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[BisoninNWMN]

I think Minnesota will win 3-5 games next year.
First off, Kill is a real football coach unlike that shyster Brewster (seriously WTF were they thinking hiring that dumbass?).

Second, Kill has to deal with the subpar talent that Punky left him with.

These things will offset in my book.

It will also make for a fun Bison-Gopher game.

Maybe!


Potential wins:

N Mexico State
Miami (Ohio)
NDSU
Northwestern
Illinois


I believe the Bison will win and the Northwestern and Illinois games were vry close last year.

[mnriverbison]

Let me just temper expectations for a minute.

If the Bison played MN's schedule next year with our current roster, our absolute high-end season would be probably 3-4 wins with maybe 1 Big Ten win.

MN is unlikely to take a step back from their 3 wins last year considering that they ended their season by beating two bowl-winning teams and that the season was an utter disaster with a coach being fired mid-season.

I only say this so we can get some perspective and temper some expectations around here. Our success in the Gopher game has far more to do with our opponent than with us. We won't make dumb mistakes. We will play solid, fundamental football. We don't know these things about the Gophers, and in fact recent history tells us that they can be counted on F up as bad teams often do. But make no mistake, if Kill is the real deal we have a hell of a fight on our hands in this game. 85 scholly players, at least one guy who is a sure-fire NFL draft pick at WR, etc etc. We also no longer have the element of surprise since we beat them and Kansas in recent seasons. This FCS team is no bye week for bad FBS teams like MN. That may actually play against us.

[1 Huge Bison Fan On 9/24!]

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They beat Iowa and Illinois to end the season. Not bad wins, certainly not great, but pretty solid.

Seriously? Beating that idiot Ron Zook and his laughing band of clowns is a big thing? Christ, even that fool brewster beat Zook once and nearly did it a second time. Seriously? The Iowa win against a team that showed up looking like they would rather all be having a root canal than playing football on that frozen turd of a field in the dark on Thanksgiving weekend? The Iowa team that suffered a heart wrenching loss the week before to the Buckeyes which ended their hope of playing in January, while the goofers had a bye week to prepare?? With "positive momentum" like this, I don't understand why they aren't in the top 10 of most preseason polls!!!

[mnriverbison]

Maybe!


Potential wins:

N Mexico State
Miami (Ohio)
NDSU
Northwestern
Illinois


I believe the Bison will win and the Northwestern and Illinois games were vry close last year.

If Illinois is on that list, Iowa, Purdue, and Michigan need to be on it as well. The only games with no chance are Wisconsin and Nebraska in my opinion.

[1 Huge Bison Fan On 9/24!]

If Illinois is on that list, Iowa, Purdue, and Michigan need to be on it as well. The only games with no chance are Wisconsin and Nebraska in my opinion.

They have no chance vs Iowa or Michigan. MN will have absolutely no run blocking in 2011 and Grey cannot hit a freight train beyond 10 yards and is too dumb to run a read offense which will also hamper his scrambling. They have one serviceable WR.

[MNLonghorn10]

They fail to mention that Goofer stadium seating for visitors is located in the upper half of sections 201-206 and 215-218.
That is the upper half of the upper deck. Nice for them that they set it up so the visitors get split up into two areas.

pretty sure every major college has that set up

[Herd Mentality]

If I remember correctly; when I called Josh at the ticket office, he stated we were getting 3000.

Thanks. (The message I have entered is short, like an oompa loompa)

[mnriverbison]

Seriously? Beating that idiot Ron Zook and his laughing band of clowns is a big thing? Christ, even that fool brewster beat Zook once and nearly did it a second time. Seriously?

Yes, seriously. Are you LakesBison? Seriously. Or are you Panthehawk. It is clearly one of the two.

Say what you will about Ron Zook or an Iowa team playing for Bowl pecking order and in their biggest rivalry game, but the games happened. The Illini and Iowa both won Bowl games and both had every reason to want to beat MN last year. And didn't. Doesn't mean MN is better than them. But it sure means that this game is no pushover. Virtually every player on their roster was more heavily recruited than any player on ours. That doesn't mean everything-but it matters. They have 1/3 more scholarships. That doesn't mean everything but it also matters. And their "serviceable" WR will play on Sundays next year.

Christ, is this Bisonville or is this the Paul-Allen Bison project. It isn't out of bounds to temper the fire when it gets out of hand.

[344Johnson]

They have no chance vs Iowa or Michigan. MN will have absolutely no run blocking in 2011 and Grey cannot hit a freight train beyond 10 yards and is too dumb to run a read offense which will also hamper his scrambling. They have one serviceable WR.

Iowa lost a lot this offseason. Michigan is bad to begin with....new coach as well. So yes, the gophers have a chance. People in the cities are pretty excited to see what Grey can do. For all we know, he will be good.

[CAS4127]

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