He is no longer a Golden Gopher but here is your chance to support Paul Carter's family and his sister who is fighting cancer. The link is there, you can choose to do with it what you want.

Finally some good news. After transfers, rumors of transfers, arrests, secondary recruiting violations, etc; it is nice to get some positive news. After disappointing APR scores last spring, the Gophers are pleased to announce their highest APR score since the NCAA began tracking this metric. And after the football team lost 2 scholarships a year ago it was nice to see that they have nicely rebounded... The most striking example of that academic progress was turned in by the Gopher football team, which posted a staggering 81-point improvement in its APR number compared to last year. Overall, Gopher football has now improved 60 points from where it was four years ago. all scores. Men's Sports - Multiyear Rate/2008-2009 Score Baseball - 969/982 Basketball - 960/981 Cross Country - 984/986 Football - 934/968 Golf -959/1,000 Gymnastics - 990/963 Hockey - 962/990 Swimming & Diving - 982/969 Tennis - 969/1,000 Track & Field (indoor) - 972/973 Track & Field (Outdoor) - 971/973 Wrestling - 953/935 Women's Sports - Multiyear Rate/2007-2008 Score Women's Basketball - 960/1,000 Women's Cross Country - 990/1,000 Women's Rowing - 994/1,000 Women's Golf - 976/946 Women's Gymnastics -990/ 1,000 Women's Hockey - 988/1,000 Women's Softball - 978/970 Women's Soccer - 1,000/1,000 Women's Swimming & Diving - 965/938 Women's Tennis - 993/1,000 Women's Track & Field (indoor) - 988/972 Women's Track & Field (Outdoor) - 989/973 Women's Volleyball - 990/978

A secondary violation from the Sean Henderson recruitment. Minnesota broke the rules and still didn't get the kid. Oh well.

Minnesota has received a sizable donation that will allow them to completely renovate Siebert Field, returning baseball to campus (and outdoors). This is a huge commitment and will be a great recruiting tool for baseball, a sport Minnesota has historically been very good in.

Seriously, what the hell is going to happen next? All through the Royce White saga I kept telling myself "at least we've got Mbakwe likely coming back!" This sucks if he does in fact leave. Maturi's quote... "I met with him and told him we are pleased with how he handled a tough year and how well he did academically," Maturi said. "We look forward to him playing for the Gophers, but the charge against him must be resolved before he can play."