Golden Nuggets for 01.06.09
by GopherNation on Jan 6, 2009 3:00 AM CST
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I'm sitting here watching Ohio State try to give the Big Ten some of it's dignity back after a brutal bowl season. Unfortunately a close loss is still a loss and a loss does nothing for the Big Ten's image. For the record, Minnesota scored more on this Ohio State defense than any team on their schedule, except USC and Texas. Come back tomorrow for more meaningless stats and useless analysis.
Since it is still bowl season lets take a look at a few football related stories to start.
- Incoming four-star, running back Hasan Lipscomb finished the season ranked as the #42nd best player in the state of Texas according to the Austin American Statesman. This is up three spots from his #45 ranking to begin the season.
- Although the Gophers lost out on a couple big recruits this past weekend, they did secure a four-star, JUCO cornerback. Taikwon Paige committed to Brewster and staff. Worst case he gets buried on the depth chart, best case he comes in and earns a starting spot (ala Tramain Brock or Traye Simmons), most likely he should provide depth to the secondary.
- Maybe we jumpstarted another Big Twelve team to the top of their conference with an Insight Bowl loss. The Kansas City Star thinks the Jayhawks may be the early favorites in the Big 12 North for 2009 (don't tell that to Nebraska).
- Penn State lost a huge game on January 1st as the Gopher women's basketball team beat Penn State. Take THAT BSD!!
- Finally the most recent Bracketology has the Gopher hoops team up to a six seed facing Stanford in the West Region. He also has Kentucky as an 11 seed in the Midwest Region. What Mr. Lunardi is not recognizing here is that if the Gophers and Kentucky are anywhere near seeds that would play each other, expect that the committee will make that happen.
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Bingo
The Gophers and UK will play each other in NCAA tourney at the first opportunity.
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- Clearly Mack Brown is a failure at recruiting. According to the Texas Top 55 list at least 4 of the top 10 players in Texas are leaving the state. What happened to locking the borders there?
- I see our former commit, Eric Stephens, on the list at #36. Still sorry to see him not on our list anymore.
- In looking at the Bracketology I did notice that they are shipping Minnesota to Dayton instead of having them play in Minneapolis. You’d think the committee might try to keep them at home to boost attendance if possible. That might be a nice bonus to get 2 home crowds.
two comments
1 – the Gophers cannot play at home during the first round, NCAA rule. The U of MN is hosting the first round site and they cannot host their own team. A team can play at home for a regional but that is a little different because you have to earn it by winning your first couple games.
2 – I get the sarcasm about locking down the borders but it is absolutely imperative that TB get the top 4 or 5 MN kids every year. Mack can get away with it because there are about 45 four-star recruits. He can lose a handful of the ones at the top and still get double-digit four-star kids. We have one, some years up to three. If we lose them then we have to go to other states to replace what we lost in our own back yard.
As well as TB has recruited, I do believe he has done a poor job at keeping MN kids here. 2009 was an improvement but we’ve lost the three best players MN has had to offer in his two classes (Floyd, Mobley, McNeal). And he’s going to have his hands full trying to land Hageman in 2010 as every school in the country will be after him.
what you say here can, and will, be used against you
Henderson you mean
GN…I think you mean Sentrel Henderson, not Hageman, who we got. No way Henderson goes to MN. He has his pick to go anywhere.
Agree
I highly doubt he ends up here – too many other high level programs will be whispering in his ear.
While getting the majority of high level kids is preferable, in the end I just want high level players and couldn’t care less where they are from.
yes, I meant Henderson
and add him to the list of #1 MN targets who go elsewhere.
what you say here can, and will, be used against you
Plenty of Room for Paige
Most of the Big Ten will be using the spread. There’s always room for another CB. We’ll be using plenty of Nickel/Dime. And since we’re going to be ahead most of the time next year, we may have to use some Quarter* (7 DBs, 3 DL, and a LB).
*Blatently wishful thing/homerism.
by WhiteSpeedReceiver on Jan 6, 2009 12:30 PM CST reply actions
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