1998 Minnesota Gophers Ad Campaign
BHGP has this article up about the advertisements used for the Minnesota Football team in 1998. The article is a decent read, but the video is just plain funny.
I smell varmint poontang
All to take down what looks like a walk-on punter. Thanks for supporting the team guys.
Also, I wish they still had these. They are great.
That's obviously a stud WR.
/Braylon
Funny video, but Michigan 15, Minnesota 10, says October '98.
also, they did kill Memphis, of course (41-14), but they lost to the Lions, shockingly.
But (SPARTY NOOOO!) they scheduled MSU for Homecoming for a reason.
Minnesota 19, MSU 18
http://www.ericthrall.com/gophers/football/1998/michiganstate.html
They feasted on Sparty entrails, just like in the commercial.
happy entrails to you.
Was having severe embed problems. Looks funtional now...
Those are fantastic.
The fact that these are not still being made is what is wrong with society these days.
or its whats wrong with Minnesota now a days.
"As the field gopher gnaws on its victim's spleen ... ."
Thanks for posting this - great stuff. It's arguably a precursor to South Park's Critter Christmas.
"Regrettably, this video doesn't include the ad for the Iowa game, which was also a Gopher home game that year. (As for the game itself... we don't want to talk about it. Really, we don't. Trust me.) At least we'll always have the angry gopher."
Now that they mention it, it would have been interesting to see how a Golden Gopher would have handled a Hawkeye - I was curious as to where the rest were myself. I assume that it would have been stalking a wandering, flightless (due to injury) Hawkeye, having been separated from the end zone by Kyle McCann's arm.
In 1998, think the Hawkeyes got trounced in that game to the tune of 49-7, if memory serves. It would have been 49-0 if Robbie Crockett hadn't accidentally found the end zone in the final minute of play too.
Thanks for sharing these - very entertaining.
Only thing that will ever come to my mind when someone mentions Iowa-Minny: Iowa fans rushing the field tearing down the goalposts.......IN MINNEAPOLIS!
Sure the white guy is the slow one that gets picked off. Not sure who let the prefered walk on long snapper get his hands on the #1 jersey, can we blame RR?
I lost it when the gopher (fuzzy one) rears up and snorts like a wild hog. So clearly not what a gopher sounds like but it just looks and souds hilarious.
These videos were made to be on the internet
Michigan is doing a similar campaign next year, right?
just out scrounging for some herb.
We knew it had to end this way.
would watch again
but the commercial with the gopher chasing the pack of wolverines was my favorite. Why aren't there commercials like this anymore???
Those commericals are great. It's pretty amazing how bad Minnesota has been against the Big Ten historically.
School |
Win Pct. |
.553 |
|
.583 |
|
.585 |
|
.258 |
|
.378 |
|
.566 |
|
.597 |
|
.140 |
|
.333 |
|
.514 |
|
.508 |
|
11 Opponents |
.477 |
Note: despite a .566 win percentage against Nebraska, they've lost 16 straight to the Corn Huskers.
Also, both Fritz Crisler and Lou Holtz coached there briefly before moving on to better things.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minnesota_Golden_Gophers_football