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ORIGINAL: Mr. Ed

Coyle's first job is to clean up the Pitino mess.

Good luck.

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Chancellor Kent Syverud spoke of a desire for the new athletic director to be meticulous in NCAA compliance.

Coyle was hired three months after the NCAA sanctioned Boise State following rules violations in five of its sports, including football. Boise's probation ended in September, and now Coyle is walking into a department that was just placed on five years' probation and will need to provide annual reports to the NCAA on its compliance progress.

Boise kept its nose clean under Coyle, who juiced up compliance funding and hired more staff.

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oyle was hired after a three-month search following the departure of Daryl Gross, who spent more than a decade in charge of SU athletics. Gross oversaw dramatic improvement of SU's non-revenue teams and on-field success but left the position in the aftermath of an NCAA investigation into the basketball program and with the football team struggling.

Coyle seemed like a logical fit due to his time at Boise State, when he oversaw a strong football program and a university dealing with the fallout of an NCAA investigation.

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ORIGINAL: David Levine

chipscoggins ✔ ‎@chipscoggins
I don't know Mark Coyle but a person I highly respect and trust who knows him called me just now and raved about him. Calls it a great hire
8:45 AM - 11 May 2016

Justin Gaard ‎@jgkfan
Color me surprised, had no idea on Coyle. Very highly thought of by people I trust in college sports. I'm shocked.

Darren Wolfson ‏@DWolfsonKSTP 28m28 minutes ago
Word is 4 p.m. news conference to introduce Coyle. Just talked to Maturi. Called him a "great hire." J Robinson also singing his praises.

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ORIGINAL: MarkWren

Well done, President Kaler!

Our market is really shoring itself up at the top, and with its facilities. I'd expect some championship runs in the next 5-10 years, folks.

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ORIGINAL: SoMnFan

SEATTLE REGIONAL
May 20-22 | Seattle, Washington

Friday, May 20
Game 1: North Dakota State vs. Minnesota, 7:30 p.m.
Game 2: Weber State vs. (11) Washington, 10 p.m.

Saturday, May 21
Game 3: Teams TBD, 4 p.m.
Game 4: Teams TBD, 6:30 p.m.
Game 5: Teams TBD, 9 p.m.

Sunday, May 22
Game 6: Teams TBD, 3 p.m.
Game 7 (if necessary): Teams TBD, 5:30 p.m.

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ORIGINAL: twinsfan

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ORIGINAL: SoMnFan

SEATTLE REGIONAL
May 20-22 | Seattle, Washington

Friday, May 20
Game 1: North Dakota State vs. Minnesota, 7:30 p.m.
Game 2: Weber State vs. (11) Washington, 10 p.m.

Saturday, May 21
Game 3: Teams TBD, 4 p.m.
Game 4: Teams TBD, 6:30 p.m.
Game 5: Teams TBD, 9 p.m.

Sunday, May 22
Game 6: Teams TBD, 3 p.m.
Game 7 (if necessary): Teams TBD, 5:30 p.m.

Please tell me we beat a North Dakota school for once.

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ORIGINAL: Mr. Ed

Gopher baseball conference champs. Congrats.

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ORIGINAL: Mr. Ed

Todd Oakes passed. Dang.

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ORIGINAL: Mr. Ed

Even former Gophers are not immune to issues these days
Oh Ricky...


Former University of Minnesota quarterback Rickey Foggie’s quest to become the new head football coach at Eagan is not over.

Foggie, who accepted the job on May 13 only to be put in a position where he was asked to resign Monday night, said Wednesday night that he would fight to keep the job.

According to Foggie and his supporters, the Eagan administration rejected his candidacy after learning that he may have inadvertently followed, and liked, a Twitter account that promotes a pornography website. At first Foggie was asked to take his Twitter site down and speak to the football players about it, which he did Monday morning. He was called back by Eagan administrators Monday evening, where he was confronted again about the Twitter site.

“It was an accidental follow, but I accepted that it was a mistake,” Foggie said. “I talked to the kids and they were so supportive. You could see in their eyes they were ready for something different. I’m not sure what changed.”

School District 196 released a statement Tuesday saying that he resigned for personal reasons. Foggie said he felt he didn’t have a choice.

“I was backed into a corner,” he said. “I was led to understand that the “like” would go away quietly if I went away quietly. But I’ve never been someone who’s involved in things like [pornography]. That’s not in my character.”

Foggie, who lives in Eagan, said his tough upbringing trained him not to back down from a fight, so he’s vowed to keep working to get the Eagan football coaching position. He’s had plenty of support from the community. According to one member of the Eagan football booster club, the school received almost two dozen calls in Foggie’s favor Wednesday.

“Most people want him here,” said Paul Bjorklund, who has a son on the football team. “We felt like when he came and apologized, it was a perfect teachable moment. The kids really wanted to play for him.”

Initally Foggie, who previously coached at Park Center and Red Wing, thought he might walk away, but discovered he had “other options.”

“A lot of people are supporting me,” he said. “I grew up in the south, where my mother and father had to fight racism every day,” said the South Carolina native. “I feel like my reputation is on the line have to protect it. And I want to do it for the kids. That’s the whole reason I coach. They’re the ones who lose out here.”