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ORIGINAL: SoMnFan

Sorry, I knwo this is gonna get me crucified ....
But I want Horton.
Cheap option, GREAT guy. Team obviously believed in him.
Yep, some huge red flags, I get them all, don;t need to lecture me .... but I want someone I can believe in and everything I've seen this guy do (in a bad situation) has impressed me.
Screw the same old hash-overs. Quit paying those clowns millions for pretending to care about the U of M.
Give it to a guy who is hungry to MAKE a name for himself without using smoke-and-mirrors. Jeff Horton.

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ORIGINAL: David Levine

Pioneer Press reporter Marcus R. Fuller:

PiPress Gophers Now
Let us just say the Gophers couldn't get Petersen and Edsall and Hoke and. ...How many people would be pleased with UW OC Paul Chryst?

PiPress Gophers Now
Just a guess, but Chryst would probably keep current assistants such as Jeff Horton and Tim Davis, maybe others. There would be stability.

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ORIGINAL: SoMnFan

Cosgrove and Brewster shoulda been a packaged deal.
Equal disasters at their jobs.

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ORIGINAL: SoMnFan

Maybe you're right ... but i would hope Horton is smart enough to know that area is the biggest need for change.
Cosgrove was a Brewster guy, haven't heard of any love affair between Horton and Cosgrove.
And you're right ... there better not be, or that'd be a deal breaker for me.

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Kill is a good coach. He has won wherever he has gone. Better than that, he has turned around every program he has been at. This is not a bad pick (if it really is the choice) considering the aftermath of the Brewster era.

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The University of Minnesota apparently has ended its search for a new football coach with Northern Illinois' Jerry Kill expected to be announced as Tim Brewster's replacement at a press conference Monday, according to Gopherillustrated.com and KSTP-TV.

After stating after Brewster's firing Oct. 17 that he was going after a "Tubby Smith-type hire" in football, Gophers athletics director Joel Maturi obviously failed to deliver on that level with Kill, who has only been a Football Bowl Subdivision coach for three seasons.

But this was a big season for Kill.

The 49-year-old former two-time Division I-AA coach of the year went 10-3 this season at Northern Illinois and earned a No. 25 ranking before losing 26-21 to Miami (Ohio) on Friday in the Mid-American Conference title game.

Kill, who led NIU to a 34-23 victory over Minnesota on Sept. 23 at TCF Bank Stadium, has compiled a 23-16 record since taking over the Huskies in 2008, including losing two back-to-back bowl games.

Before taking over at Northern Illinois, Kill was the head coach at Southern Illinois, Emporia State in Kansas and Saginaw Valley State in Michigan. His longest stint was at Southern Illinois, where he went 55-32, including five straight playoff appearances and five straight seasons with at least nine wins.

In 2010, Kill and his Northern Illinois team faced adversity on and off the field to open the season, going 1-2 and receiving a scare when Kill was hospitalized for dehydration following a 23-17 victory Sept. 11 over North Dakota. Kill said it was not related to cancer surgery he had while coaching Southern Illinois in 2006.

After Kill returned to the sideline for a 28-22 loss to Illinois on Sept. 18, Northern Illinois beat Minnesota the following week and won nine straight games before losing in the MAC championship. The Huskies are scheduled to play Dec. 18 against Fresno State in the Humanitarian Bowl in Boise, Idaho.

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ORIGINAL: panndder

Jerry Kill of Northern Illinois fame is the pick. [sm=yawn.gif]

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ORIGINAL: Mr. Ed

Reusse:

If you were going to the Mid-American Conference to find a new football coach for the Gophers, why didn't you hire the guy who won the MAC title game on Friday night, rather than the loser?
Miami (Ohio) was a 17 1/2-point underdog to Northern Illinois in Ford Field. Final: Miami 26, NIU 21.