FB: Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

[art76]

FWIW - I did pick the final two teams and the winner in the D3 pick-em - but I missed too many earlier games to come out as a winner there.

Night all!

[cubs]

Cubs team. Oshkosh.

Line drive base hit!!!!

[57Johnnie]

Nice hangin' with you boys. BDB out.

Check today's Chippewa Herald re:
BLUE DEVIL history

[sjusection105]

What's going on with the Gopher Football program? I have yet to hear what was the activity that started the whole ball rolling. Why were the 10 players suspended? Anybody got the skinny?

It's highly likely the "National Coaching Search" is on.......
https://www.wday.com/sports/4182384-powers-what-does-boycott-mean-tracy-claeys-future

[BDB]

An outstanding -20 degrees here at the BDB home in western Wiscy. Gotta love it! 

[57Johnnie]

An outstanding -20 degrees here at the BDB home in western Wiscy. Gotta love it! 

Ginger brandy weather. 

[Tom Thumb]

UST picked up a few recruits today.

Shea Gerrety, LB, Blaine HS, All-State 2nd Team: https://twitter.com/Shea_Gerrety11
Hudl: http://www.hudl.com/profile/5308950/shea-gerrety
Gerrety played in the Minnesota All-Star Game

Keeshawn Alesuk, RB/DB, Wayzata HS: https://twitter.com/KeeshawnAleksuk
Hudl: http://www.hudl.com/profile/5580092/keeshawn-aleksuk

[OldAuggie]

What's going on with the Gopher Football program? I have yet to hear what was the activity that started the whole ball rolling. Why were the 10 players suspended? Anybody got the skinny?

It's highly likely the "National Coaching Search" is on.......
https://www.wday.com/sports/4182384-powers-what-does-boycott-mean-tracy-claeys-future

I have been watching this mess unravel since it broke and missed any reference here. It is an ugly situation and not getting any better as of today especially with a player going crazy on twitter. Not going to speculate on Claeys and his job security but he needs to get control quickly and concentrate on the upcoming bowl game.

Augsburg Wrestlers have no matches for another week but they look good this year.

[sjusection105]

What's going on with the Gopher Football program? I have yet to hear what was the activity that started the whole ball rolling. Why were the 10 players suspended? Anybody got the skinny?

It's highly likely the "National Coaching Search" is on.......
https://www.wday.com/sports/4182384-powers-what-does-boycott-mean-tracy-claeys-future

I have been watching this mess unravel since it broke and missed any reference here. It is an ugly situation and not getting any better as of today especially with a player going crazy on twitter. Not going to speculate on Claeys and his job security but he needs to get control quickly and concentrate on the upcoming bowl game.

If Washington State puts the hurt on the Gophers he may be gone. Heck,he may be gone even if the Gophers win. Coyle wants to pick his own guy and Clayes has an inexpensive buyout.
Mike Leach could be the answer to a trivia question. Which head coach,with two different universities/programs, prevailed in bowl games against the Gophers 10 years apart resulting in the Gopher coach being fired the next day.

[Tom Thumb]

And an incoming transfer to Augsburg.

Quinn Frisell, QB: https://twitter.com/Quinn_Frisell?lang=en
Hudl: http://www.hudl.com/profile/4351622/quinn-frisell
Interview: http://thehalkreport.sportsblog.com/posts/12533207/interview-with-robert-morris-university-qb-quinn-frisell--incredible-story-.html

[OzJohnnie]

What actually happened at the UofM?  Far as I have picked up a girl accused 10 guys of raping her, the police looked and said "nothing to see here", the university then expelled/suspended five players anyway and now 15 players refuse to play?  And the coach is under heat for some reason because he's losing control?

Sorry, but I had not even heard of this until it was posted here in the last day or two. And The Trib article I read assumed a lot of reader knowledge.

[sjusection105]

What actually happened at the UofM?  Far as I have picked up a girl accused 10 guys of raping her, the police looked and said "nothing to see here", the university then expelled/suspended five players anyway and now 15 players refuse to play?  And the coach is under heat for some reason because he's losing control?

Sorry, but I had not even heard of this until it was posted here in the last day or two. And The Trib article I read assumed a lot of reader knowledge.

Oz, read this one it has a bit more information.
https://www.wday.com/sports/4182384-powers-what-does-boycott-mean-tracy-claeys-future

Now this afternoon a former player has released the woman's name on Twitter.
New AD Mark Coyle is looking to make the big 3 sports Men's football,Men's basketball,Men's hockey the revenue producers that they should be. Women's basketball,Women's hockey & Women's volleyball are crushing it but the TV networks pay the big bucks for Men's sports.
They are building a new football practice facility as well as an "athlete's village" where all athletes men & women will reside. Nothing like preferential treatment to give these kids the real college experience 
Anyway, the Big10 is big $$ and the Gophers are behind the curve. They are projected 14th in football next year (in the Big 10, not in the nation) so they hired Mark Coyle as AD as a "turn around specialist" after the Norwood Teague debacle. This scandal with the football team does not help anybody let alone a coach who was hired from within after Jerry Kill's resignation.

[art76]

What actually happened at the UofM?  Far as I have picked up a girl accused 10 guys of raping her, the police looked and said "nothing to see here", the university then expelled/suspended five players anyway and now 15 players refuse to play?  And the coach is under heat for some reason because he's losing control?

Sorry, but I had not even heard of this until it was posted here in the last day or two. And The Trib article I read assumed a lot of reader knowledge.

Oz, and others, KSTP has published an 80 page document that was "leaked" to them - it's pretty damning as far as to who did what that fateful night back in September. My take away is that it doesn't really help the current state of affairs, as it went sideways a long time back.

[OzJohnnie]

What actually happened at the UofM?  Far as I have picked up a girl accused 10 guys of raping her, the police looked and said "nothing to see here", the university then expelled/suspended five players anyway and now 15 players refuse to play?  And the coach is under heat for some reason because he's losing control?

Sorry, but I had not even heard of this until it was posted here in the last day or two. And The Trib article I read assumed a lot of reader knowledge.

Oz, read this one it has a bit more information.
https://www.wday.com/sports/4182384-powers-what-does-boycott-mean-tracy-claeys-future

Thanks, 105.  First point, yellow is not Tracy Claey's color.  He's more an earth tone (blues, greens and browns) type guy.  He should get some advice on that.

Second point, I can't believe I haven't heard about this.  The Duke lacrosse team incident pales in comparison to what is claimed here.  How is this not a nationwide feeding frenzy?

[OzJohnnie]

Oz, and others, KSTP has published an 80 page document that was "leaked" to them - it's pretty damning as far as to who did what that fateful night back in September. My take away is that it doesn't really help the current state of affairs, as it went sideways a long time back.

I went to find the doc you mention, art, and I see that the players have announced they will sue the university, the U president, the athletic director, the girl and the janitor who missed cleaning the third stall in the second floor bathrooms.

Still couldn't find the article you mention, though.

EDIT: But I did see that the event was filmed.  That's what led the 5-0 to decline to charge, it seems.  Frickin' insane.  Pretty soon everyone will be doing selfie sex as a precautionary measure rather than the usual titillating motives.