OT- Minn loses leading rusher - Eskridge
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=6673677&campaign=rss&source=NCFHeadlines
Subject pretty much explains it all but the article also states that Senior Tight End Tiree Eure has left the team.
Coach Kill is probably gnashing his terrible teeth over this one.
Those are not terrible
Just Gopher-like
big time.
That just added one point to the number of points UM will be favored by on Oct 1.
This is precisely why we do NOT want a mascot!
What is Minnesota, Alex.
I so agree.
Dave Brandon is relentlessly and methodically destroying everything that makes Michigan unique in college football.
he had opted for a mascot. Don't we get a plebiscite?
How does the person see out of that gopher head? I would assume there are eyeholes in the dark parts of the eyes, but they seem too spread out. for both eyes to line up behind them.
through the rear, and--another ass whuppin' in the books--head home to cuss your kids.
I don't know how Minnesota does it, but a lot of plush mascots actually call for the wearer to look out of the mouth of the costume--which is why the mouth is open. I have friends who were mascot monkeys in junior high. In Minnesota's case, I suppose Goldy's face must sit a couple of inches forward of the wearer's face so the wearer gets some stereovision out of both eye holes.
that the cheeks/face are meshy and can be seen through.
Goldie Gopher is actually a chipmunk, not a gopher.
EDIT: http://www.mndaily.com/2003/07/21/goldie-really-gopher
It might set East Dakota's National Championship aspirations back a year or more!
Prepare for rioting.
I wonder if Kill is going to have a brutal first year like Rodriguez while the culture gets a makeover. Not everybody reacts positively to being humiliated.
Kill is not exactly replacing a legend, nor could he possibly radically change an offensive culture that has changed every year for the past three years.
Mason actually had a pretty good offensive identity with his smaller mobile linemen and zone blocking scheme. Always seemed to have productive running backs and running game.
Mason's problem between the lines was that his defenses were undersized and slow and not good at football.
I don't care if it's a high school. If you replace a "players' coach" with Gunnery Sergeant Hartman, the results get really unpredictable. Some people react to it positively, others don't.
Rich Rod's tough practices are not why the fan base rebelled against him, nor was it any humiliations. Rich Rod did not strip players of their wings until his third year.
It was his style of play, his "not understanding the rivalries," his "not understanding the number one jersey and Braylon's ego," his not understanding that he was not Mike Debord, or Brady Hoke, or Les Miles, and his not understanding that you cannot lose games at Michigan.
Kill does not face that intercine pressure, he does not face a hostile press, he does not face a fan base that expects even New Years Day bowls. They expect him to beat South Dakota and MAC schools and occasionally beat Iowa and Wisconsin.
in the picture posted you can see holes , 10 of them in between the nose and the teeth.