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RE: Gopher Football - 9/14/2010 10:35:29 PM   
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Karl, my bad. I rechecked the numbers and Roof got 2 times what he was making here not 2 times what Brewster was making.

Here is a link on Auburn's assistant coaches. Roof is making $407,000 and the OC is getting $500,000. The lowest paid assistant on the staff is making $231,000. That is probably higher than the top assistant on the Gophers.

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RE: Gopher Football - 9/15/2010 9:40:58 AM   
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I've got one .... Ed Meierkort.
Should never have let him leave town the other day.
Its his dream job, believe me. And no one would work harder.

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RE: Gopher Football - 9/16/2010 10:35:19 AM   
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nice strib story on Van De Steeg helping out the Hoese family, with the Dad's passing.

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RE: Gopher Football - 9/17/2010 10:16:57 AM   
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Oh no, he didn't ...
Sid says the Gophs have a shot this weekend at USC. Hehehe.

I do think we hang in there awhile.
These kids have no choice but to buck up a little.
Emotion will keep them in it for a spell, but by the end, we'll be crushed down.
Certainly hope not, but it's hard to see any other way around it.

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RE: Gopher Football - 9/17/2010 10:36:19 AM   
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Oh no, he didn't ...
Sid says the Gophs have a shot this weekend at USC. Hehehe.

I do think we hang in there awhile.
These kids have no choice but to buck up a little.
Emotion will keep them in it for a spell, but by the end, we'll be crushed down.
Certainly hope not, but it's hard to see any other way around it.


The spread started out with USC -14 and it is now -11

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RE: Gopher Football - 9/17/2010 10:42:28 AM   
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I have a really bad feeling we got our 1 win already .  That was brutal last weekend, even for UofM standards. 
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RE: Gopher Football - 9/17/2010 1:40:01 PM   
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Oh no, he didn't ...
Sid says the Gophs have a shot this weekend at USC. Hehehe.

I do think we hang in there awhile.
These kids have no choice but to buck up a little.
Emotion will keep them in it for a spell, but by the end, we'll be crushed down.
Certainly hope not, but it's hard to see any other way around it.


The spread started out with USC -14 and it is now -11



That shocks me.
I expected mid-20s at least (and yeh, I know thats rare)
But if a mismatch ever existed, this is it.
They must feel the same way I do about emotion helping to off-set the huge advantages USC has.

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RE: Gopher Football - 9/17/2010 1:59:40 PM   
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Oh no, he didn't ...
Sid says the Gophs have a shot this weekend at USC. Hehehe.

I do think we hang in there awhile.
These kids have no choice but to buck up a little.
Emotion will keep them in it for a spell, but by the end, we'll be crushed down.
Certainly hope not, but it's hard to see any other way around it.


The spread started out with USC -14 and it is now -11


Is that for the game, or just the first 5 minutes?
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RE: Gopher Football - 9/18/2010 1:14:59 AM   
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Was Alvarez's recruiting and coaching just so good that they turned things around? I'm thinking it just might come down to that. And of course once you start winning, recruiting becomes easier and the stands start to fill up.


I'm not sure on the recruiting part.  Wisconsin's recruiting classes are typically dominated with 3 star players.  They normally end up with more 2 star recruits than 4 & 5's put together in a given year.  Actually, their classes look much more similar to Brewsters classes than an Ohio State or Michigan. 

Of course it's always possible that the Wisconsin staff are smarter than Rivals & Scout, but I think they are just good at signing the right players for their kind of system. 


Yah, my recollection is that Alverez never pulled in elite recruiting classes. Pretty much middle of the pack, but they fit the system and were well coached in that system.


And they had a much bigger football budget and able to keep good coaches around. I think we would have to see what the budget was before Alvarez. I do know the President that hired him who is now at Miami made it a point to make the team better. I can't think of her name but she was in Clintons administration

Being a UW grad and attending the university just before Barry got hired and was also there for the first Rose Bowl season, I'll give you my take.

First it started off with Donna Shalala being hired as the Chancellor. She then went out and got Barry Alvarez from ND as she wanted someone from a winner and they fit the bill. The athletic department was losing money at that time (a lot), in fact they had to cut men's baseball as that was just a money pit. So there really wasn't a whole lot of positives going on for the athletic department.

Barry never did get a great class. You are correct that it was mostly 3 star players with the spattering of 2 and the rare 4. The 4s were usually OL which has been the defining characteristic of WI football that Barry instilled. Barry knew that with a great OL, your offense could do a lot.

What he excelled at though was that he got a good coaching staff around him and got those kids to play above their ability (if that makes sense). He got the max out of a lot of his players. He knew his limitations and the value of having quality coaches around him.

One very important fact though was he never changed his philosophy - The Badgers are a power running team, Period. He went and got players that wanted to play in that offense and had the right tools to do so. When things didn't work out as planned at times, he didn't decide to change things, he stuck with what his team was built for.

Shalala made the perfect hire and Barry brought home the rest.
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RE: Gopher Football - 9/18/2010 7:59:49 AM   
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Great post Craig.
Thanks for the info.
Spot on.
Pick a M.O. and stick with it.
I'd love to have stayed with Masons ground-and-pound now, looking back on it. It was Tailback U for awhile around here.
Not running for 100 yds in a game last year would have been life-altering a decade ago. We just took it in stride.
Maroney, Barber, etc .... not a bad legacy to stay with and live with. Instead, we brought in a clown who wanted to re-invent the wheel.

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RE: Gopher Football - 9/18/2010 8:15:30 AM   
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Will there be a priest on hand today to give the last rites to the football program?

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RE: Gopher Football - 9/18/2010 10:27:11 AM   
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What's the time and TV channel for the massacre?

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RE: Gopher Football - 9/18/2010 10:33:06 AM   
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What's the time and TV channel for the massacre?


2:30 ESPN They get to be embarrassed nationally

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RE: Gopher Football - 9/18/2010 10:39:43 AM   
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Anyone go to the visitation/prayer service last night?

Why get embarassed just locally .. lets make sure the whole nation gets to see what we are dealing with.
May be an excellent recruiting tool ... for more crappy players .... "hey! I could go there and play right now, why sit two years somewhere else?"

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RE: Gopher Football - 9/18/2010 11:15:54 AM   
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Anyone go to the visitation/prayer service last night?

Why get embarassed just locally .. lets make sure the whole nation gets to see what we are dealing with.
May be an excellent recruiting tool ... for more crappy players .... "hey! I could go there and play right now, why sit two years somewhere else?"




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RE: Gopher Football - 9/18/2010 11:40:49 AM   
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What will it take for Gray to be the starting QB? At least give us something to enjoy.

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RE: Gopher Football - 9/18/2010 11:51:05 AM   
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What will it take for Gray to be the starting QB? At least give us something to enjoy.


Full-time WR now.
Timmy solved his own problem.

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RE: Gopher Football - 9/18/2010 11:55:50 AM   
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What will it take for Gray to be the starting QB?


Brewster being fired.
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RE: Gopher Football - 9/18/2010 12:14:13 PM   
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Gophers down 17 already.....

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RE: Gopher Football - 9/18/2010 2:39:03 PM   
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We're hanging in there pretty good so far!

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RE: Gopher Football - 9/18/2010 2:49:39 PM   
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Many more Weber games, and what little love I have left for this program will be gone.
(as he comes thru and finally drives us downfield with some accurate passes)

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RE: Gopher Football - 9/18/2010 2:51:41 PM   
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Glad to see they at least are showing some human emotion today.
They are actually rallying around a cause, the cause of not being embarassed anymore.
Thats a powerful motivator.

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RE: Gopher Football - 9/18/2010 2:53:11 PM   
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What is this I don't even...
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RE: Gopher Football - 9/18/2010 2:53:32 PM   
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Best damn team in college football right now.

Wait ... USD is #1 ... we're #2

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RE: Gopher Football - 9/18/2010 2:53:38 PM   
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7-0 Gophers...nice drive
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