TDG Pictures from Iowa Game
by GopherNation on Nov 27, 2010 11:43 PM CST
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PrintI was finally able to enjoy a rivalry win. It was a cold night (the coldest in TCF Bank Stadium history) but here is what I was able to get from the Iowa game. What a fun night! I'll start with the
Many more pics after the jump.
Senior Day at TCF Bank Stadium below is Ryan Collado with Coach Horton and Adam Weber running on to the field for the last time.
Iowa Hawkeyes Take the Field
Pregame Stuff
Charissa Thompson, my favorite Big Ten Network sideline reporter.
A couple of our finest wideouts, Da'Jon McKnight and Adam Weber.
The line of scrimmage and MarQueise Gray's touchdown!
I'm not sure which guy I feel more sorry for.
Iowa's first play from scrimmage.
Iowa Offense and a couple guys lounging in the snow.
MarQueise Gray's only pass attempt and Derrell Johnson-Koulianos on a kick-off return.
Grabbing Floyd of Rosedale.
Anthony Jacobs headed into the stands to celebrate with family. And the team singing Minnesota Hail to Thee.
And ice sculpture of Floyd of Rosedale.
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Nice GN!
Any chance we can get a larger version of that first Floyd pic? Need a new desktop background!
I'm going with Charissa Thompson
"Brian Cardinal left Purdue being the only Boilermaker to receive both the "Mr. Hustle" Award and the "Courage" Award four years in a row"
It DOES Matter
Of course the win matters for more than just the seniors and today. Its a huge boost for all the guys in the program to work hard during the off-season now that they have a taste of what this is all about. It matters to the previously committed recruits to see this win and the Illinois win. It also matters to the fan base, ticket money and momentum. Hats off to Coach Horton and the rest of the staff for sticking with it – and to the seniors for leadership. These two wins under adversity are simply great lessons for life.
Charissa was busy covering Minnesota football teams this weekend
Her NFL game was Vikings-Redskins.
by Ski U Mah Gopher on Nov 28, 2010 2:53 PM CST reply actions
Great coverage TDG
this past season—-good work. Will be plenty of off-season talk this year. I am real happy for the seniors that they ended with that win. The 4 or 5 years those guys went through was about as dysfunctional (coaching-wise) as any I have seen. A real testament to their character that they did not quit..
Awesome night
The Gophers played like they wanted to win! I was shocked and still am that they won. But I am GLAD they did, especially for the graduates. It was nice for once to celebrate a Trophy win instead of watching the opposing team do so. What a great way to end the season!
Though I do think my favorite part was when we clinched the win with the first down all the iowa fans filed out quickly out of TCF Bank Stadium. So much for Kinnick North 2.0 lol….
Great win.
Darko is my bodyguard.
by Premier Cherdenko on Nov 28, 2010 6:09 PM CST reply actions
Iowa game win
Thanks for the pics, I was there only because my season tickets were not sold for twice value to an iowa fan. Turned out to be one of the best games ever played by the gophers, great to experience it. The talent is there. Gophers have finally been allowed to play the game under coach Horton. Did you see the team and coaches dancing on the sideline during the game? Well deserved. I may renew for next year as I don’t think a lot of rebuilding is needed.
by bobbyspringfield on Nov 28, 2010 7:16 PM CST reply actions
Randy Shannon - Fallback.
So if Doogie is right that Randy Shannon wants to come here, I think he’ll be a halfway decent fall-back option. He loses a lot of his luster since he was just canned, but I think Shannon deserves a lot of credit for his off-the-field work at Miami. He was hired and charged with cleaning up the program’s image with the law and academics. Though he has accomplished exactly what Miami’s adminstration has asked of him, he didn’t win enough games (Win Totals in his four years of 5, 7, 9, 7) to stand up to The Hurricane’s lofty expectations.
I think he’s a good defensive mind and recruiter who cleaned up the Miami program. And the bottom line is that Miami has dreadful facilities and a terrible budget. The program has never won without lowering its legal and academic standards to embarrassing levels. The fact that Shannon won an average of seven games per year with a clean group of kids is pretty impressive to me.
That said, I don’t think it will happen and I have twice stated that I like him only as a fallback option. Put him in the Jeff Jagodzinski category.
Careful with your laughter...
… have you ever witnessed a Minnesota Gopher head coaching search before? You act like you deserve better in Dinky… and I’d be interested to know what gives you that impression. I also hope we do better, but I’m not so sure we’ll get it.
Twitter Fodder...
*Zach Johnson says a top candidate is on campus right now. Presser tomorrow?
*Marcus Fuller reports that Marc Trestman just won another Grey Cup and that he deserves an interview (I really hope we can do better than Trestman, though he’s a good guy).
Im not sure why?
Almost everywhere i have read people that are close to the program are so anti Trestman. Although I really do not know much about the guy, I do know he went to Minnesota has head coaching expiriance and has won at a high level all of what Brewster didnt have. The same people like Sumlin and Shannon who I think are horrible options, neither are proven winners or have made the schools that they coach at better then what they were before they got there.
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