Yes, the pressure is finally on “you Gophers.” after ten years of low expectations from a guy that was capable of delivering just that. We want wins and will not stand for another Mason prodigy. Off to the graveyard with him!!
Brewster may well end up there in another five years. “See, you guys got what you wanted! I told you so.” will be your credence.
But on the other hand, he may not which I know would not set well with you. In the meantime, I kinda like the two BT wins and being bowl eligible with just under 60% of our games played.
Put away all those drawings of Brewster’s headstone that have accumulated on your desk and join in the fun.
As far as I’m concerned, I’m a homer because, oh, I don’t know, I’m a FAN of the team! I absolutely loathe people who criticize others for being homers. Kinda makes sense if you like a team, you’re going to be a homer. That’s why you’re supporting them, isn’t it? Now, you can be a fan and recognize your team’s flaws and know where it needs to improve and you shouldn’t drink the kool-aid all the way. But I think the people who point the finger at the homers like to show how “knowledgeable” they are and that they “know better.” Spare Me! To be honest, they are the ones who just aren’t very happy and want everybody to be miserable — just like them. Sorry, I’m not on board. Go Gophers! Beat Purdue! End the dry spell at Ross-Ade Saturday!
Can you imagine a house full of, Wren, Loon, Cruding etc. watching a game???
GMband—Vegas has the game a toss-up. The Gophers will have to play well on the road to get a win.
Kent—good article on Triplett and the special teams. IMO, that is the biggest, most striking improvement this year. I was knocked out by their KO coverage in that illinois game.
I hope someone pulled Willie VDS to the side, showed him the film, and gave him a good butt chewing. He was lucky he did not get thrown out of the Illinois game.
Bud … Having a football coach named and in waiting is not a common method of transition. Purdue did it extremely well in basketball with Keady naming his successor from the staff before his final year. I can see why they did the same thing with Tiller.
Yes, Bud, I am reading comments from Michigan internet sites. All of them lament McNeal’s decision to decommit. There is not a hint of anything as silly as “he was let go”.
Whatever your source is makes no difference to me. It is you, personally, who has no credibility on this board. So claiming some mysterious “source” in Michigan means nothing to us here.
Last year you claimed TDeLeon was not recruited by Nebraska and did not visit Nebraska. You were wrong. You claimed Shady wasn’t starting for CDH. You were wrong. You made claims about every Gopher recruit that were wrong.
I have no reason at all to think you are not totally wrong about McNeal.
Before anyone starts believing Purdue will play poorly Saturday because they played poorly last week, remember that Curtis Painter has thrown for over 10,000 yards in his career and ranks up with Drew Breeze as one of the top 5 all-time Big Ten passers.
Purdue still has receivers and they still have Tiller’s offense which has always been successful. Yes, there seem to be some problems and distractions going on but they could come out firing and clicking on Saturday.
This will be a tough road game. I expect the Gophers to win but I am not looking for anything easy.
Yes, DACey, McNeal is having such a HUUUUGE season isn’t he?
Tex … Willie did not need a butt-chewing. He was the best player on the field for 60 minutes.
I always find it hilarious that officials have the idea a guy swinging a bare hand can hurt a guy with a helmet on his head.
david_allen_coe says:
October 23rd, 2008 at 12:28 pm
Bud … Having a football coach named and in waiting is not a common method of transition. Purdue did it extremely well in basketball with Keady naming his successor from the staff before his final year. I can see why they did the same thing with Tiller.
Yes, Bud, I am reading comments from Michigan internet sites. All of them lament McNeal’s decision to decommit. There is not a hint of anything as silly as “he was let go”.
Whatever your source is makes no difference to me. It is you, personally, who has no credibility on this board. So claiming some mysterious “source” in Michigan means nothing to us here.
Last year you claimed TDeLeon was not recruited by Nebraska and did not visit Nebraska. You were wrong. You claimed Shady wasn’t starting for CDH. You were wrong. You made claims about every Gopher recruit that were wrong.
I have no reason at all to think you are not totally wrong about McNeal.
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There is no reason, because he once again is wrong. I have sources close to the team. I knew about Weber before Kent did. Bud’s “source” is the scout free board. Don’t ever take him seriously.
Jimbo says:
October 23rd, 2008 at 8:50 am
Interesting that after the felonious Hogeyes got a win, Pantherhog/Crudeboy reappears. I guess he got done slopping (or sleeping with) the hogs.
Crudeboy, many of us are homers and proud of it. That is NOT a derogatory term.
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It is typical isn’t it? Iowa beat the bottom two teams in the Big Ten and PH rips into our schedule LMAOR. In two weeks he’ll be gone again tail between legs.
It is interesting that Kent allows him to stay, this is the only site he hasn’t been kicked off of that I know of. All the other Gopher sites, the Iowa rivals board, Montana St, Bowling Orange (green), NIU, and more.
Texas Gopher says:
October 23rd, 2008 at 12:17 pm
I hope someone pulled Willie VDS to the side, showed him the film, and gave him a good butt chewing. He was lucky he did not get thrown out of the Illinois game.
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Derek says:
October 23rd, 2008 at 12:46 pm
Texas Gopher says:
October 23rd, 2008 at 12:17 pm
I hope someone pulled Willie VDS to the side, showed him the film, and gave him a good butt chewing. He was lucky he did not get thrown out of the Illinois game.
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We are lucky that the penalties were offsetting. Willie needs to be agressive and not cross the line. He was outstanding between the snap and the whistle.
Chances McNeal is a Gopher:
20%
Crude Panty Hose …. Did you buy some new, pink panty hose? Is that why you are back here? To parade and show your panty hose? Or is the pornography business just a little slow?
You know nothing about McNeal’s season, his team’s season, the reasons for his season, or anything about McNeal’s ability. You know nothing about football in general.
McNeal has been considered one of the top couple of high school seniors in Minnesota by many schools. He was offered a scholarship by many. He committed to Michigan.
He saw how Michigan’s season is going comparing to the very exciting resurrection of Gopher football under Tim Brewster. He would rather play for the Gophers than Michigan.
That is a good thing. Your pink panty hose are not.
Derek advises,
“Bud’s “source” is the scout free board. Don’t ever take him seriously.”
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No one here takes anything he says seriously. He has spent a year and a half trying to undermine Brewster and the Gopher football program. He has trashed every player associated with Brewster. He has been uniformily wrong about everything.
YOu can NEVER put much stock in any recruit. They have to show up on campus, register for classes, attend the classes and make satisfactory progress, show up at practice, put the pads on and start competing with other college players. All this fantasy recruiting nonsense is a total farce, hype-job and totally empty words and empty promises and might or might not have any kind of credibility.
Potential is a terrible thing to waste talking about. Let’s see what happens after two, three our four years.
Fantasy recruiting fanatics are the worst…
Bayfield: I want Big Ten wins. I LOVE Big Ten wins for the Gophers. I’ll praise any and every Big Ten win.
I detest Big Ten losses. I’ll certainly be heard when Big Ten losses happen.
The players get credit for the wins. This brewster and this brewster’s coaches will get credit for any and all Big Ten losses. That is the way it is in college football.
Right now this brewster has 2 Big Ten wins and 9 Big Ten losses. That is NOT acceptable. That is NOT good. That grades out very poorly. ONLY Big Ten wins of any kind can help a pathetic situation of that kind.
BEAT Purdue on Saturday Gophers! I want to celebrate a Golden Gopher Big Ten win. There have not been enough Big Ten wins ever since I the mobbers, bashers and ba$tards got their way. 2-9 as a Big Ten Coach is NOT acceptable. This brewster needs to step it up. He will NEVER have a better chance than he will have during the final five Big Ten games of the 2008 Big Ten Schedule.
I truely believe the gollfers are the one team in the big 10 who deserves to have its players injured during a game. Heres to several career-enders ala brandon owens on saturady &
BOILER UP!
renbawlblather says,
“YOu can NEVER put much stock in any recruit. They have to show up on campus, register for classes, attend the classes and make satisfactory progress, show up at practice, put the pads on and start competing with other college players.”
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That is true, renbabbler, whether the recruits are zero star, one star, or two stars such as Mason signed or the three and four stars Brewster is recruiting.
To say recruiting is “fantasy” or a “farce” only points out how ignorant you are about how a football team is built.
Bayfield, unfortunately there are individuals so consumed by hatred and bitterness that they will never be able to join the fun.
Luckily, us real fans are enjoying this season immensely, and see that the future of Gopher football is as bright as it’s ever been.
The bitter people can wallow in their misery. The true fans will support the team and the University.
GO GOPHERS!!!
I am having a great year rooting for the Gophers. This brewster actually fiigured out that he couldn’t throw away the ooc schedule this year so the team beat the cupcakes. That is ALWAYS good for some good laughs and God only knows how much I LOVE Gopher wins! The 2007 season was the WORST season I have ever had as a Gopher football fan. 1-11 overall and 0-8 n Big Ten play. Now THAT was disgusting! Gopher wins are GOOD! Now, hopefully this brewster will have a decent game plan to get out there and smash Purdue on Saturday. I want…I demand a win on Saturday. All will be good when the Gophers beat Purdue on Saturday. I don’t even have a back up plan. ONLY a win will do on Saturday. This Purdue team is SO lame-duck and is struggling SO much there is NO WAY that the Gophers won’t win. I’m going to call it a 27-17 Gopher win. The Gophers will win. They HAVE to win. I will be very happy once that Big Ten win is safely deposited under the W column for the Gophers. Then it is on to SMASH NU! Win ‘em all Gophers. This five game Big Ten stretch is set up for Gopher wins better than any Big Ten stretch I have EVER seen. There really is no reason to even imagine that they could possibly lose ANY of these Big Ten games! It’s really a great year!
what i like about this team is that they seem to handle adversity well. there have been many times when i thought that this team could have quit and did not. ohio state is a prime example. (some people say that the last two TDs were “trash TDs”, but how many trash TDs did MSU score against ohio state). there were also many times against illinois when they could have relaxed and did not–the goal line stand in the 3rd comes to mind. but also the spry fumble. i really think that we have a good shot to win, even if the odds makers don’t.
Jimbo.
You may think I am crazy but I always have respected Wren. He has a ton of insight and past history about the Gopher program. In spite of his ramblings and overtures which I often ten to overlook, I know Wren is a true fan.
He is hanging on to his anger over the Mason dismissal. And he is having fun on this blog. Me too when I take the time. I enjoy trading barbs with him. Something for him to pass his time.
Brewster does not need to step it up at this moment in his tenure. Deep down Wren knows that it will take time for the Gophers to turn the corner. And he has 4 or 5 years to get there.
Reading a post by Bud is not complicated once you understand the drill. Up is down, black is white, night is day.
Example: if Bryce McNeal commits to Michigan he is the best high school player in Minnesota and Brewster is incompetent for not keeping him home.
If McNeal later decommits from Michigan, he is then a slug with no talent and he didn’t really decommit, his scholarship was taken back by Michigan because he is useless.
If McNeal sounds like he is now interested in the Gophers, he is even worse. He is now having a terrible high school season, he was never a player in the first place and no other team would take him.
If subsequently McNeal commits to someone other than the Gophers again, he will instantly attain his previous status as the best high school player in Minnesota and Brewster will again be a moron for letting him get away.
As I said, it is not complicated once you understand the rules.
Bayfield … Yes, I see your point.
While Bud and buffloonatic are trying to weasel around the fact Brewster is kicking their butts nine ways from Sunday, old Wrenbabbler at least has the integrity to maintain his steadfastly mindless anti-Brewster blathering.
I see why you respect him so much.
Bayfield,
I picked the Gophers to finish 7-5 this year, so, obviously anything up to that mark and/or beyond will be a good thing. Wins…especially Big Ten wins are the ONLY true barometer of where this program is in terms of recruiting, competing in the Big Ten and being good citizens in the world of college football. Perhaps that last catagory, being good citizens in the world of college football is the thing I hold the most dearly and is the most important mark as far as I am concerned. Being good citizens of the college football community means graduating more and more football players and educating the kids who play football for the University of Minnesota. Next comes running a good, clean program. Equally important with running the clean program would be competing within the Big Ten Conference. To give the kids in the program a good experience, the program MUST be competetive.
I am the most upset with the administration of the Unversity of Minnesota. They have not been open and honest. They have fired too many good football coaches over the decades. They didn’t provide adequate support. They have asked me to contribute, but they have NOT provided these good men who coached the program with adequate support.
It is too mind-boggling to me that our administrations ran off Bierman…Warmath…Stoll…and…Mason. The ones that hurt the most for me personally were Warmath and Stoll. I was too young to know much about Bierman…that was TRAGIC. By the time we got to Mason, nothing surprised me. However, prexy b and maturi were not honest in coming to the point in time where they let Mason’s contract run down…hurting recruiting…then extended him for FIVE years…only to buy him out at a huge cost a year later. Why not just let his contract expire and be men enough to accept the consequences re: getting naming rights money for the stadium project and then getting it passed through the legislature. prexy b and maturi were not direct, straight forward and to the point. Yet, they still ask me for my contributions. When they waste money the way they wasted that money?
In my mind, I also was extremely disappointed with the way the boosters went from selling Mason to hating him. This brewster’s personality and style was brash and pretty tacky the way he came in here and promptly went 1-11 and 0-8 in his first year when he NEVER should have lost that many games.
Let’s face it. I have been extremely loyal to every coach of the University of Minnesota football program during my lifetime. That seriously means over half a century. But prexy b and maturi and this brewster…with their 2007 actions and 2007 results made me realize that there really is NO reason to become a “loyal” fan. Based upon the way coaches are hired and fired, it is stupid to care about anything except the honesty of the program, the graduation rates (because it IS college football) and the Big Ten win/loss record. Why bother to care about the coach? Coaches are a dime a dozen. They come and they go. administrators just do the cowardly thing over and over again. Booster clubs don’t have real loyalty. They only want to sell access and too many of them want to do the “insider” thing. I really don’t see much need for that kind of thing. I don’t like the lack of real loyalty. That stuff is really kind of a downer element of college football. In the end, the only things that really matter are the honesty of the program, the graduation of the players and being competetive within the conference.
And, I have a hell of a lot of fun getting some of the dirty trick players to stoop so low as to call me names. Those are the very people who need to be contrasted until they can’t stand being contrasted any longer and do the d_a_c thing with the name calling…
And, let’s face it: contrast is good for the soul! Now, get this brewster off his duff and make sure that he has an adequate game plan to destory Purdue on Satruday. Of course, a 1 point win would be just as good as a good, old fashioned blow out win. 21 points or 1 point…a win is a win is a win.
And the way this schedule looks, it could be the kind of year that teams other than Michigan and Ohio State need to have a shot at a title run. Having Michigan in a season throw away mode sure does help a lot! When Michigan was so far down in the late 1950’s through the mid 1960’s Ohio State was still strong. BUT, Warmath of Minnesota, Evechevski of Iowa and Bruhn (sp?) of Wisconsin had GREAT success for a few years. When Michigan throws away a season, the balance of power in the Big Ten is skewed and it gives a few of the other programs a chance to go to the Rosebowl Game.
But, in the end, what this brewster’s apologists need is to have a few people contrasting their biased and ultra-controlled and controlling personalities. I’ll be happy to be one of the contrasters. I’ll have lots of fun doing the contrast thing!
wren,
as usual i did not get past your first sentence–and it is not because they bother me, but because i try to avoid reading for school and i don’t have time for these long posts.
Wren,
In the end I don’t care how easy the schedule is, none of the Masonites thought Brewster would win more then a couple games. Heck, you guys didn’t even think Brewster could beat Eden Prairie High School.
Your talking tough now but your expectations keep going up and up as we win more games. You even said BEFORE the season started that Brewster wouldn’t win enough games to keep his job. I’m not a Masonite or a Brewsterite, but I know for sure Brewster has done a lot better then ANY Masonite thought he would. Including you and your Buddy Loon!
Wren, Sstoll was a 2 faced lying sob. God rest his soul>
littlebigboy:
1. Why would I believe anything somebody called littlebigboy has to say?
2. Football coaches lie every time they go on a recruiting trip. They lie to the recruits, the recruits parents, and everybody else involved. They tell every recruit they go after that the recruit can be a difference maker, can eventually earn a lot of playing time, etc, It’s the hype. What do think this brewster does? He lays it on so thick. Coaches are full of b.s. and full of lies. And the thing is, the kids being recruited EAT IT UP. The kids being recruited are such egotistican fools that they will believe anything good said about them. And, the parents are even worse. They hear what they want to hear. And they think the sun rises and sets in everything littlbigboy does.
3. Too bad you got your feelings hurt littlebigboy, but good for Cal for having the gift of gab and the personality of a salesman, I guess. That’s what you dudes and dudettes like about this brewster character. He is a salesman and when he turns it on he never stops. In essence, he can pile it higher and deeper and thicker…he’s quit good at b.s-ing, so to speak. That is the essence of the fantasy recruiting top-ten types. They are all 2 faced lying sob’s. That’s what the recruitnicks like littlebigboy.
Good spreaddefense: I was hoping that you wouldn’t read that post. I had some stuff in there that might have been a little senitive for you to have read. It’s good that you don’t read those posts. Only the short little ones. That’s for the best in your case, I think! Thanks for taking time to let me know though. That was really special of you! I appreciated hearing from you spread.
Murray Warmath was a straight shooter, and an honorable man. Stoll was not!
This is a thing of beauty, don’t you think:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZhLLbKCxlg
Now that, is a smackdown on a very dirty player!
i was being serious, though, wren.
what’s with the giant posts?
so i have a short attention span. maybe my act score wasn’t high enough for minnesota. but do you really think that this forum is the right place for your essays?
Of course this blog site is just perfect for any and every size post spreaddefense. All post sizes are welcomed here. Big ones. Little ones. Tall ones. Short ones. Wordy posts. Skimpily worded posts. Medium sized posts. Jumbo sized posts. Mini-sized posts This old blog is a home for posts of all shapes, sizes, styles, ideologies and lengths. Some poters go to great lengths. Some posters hardly go to any lengths. Giant posts. Midget posts. And, everything in between. This is the right time for my posts. This is the right place for my posts. It’s good. It is all good spreaddefense.
You write how you want to write. I’ll write how I want to write. You don’t have to read what I write if you don’t want. I don’t have to read what you write if I don’t want. Life is really good when we all have the opportunity to post the way we each wish to post. Variety of size in posts is really a good thing!
Contrast.
THE Renegade Rambler was a great American contrast artist formerly known as wren. THE renegade Rambler does not post here. Obviously, someone has attempted to hijack this great American contrast artist. I will formally disavow any posts made in THE Renegade Rambler image. Cheap immitations can NEVER capture the essence of THE Renegade Rambler. Believe me, this imposter is NO Renegade Rambler. ;0)
Wren is a mobber and a basher! Wins good, bowl games good, contrast good.
I don’t understand why Gopher haters even bother reading this. What’s the point?
For all the fairweather Gopher fans (you know who you are), I’d be interested in knowing what your opinion of Tim Brewster was two months ago. It didn’t take long for public opinion to make a 180.
Whyne Renbawls … Only the most mindless of haters would continue to assert that Coach Brewster has apologists or needs apologists. He does not.
Brewster inherited the worst defense in Division I. The team had limited talent and no depth. He spent the first season putting in new systems and working with debilitating injuries to almost every returning, experienced player.
With one recruiting class and one year to develop the former coaches’ players he has engineered one of the most dramatic turnarounds in college football. No one could have predicted a few months ago this team would be 6-1 and ranked.
Mindless detractors like you are losers. Brewster and the Gophers are winners.
“I don’t understand why Gopher haters even bother reading this. What’s the point?”
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Are you unfamiliar with meth-induced mental illness?
Wren–your infatuation with Mason sounds like you need professional help. Are you in the closet?? Get over his departure and move on.
The odds makers have a 1-11 team that has started 6-1 favored by 1 on the road, during homecoming, at a place we haven’t won in 18 years.
This is a huge statement game.
BigGuy—this is a huge game in so many ways. This is the kind of game that needs to be won. The ramifications of a win would go a long ways. A loss would not hurt the program as much as a win would help it. I am confident the team will be ready to play, whether that translates into a win is why they play the game. I know this is all obvious—I am ready for the kickoff. Good luck to Gopher Nation!
gophers.
Yes DAC and I was the only one before the Ill. game to say we were going to win. And I know nothing. Show me the post where I said McNeal was a good player last year? I never said SS was not the starter on the CDH team last year. I said he was not the best RB on that team. I did say he was not a big time running back like we are use to and so far I am correct. He had his chance to take the running back job when DB was injured and he did not get the job done. You try to disprove my thoughts with the DE comment from last year and it was pointed out that I was checking Scout and they know nothing. Did you see the Neb. game last sat. Lucky looks like the real deal at Neb. DE made the right decision by coming to MN. How stupid does your comments look now when earlier this year you were trashing Floyd for not having many catches for ND. I bet you would take him now given the excellent production from our 4 star class of recruits. Green, Smith, Brandon, and Hill. I stand corrected Hill did not make it into school.
I hope Weber airs it out a couple of times just to keep the DB’s honest. Those Illini DB’s kept creeping up further and further as the game progressed and I don’t think Weber went deep one time.
Bud–I doubt DAC was “trashing” Floyd. That guy is going to be playing on Sunday afternoons. You never answered my question earlier—have you seen McNeal and Floyd play in HS, and if so, how do they compare??
tex: that would be this dunbar’s job to get that done. This dunbar doesn’t appear to want to do that. It sounds as though you are questioning the offensive coordinator. Why heap all that crap on Mr. Weber? Without Mr Weber, I hate to think what we would be looking at here. this dunbar and this brewster need to take responsibility for everything that happens on the field…all of the time. You have a complaint about the passing routes…bring it on home to this dunbar and this brewster. The qb is out there doing what his coaches tell him to do. Put it on the necks of this dunbar and this brewster, tex. That’s where your complaints need to go.
tex: d_a_c is the type who tries to trash. He is not good at it and in the end he shows what kind of person he is with what he posts. Is this d_a_c a first-classed act? Go ahead and tell me that he is and we will know a lot about you too, texasgopher…
It needs to be pointed out that DAC;s insistence on bashing the players from a year ago and futher are unjust. We start 5 0f the front seven who had nothing to do in recruiting by Coach Brewster. Two in the back end and DB was pretty good last year. If you want to say they are a year older and therefore should be a year better then fine. But to paint a picture of a defense loaded with Brewster recruits is just like saying BO is going to lower my taxes more than McCain.
TX. I would not put this game in the must win side of the season. We have won the must win games this year already. As each season goes along some games become more important than others. Because we are 6-1 this game means we could be 7-1 or 6-2. If we win then a different set of windows may open up for us. If we lose then another set of windows open up for us and the next game against NW takes on a different meaning. It is fun to sit back and think of the different things that could end up happening this year but in the end we just have to sit back and see how well the players handle the week to week prep. I am sure they will be ready to play and give it their all. Remember, in football it is not how well the other team plays that usually determines the out come of the game. It is usually how well we play.
Wren—of course Weber’s actions are a result of the O-coordinator game plan. So, substitute Dunbar for Weber in the above post. As far as DAC goes, I don’t always see eye to eye with him. Most recently he downplayed the significance of Willie VDS getting that off-setting penalty. I thought he, and the Gophers, were extremely lucky he wasn’t thrown out of the game (and it was early on too). Wren, why don’t you show a little respect?? Calling them “this brewster and this dunbar” is condesending.
Bud—like I’ve said before, this is deja vu. The program has been here before, newly ranked with a winnable game. I think the last five games in this situation we have lost. Like BigGuy said, this is a “statement” game. A win would say this is not your old Gophers football program. The momentum created would be huge. I am telling you, a win tomorrow and NW coming to town would get the town talking.
TX, it would have been a huge mistake for the officials to eject VanDeSteeg for that little slap. And it was in retaliation, so the offsetting penalties was the right call. I don’t condone it, but it was definitely not an ejectionable offense. He does need to keep his emotions in check, though, he’s much too important to the team.
Bud, understand that d_a(sp)_can be a huge pain at times, but he NEVER has bashed a player to my recollection. Saying someone is not talented enough to play major college football is not bashing. Comparing a player to this/that wren, for example, now THAT would be bashing.
BigGuy says:
October 24th, 2008 at 7:43 am
The odds makers have a 1-11 team that has started 6-1 favored by 1 on the road, during homecoming, at a place we haven’t won in 18 years.
This is a huge statement game.
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Are you kidding me? A 1 pt fav. over a 2-5, 0 wins in the Big 10, nobody! If the oddsmakers had any faith in mouth brewster and his 6-1 cupcake run, we would be favored by 17!!
tex: I have no reason to respect any coach. All the coaches at the U of M I have shown so much respect to for more than a half a century have been bashed, driven out and/or fired in the press and by the pathetic administrations who run the University of Minnesota. No one else restpects the coaches, so, why should I. I have watched fans, administrators and media members “condesending ALL over themselves…” in their treatment of coaches I have resoected SO much. How could I EVER respect this brewster when he threw away the 2007 season? (If I were a Michigan fan I could NEVER restpct this richrod dude who is throwing away the 2008 season. There are some things that can NEVER be forgiven by this football fan. Throwing away a season is one of them.
This brewster and this dunbar have a tremendous amount to show me yet to even begin to make a dent in that pile of disrespect I have for them for throwing away the 2007 season. I think they left 6f wins on the table during last season’s incredibly easy schedule. I highly doubt if either one of them will be around the University of Minnesota long enough to overcome that deficit spending of MY good will for them while they ran up that 1-11, 0-8 Big Ten record during their throw away 2007 season.
The same goes for prexy b and maturi for the way they handled the whole deal. PAY BACK the GENERAL FUND right NOW prexy b. Your creativ financing stinks. Don’t come with your hand out to the state legislators for money for the General Fund until that is ALL repaid.
PU is not “the” statement game. The Gophers can make a huge statement by winning 3 of their last 5 games and finish 5-3. We can lose to PU and beat a likely 7-1 NU team. IMO, that would raise a lot of eyebrows. PU is 0-3 and amidst a lot of controversary. Or beat Michigan and an emerging Iowa team.
There is plenty of opportunity for statement games assuming we win some.
I pick PU 34-Gophers 27.
Painter and #24 are dangerous if they take care of the ball. PU held OSU (Pryor & Wells) pretty well in check something we did not do. I think we are going into a hornets nest Saturday.
Bud … It is almost sad to see a grown man lie and weasel to deny his past statements. Try to find some integrity.
Tex says,
“Bud–I doubt DAC was “trashing” Floyd.”
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Tex … Bud is an out-and-out liar. He cannot produce a post in a million years where I trashed Floyd or demeaned his abilities .. something Bud has done to every Brewster recruit. Of course I would like to have Floyd. Who wouldn’t.
A football illiterate says,
“The qb is out there doing what his coaches tell him to do.”
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Then this must be the only offense in America where each passing play does not present several options and different routes. It must be the only offense in America where the QB is instructed to look at one receiver all the way and never check down or look deep if that receiver is not deep.
Bud … You have elevated dishonesty to a professional level. Congrats.
I did not “trash” the players inherited by Brewster. I pointed out many times the number of experienced Big Ten-grade players was very limited and there was no depth. Mason’s last two recruiting classes were very weak.
I have also pointed out this year that Brewster and his staff have done a very good job of developing the older players as well as bringing in a lot of help in the recruiting class.
Unlike you, Bud, I do not differentiate between old and new Gophers. They are all Gophers and it is my team. Every player who wears maroon and gold is as good as a son to me. You are the one who has made a dirty career out of bashing any player associated with Brewster.
The head coaching job at Minnesota, in terms of importance of activities, consists of 50% recruiting, 30% player development, and 20% game prep and game day coaching. Brewster and his staff have excelled in all three aspects this year.
david_allen_coe says:
October 23rd, 2008 at 2:44 pm
Reading a post by Bud is not complicated once you understand the drill. Up is down, black is white, night is day.
Example: if Bryce McNeal commits to Michigan he is the best high school player in Minnesota and Brewster is incompetent for not keeping him home.
If McNeal later decommits from Michigan, he is then a slug with no talent and he didn’t really decommit, his scholarship was taken back by Michigan because he is useless.
If McNeal sounds like he is now interested in the Gophers, he is even worse. He is now having a terrible high school season, he was never a player in the first place and no other team would take him.
If subsequently McNeal commits to someone other than the Gophers again, he will instantly attain his previous status as the best high school player in Minnesota and Brewster will again be a moron for letting him get away.
As I said, it is not complicated once you understand the rules.
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From what I’ve heard Oklahoma has the inside shot at McNeal. I’ve heard he is visiting Oklahoma, Texas Tech, and Colorado plus two other schools. If McNeal were to change his mind and pick the Gophs, I’m sure we would get an Eskridgelike story from Bud and his “sources”.
Bud says:
October 24th, 2008 at 9:59 am
Yes DAC and I was the only one before the Ill. game to say we were going to win. And I know nothing. Show me the post where I said McNeal was a good player last year? I never said SS was not the starter on the CDH team last year. I said he was not the best RB on that team. I did say he was not a big time running back like we are use to and so far I am correct. He had his chance to take the running back job when DB was injured and he did not get the job done. You try to disprove my thoughts with the DE comment from last year and it was pointed out that I was checking Scout and they know nothing. Did you see the Neb. game last sat. Lucky looks like the real deal at Neb. DE made the right decision by coming to MN. How stupid does your comments look now when earlier this year you were trashing Floyd for not having many catches for ND. I bet you would take him now given the excellent production from our 4 star class of recruits. Green, Smith, Brandon, and Hill. I stand corrected Hill did not make it into school.
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You’ve been completely wrong on all accounts and don’t have the sack to admit it. Don’t go trashing other posters for your own shortcomings. Admit it and move on like a big boy.
Jumbo says to Tex,
“He (Willie V) does need to keep his emotions in check, though, he’s much too important to the team.”
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The point I was making is that I don’t want Willie to keep his emotions in check. He thrives on emotion. He played the biggest role in defeating Illinois purely on emotion, heart, and guts.
I objected to Tex saying someone should be chewing his butt off for whiffing on a half-hearted little slap after being pushed.
Willie VanDesteeg is a great football player. He knows what he is doing out there and he knows the line not to cross. He did not cross the line at Illinois and does not need any reprimand or to be told to “play more like a Bud/Mason kind of defender.” We don’t need any more half-asleep Bud/Mason kind of defensive players.
Bud says:
October 24th, 2008 at 10:11 am
It needs to be pointed out that DAC;s insistence on bashing the players from a year ago and futher are unjust. We start 5 0f the front seven who had nothing to do in recruiting by Coach Brewster. Two in the back end and DB was pretty good last year. If you want to say they are a year older and therefore should be a year better then fine. But to paint a picture of a defense loaded with Brewster recruits is just like saying BO is going to lower my taxes more than McCain.
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You conviently left out that Brewster and Roof moved two players to new positions that have helped out trendously. Sherrels is the teams best corner and Campbell is much better at LB. Add to that, the DT rotation includes 3 of 4 Brewster recruits. The players on defense with the most impact after WVS are almost all Brewster recruits.
Maybe its time to admit your BS theories on Brewster recruits getting extra stars is just BS? Again, try and be a big boy Budinsky.
Here’s what we actually know about our team this year by now.
We are not the worst team in the Big Ten this year. Indiana is a wreck.
We are not one of the two best teams. I have seen enough to know PSU and OSU are better than we are.
The rest is all talk and not one word more than just talk.
Go All Whites, beat Purdue!!!
Does everyone here know what a buffloon is?
It is a combined buffoon and a loon. It doesn’t get much more ignorant.
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