WHY WHY WHY WHY WHY BIG TEN
It won't matter...
We could play Minnesota but instead RichRod is going to have the opportunity to unleash hell on various other Big 10 programs. Fine by me.
If the haters don't hate you then you're doing something wrong. - David Cone
He probably doesn't have much
He probably doesn't have much longer. I think it is sad since he went to a bowl game last year. Minnesota faces a huge problem in that they are in Minnesota. Not a lot of players will want to go there. They need a Wisconsinesque approach to recruiting and philosophy.
I'm going to treat you all the same. Like dogs. - Bo
They had a head coach who
They had a head coach who believed in exactly that philosophy - and their fanbase foolishly ran him out of town four years ago.
This
This is exactly true. Minnesota was incredibly foolish for firing Glen Mason. Some schools need to recognize their ceiling, and Mason was about it for Minnesota.
Agreed.
Agreed. I was totally flabbergasted when Minnesota ran Mason out on a rail for "only" winning 7 or 8 games a year. That was one of the most foolish personnel decisions I have ever seen a college football athletic department make.
We ARE Michigan....COME GET SOME!!!
Brewster is probably done
barring an unlikely turnaround. They appear to be headed for a 1-11 or 2-10 season, which shouldn't happen in a coach's fourth year. If they had played well last year they might have earned Brewster some slack, but they squeaked into a minor bowl at 6-6 with a team that was about at the level of Mason's worst teams.
As soon as he lost to
North Dakota State, every Minny blog out there all said the same thing.
"The only reason he's not gone now is that you have to pay him for the whole year anyway, so you may as well make him suffer in the same way he's made you suffer."
Why would you want Michigan
Why would you want Michigan to get a good to great record beating up on the likes of Minnesota? I am hopeful they can make major strides this year and make a bowl, but in all seriousness if they don't start beating the likes of Wisconsin, Iowa, Sparty, and most importantly OSU, then who cares what the overall record is...???
I love scotch. Scotchy, scotch, scotch. Here it goes down, down into my belly...
- Ron Burgundy
Yes
Injuries bring Purdue down to Minnesota's level. Minnesota brings Minnesota down to Minnesota's level.
----umhannon
Poor Minnesota. Northern's D
Poor Minnesota. Northern's D was shooting through their line over and over again, Weber has seemingly regressed, and I'm fairly certain Brewster was outcoached in about every aspect of the game. If Minnesota wins more than one more game this year I will be shocked.
I wouldn't be shocked if
I wouldn't be shocked if Minnesota beat someone unexpected in the Big Ten, but I would if Purdue did. Purdue is flat out BAD.
edit: unless I missed something. I'll have to go read something about Minnesota. Either way Minny and Purdue both ran coaches out a few years ago and now they are both much worse. At least both were average under the formers.
"Ohio is like a giant turd that Michigan just can't pinch off"
Purdue's previous
coach retired. They didn't run him out of town any more than Michigan ran Lloyd out of town.
Its called retirement.
Isn't Danny Hope Tiller's hand-picked successor, too?
That's about as far as you can get from run out of town.
Where's Charlie Bauman when you need him?
Speaking of this...
Take a quick glace at MSU's schedule. No Ohio State and they play all of Minnesota, Purdue, Illinois and Northwestern. If they don't win 9 games it should be viewed as a failure for them, and it won't be because they're any good.
yup
They've got a soft schedule this year. But they do have to take on Wisconsin next week, but they've got what amounts to 8 home games this season (including that game at Ford Field).
In a game with 10,000 people
In a game with 10,000 people at it, nobody has a home field advantage.
MGoGTI
At least we get Purdue...or
At least we get Purdue...or at least what is left of them.
Minny
I remain convinced that the University of Minnesota Golden Gophers Football Experiment is actually an extremely sophisticate performance art piece, or perhaps a study for some psychology PhD candidate's dissertation: "Masochism and Cyclical Depression in an Urban Big 10 Football Fanbase."
They have 6 recognized
They have 6 recognized national championships... They were good once.
MGoGTI
Yes
Minnesota is the unlikely answer to the trivia question, "Besides Michigan and OSU, which school has won the most Big Ten titles?"
MSU?
Let's see how they do after losing to Wiscy and Michigan. I could easily see them losing to NW, Iowa, and PSU, too. Their victory over ND screwed up my projection of MSU as a 6-6 team again. Now they are looking like they are guaranteed a winning record at 7-5 before an easy bowl opponent.
Minnesota in OT?
True, they were heading toward OT vs a scrappy Middle Tennessee squad, but escaped extra innings with a late 4th qtr TD.
Sometimes a perpetual TE coach is just not the right choice
Brewster has been 1-11, 7-6 (Bowl loss), 6-7 (Bowl loss) and the expectation for 2010 (year 4) is a major turnaround. It's not going to happen, mainly because of the situation on defense (last in scoring defense and 10th in rushing defense).
Brewster can't maintain a staff either. He's changed his offensive strategy from spread to pro set in 3 years and has lost a decent DC in Ted Roof.
IMO They should have tried harder to hire Tony Dungy (a former Minn QB).
Minnesota
Nothing against the school at all, but Brewster is a prize a$$. I'll be glad to see him fired.
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Don't you worry about
Don't you worry about Minnesota being off our schedule, let me worry about blank.
Well Played
I see what you did there, in reference to my avatar. +1 sir
Blank.....Blank......You're not looking at the big picture here.
i foresee
1-11 in Tim Brewsters future
WHY WHY WHY WHY WHY BIG TEN SCHEDULE WHY!!!
They are absolutely awful, and are racking up injuries like crazy.
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