Other GOPHERS Sports

by **gator** » Mon 1/15/07 10:31 pm

GOPHERS Football, Basketball and Women's Hockey have their own threads. So here is a thread on other GOPHERS sports.

Wrestling wins the National Duals. Link

by **Hobey Baker** » Tue 1/16/07 12:38 am

J. Robinson, John Andersona and the Don are the U's best!

by **stelly18** » Tue 1/16/07 9:35 am

Don't forget about Dan Heibert. The guy has turned the Gophers into a perennial final four team (at least a regional finals team) in a sport that is absolutely dominated by west coast teams (sans Nebraska). Not saying he's better than who's been mentioned (except maybe Anderson) but he's definitely in the conversation.

by **PrideOnIce** » Tue 1/16/07 9:40 am

Does this include womens' rowing? If so have they started competing yet? :anger:

by **Zwak** » Tue 1/16/07 9:41 am

stelly18 wrote:Don't forget about Dan Heibert. The guy has turned the Gophers into a perennial final four team (at least a regional finals team) in a sport that is absolutely dominated by west coast teams (sans Nebraska). Not saying he's better than who's been mentioned (except maybe Anderson) but he's definitely in the conversation.

You must be a big gopher volleyball fan as the coach's name is Mike Hebert.

by **stelly18** » Tue 1/16/07 11:41 am

Greg Zwakman Fan wrote:
stelly18 wrote:Don't forget about Dan Heibert. The guy has turned the Gophers into a perennial final four team (at least a regional finals team) in a sport that is absolutely dominated by west coast teams (sans Nebraska). Not saying he's better than who's been mentioned (except maybe Anderson) but he's definitely in the conversation.

You must be a big gopher volleyball fan as the coach's name is Mike Hebert.

Oops. I used to work with a guy named Dan Heibert. :oops:

Brain fart...

by **gator** » Sat 3/03/07 11:32 pm

GOPHERS Wrestling with a big lead at the BIG 10 Wrestling Championships. 20 point lead over 2nd place Wisco. and the GOPHERS have 5 guys in the Championship.

LINK

by **maybemaybenot** » Sat 3/03/07 11:42 pm

gophers split with ## 16 ole miss

by **gator** » Sat 3/03/07 11:49 pm

maybemaybenot wrote:gophers split with ## 16 ole miss

3-2 Win & 4-9 Lost

Record: 4-1
Vs. Arkansas, for 2 games tomorrow @ the Dome

by **Fr. Julich** » Sat 3/03/07 11:56 pm

gator wrote:
maybemaybenot wrote:gophers split with ## 16 ole miss

3-2 Win & 4-9 Lost

Record: 4-1
Vs. Arkansas, for 2 games tomorrow @ the Dome

Gopher baseball and John Anderson don't get the props they deserve. I made it to Siebert for the first time a few years ago. A new stadium is a must as a reward for long term excellence. A couple of fields back home on the Range were nicer than that.

Anyone know how many games FSN is going to broadcast this year?

by **gator** » Sun 3/04/07 5:47 pm

GOPHERS Wrestling wins the BIG 10!!! NCAA Championships March 15-17 in Auburn Hills, Mich.

Team Standings:
1. GOPHERS 156
2. Wisconsin 81
3. Iowa 91
4. Penn State 90.5
5. Indiana 86
6. Northwestern 84
7. Illinois 83.5
8. Michigan 79.5
9. Ohio State 68.5
10. Purdue 33
11. Michigan State 30.5

GOPHERS Placewinners:
1st – Jayson Ness (125)
1st – Dustin Schlatter (149)
1st – C.P. Schlatter (157)
1st - Cole Konrad (Hwt)
2nd – Roger Kish (184)
3rd – Mack Reiter (133)
3rd – Tyler Safratowich (165)
4th – Gabriel Dretsch (174)
5th – Manuel Rivera (141)
Did not place - Yura Malamura (197)

by **Gopher07** » Sun 3/04/07 6:59 pm

Gopher baseball splits their doubleheader against #5 Arkansas today, losing the first 5-1 and winning the second 10-5.

by **mingust** » Thu 3/15/07 1:59 pm

Gopher women lose to UW at Ridder 3-1. Defending women's national champions win the WCHA Tourney.

by **Dances With Gophers** » Thu 3/15/07 4:56 pm

Fr. Julich wrote:Gopher baseball and John Anderson don't get the props they deserve. I made it to Siebert for the first time a few years ago. A new stadium is a must as a reward for long term excellence. A couple of fields back home on the Range were nicer than that.

Agreed. There was some talk about the SP Saints and the Gophers sharing a new stadium? I'd be up for that...

by **zebra8998** » Thu 3/15/07 5:08 pm

Wait there are other gopher sports? I kid, I kid. Of course all of our student athletes regardless of their sports or their team standings deserve congratulations. Most of these students won't play pro and yet they're busting their a :censored:

es to be students and athletes at the same time.

Congratulations to the Wrestling team especially on their Big 10 Championship.

Congratulations to all Gopher Athletics and Student Athletes especially.

By the way, if there was a Big 10 of hockey, we would have won this year. We beat all the other Big 10 Hockey teams this year with only one Big 10 loss this year!

by **dumptruck** » Thu 3/15/07 5:40 pm

Gopher wrestling wins all 9 matches in the first session of the nationals in Michigan. Perhaps another national title for Gopher wrestling?

by **gator** » Sun 3/18/07 8:57 am

Team Standings:
1st GOPHERS, 98.0
2nd Iowa State, 88.5
3rd Missouri, 80.0

GOPHERS Placewinners:
1st - Cole Konrad (HWT)
3rd - Dustin Schlatter (149)
3rd - Roger Kish (184)
5th - Jayson Ness (125)
6th - C.P. Schlatter (157)

The should be favorite to repeat, Cole Konrad is the only senior this year.

by **gopher5** » Sun 3/18/07 12:46 pm

The Wrestling team wins a another National Championship and the last time they won a NCCA Title the Gophers Hockey followed there Path and took home a National Championship!!!!!!!!! so let hope our Boys can put four more wins together and do the same...... :dance:

by **Dances With Gophers** » Sat 4/28/07 3:15 am

The Gophers finished in 8 minutes, 27.42 seconds, setting a meet record on the strength of Heather Dorniden's anchor leg of 2:04.7. Minnesota beat this year's previous best, set by Tennessee, by nearly 8 seconds. Baylor was second in 8:28.48.

Link.

by **Iceburg** » Sat 10/06/07 10:12 pm

Sid wrote:Atticus Disney, a heavyweight wrestler from Kansas, has committed to the Gophers. Disney won the past two Class 4A Kansas state titles, at 215 pounds as a sophomore and 285 as a junior, at Andover Central and transferred to Topeka Shawnee Heights for his senior year. He also has a 3.5 grade-point average.

Not exactly earth shaking news, but a great name.

"Heights newcomer, two-time state wrestling champ commits to powerhouse Minnesota"

by **gator** » Fri 2/01/08 12:30 am

Big weekend for #4 GOPHER Wrestling

Friday vs. #1 Iowa, at the Barn @ 7:30 (BTN)

Sunday @ #3 Oklahoma St., 1pm

by **gator** » Fri 2/01/08 10:43 pm

gator wrote:Friday vs. #1 Iowa, at the Barn @ 7:30 (BTN)

#1 Pigeons 20, #4 Gophers 13

Gophers lost 2 key toss-up matches.

by **Dances With Gophers** » Thu 2/21/08 1:39 pm

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncaa/news/story?id=3243582

Jayson Ness was in elementary school when he started hanging around the Gophers' program often enough to catch coach J Robinson's eye.

by **Six Hole** » Thu 2/21/08 6:33 pm

Jon's got a helluva Gophers baseball preview over on his blog: http://tnabacg.blogspot.com/

by **GopherGod** » Fri 2/29/08 4:30 pm

After getting swept at #4 Ole Miss last weekend, the Gophers baseball team play host to DQ Classic this weekened at the Dome: Tulane, #29 Pepperdine, and TCU in town.

Today, Feb 29
Tulane vs. Pepperdine 12:15 PM
GOPHERS vs TCU 6:35 PM

Tomorrow, Mar 01
TCU vs. Pepperdine 12:00 PM
GOPHERS vs Tulane 6:35 PM

Sunday, Mar 02
TCU vs. Tulane 11:00 AM
GOPHERS vs Pepperdine 3:05 PM

by **GopherGod** » Sun 3/02/08 1:42 pm

GopherGod wrote:GOPHERS vs TCU 6:35 PM

Gophers lost Friday in 12 innings, 7-4.

GopherGod wrote:GOPHERS vs Tulane 6:35 PM

Down by two going into the bottom of the 8th, the Gophers get four runs to take the lead and get their first win on the year. True Freshman Luke Rasmussen with his first career win.

GopherGod wrote:GOPHERS vs Pepperdine 3:05 PM

Play host to nationally ranked Pepperdine for the Tournament Title at 3 this afternoon at the Dome.

by **GopherGod** » Sun 3/02/08 11:20 pm

GopherGod wrote:GOPHERS vs Pepperdine 3:05 PM

Play host to nationally ranked Pepperdine for the Tournament Title at 3 this afternoon at the Dome.[/quote]

Gophers win a tight one 5-2 to capture the DQ Classic Championship. The hometown team scored two insurance runs in the bottom of the 8th inning to pad the lead. True Freshman southpaw Phil Isaksson came on to pitch perfect the last 3 2/3 innings for his first career save. Gophers have won two in a row to move to 2-4 on the year and have the week off before hosting the Metrodome Tournament next weekend.

by **GopherGod** » Sun 3/09/08 8:42 pm

Gopher baseball takes 2nd place in the Metrodome Tournament this weekend. Beat New Mexico on Friday 7-3 & Northern Iowa today 11-9. Lost to nationally ranked Cal Saturday night 4-1. Gophers move to 4-5 on the year and head to Malibu, CA next weekend to take on a struggling Pacific team.

by **jallengarry** » Sun 3/09/08 9:11 pm

Gopher wrestlers lose their lead today and relinquish the Big Ten Championship to Iowa. All four guys in the finals lost today, including Ness who was undefeated and Dustin Schlatter in the "match of the century" against another ex-4 time state high school champ (Metcalf from Iowa). Safratowich was seeded thrid and got PINNED in the 7 place match. They did qualify 9 for nationals, but they had to be disappointed.

by **jallengarry** » Sat 3/22/08 1:32 pm

Wrestling team crapping it down their leg at the NCAA championships. Ness is the only guy to make the finals. Dustin Schlatter misses the semifinals for the first time in his career and finishes 7th! 4 guys will be All-American but this is a bad showing no doubt. Iowa rolls to their 21st team title. Wow.

by **gopherguy06** » Sun 6/15/08 11:27 am

Anoka HS Wrestler shocks everyone and makes the US Olympic Team. Only third every HS to make the team and he beat Harry Lester -- considered one of the best Greco-Roman wrestlers in the world at any weight. At least one Minnesotan has ade the Greco Roman style in the Olympics since 1968.

Good news... he is coming to the U of M!

http://www.startribune.com/sports/preps/19932534.html?location_refer=Sports:highlightModules:1

by **gopherguy06** » Tue 8/19/08 12:19 pm

gopherguy06 wrote:Anoka HS Wrestler shocks everyone and makes the US Olympic Team. Only third every HS to make the team and he beat Harry Lester -- considered one of the best Greco-Roman wrestlers in the world at any weight. At least one Minnesotan has ade the Greco Roman style in the Olympics since 1968.

Good news... he is coming to the U of M!

http://www.startribune.com/sports/preps/19932534.html?location_refer=Sports:highlightModules:1

Turns out he won't be coming here next year. After a disappointing Olympics, he will go to a training center instead of the U of M.

http://www.twincities.com/ci_10245360

by **gopherguy06** » Wed 9/03/08 8:04 am

Gopher assisant wrestling coach resigning to help Brock Lesnar train.

"Head assistant wrestling coach Marty Morgan resigned from his position at the University of Minnesota on Tuesday afternoon after 16 years with the program."

http://www.gophersports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=38904&SPID=3325&DB_OEM_ID=8400&ATCLID=1573784

by **Dances With Gophers** » Thu 10/30/08 10:29 am

Gophers in the Polls as of 10/30/2008:

Football = #17 BCS

Men's CC = #14

Women's CC = #4

Women's Volleyball = #13

Men's Swimming = #9

Women's Swimming = #11

Men's Hockey = #5

Women's Hockey = #2

Women's Soccer = #25*
(* WOW! We used to be doormats!!!)

by **Zwak** » Mon 12/15/08 5:32 pm

Molly Tadich, a former womens hoops player in the late 80's died Saturday of pulmonary edema.

http://www.startribune.com/sports/gophers/36168279.html

She lived in Pioneer Hall the same year I did. She was nice but there was no doubt she was a basketball player. Despite being obviously tragic it's freaky to have a former athlete just one year older than me die under these circumstances.

by **gopherguy06** » Wed 3/18/09 8:42 am

gopherguy06 wrote:
gopherguy06 wrote:Anoka HS Wrestler shocks everyone and makes the US Olympic Team. Only third every HS to make the team and he beat Harry Lester -- considered one of the best Greco-Roman wrestlers in the world at any weight. At least one Minnesotan has ade the Greco Roman style in the Olympics since 1968.

Good news... he is coming to the U of M!

http://www.startribune.com/sports/preps/19932534.html?location_refer=Sports:highlightModules:1

Turns out he won't be coming here next year. After a disappointing Olympics, he will go to a training center instead of the U of M.

http://www.twincities.com/ci_10245360

And he is back! Looks like Jake will be leaving the Olympic training program and coming here to compete.

http://z7.invisionfree.com/The_Guilloti ... opic=22707

by **Dances With Gophers** » Sun 3/22/09 10:58 pm

Lady Gophers beat Notre Dame AT South Bend in the first round of NCAA Tourney

At least Gopher Nation has something to cheer after this weekend...

by **Dances With Gophers** » Fri 5/15/09 11:55 am

http://www.startribune.com/sports/gophers/45059527.html?elr=KArksi8cyaiUo8cyaiUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aULPQL7PQLanchO7DiUr
Gophers baseball coach John Anderson earned his 1,000th career victory, becoming the 39th person to do so in D-I.

by **Gopherguy33** » Fri 5/15/09 9:11 pm

Baseball team wins again tonight. Getting close to a .... not going to do it :lol:

by **Greyeagle** » Sat 5/16/09 2:15 pm

The MN-PSU game is on tBTN (on HD), MN is down 0-3 after one.

by **Gopherguy05** » Sun 5/17/09 10:42 pm

Gopher Bullpen gets Twinsitus...

Gophers blow several leads lose 10-8.

We are the # 2 seed in the Big 10 Tournament and will play the highest seeded winning team of the first round Thursday in Columbus.

by **george** » Mon 5/18/09 2:02 pm

Congrats to the track team in winning another Big10 title!

by **Greyeagle** » Fri 5/22/09 9:47 pm

After getting routed in their first game against Indiana the Gophers come back to crush PU & IL to stay alive in the loser's bracket of the B10 baseball tourney. They play tOSU tomorrow (2:30) with the winner advancing to face Indiana.

I would also like to point out once again the BADgers were a no show at the Big Ten tournament. :evil_laugh:

by **JC65** » Sat 5/23/09 7:57 pm

Gopher Baseball beat OSU 9-6 earlier today, earning the right to play Indiana for the conference championship.

http://www.gophersports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=8400&ATCLID=3742384

by **GopherRube21** » Mon 5/25/09 11:44 am

Gophers get the #2 seed in the tourney, set to play Baylor in the LSU regional

by **Elm Grove Gopher** » Mon 5/25/09 12:12 pm

They will beat Baylor.

by **GopherRube21** » Mon 5/25/09 4:57 pm

Elm Grove Gopher wrote:They will beat Baylor.

they were saying on the selection show that Baylor has lost 11 of their last 14 games to end the season and were surprised they even made the tourney.

by **Dolphin275** » Sat 5/30/09 4:37 pm

Gophers baseball beat Southern University 11-8

by **gator** » Sat 5/30/09 4:42 pm

LSU Regional (Baton Rouge, LA)

Baylor 5, GOPHERS 0 (Friday)

GOPHERS 11, Southern 8 (Saturday)

Gophers play the loser of Baylor/LSU Sunday @ 1pm

by **Dances With Gophers** » Sun 5/31/09 5:47 pm

U eliminates Baylor, must beat LSU twice

The Gophers led 15-5 and then withstood a seven-run rally in the ninth inning to win.

The Gophers must now beat LSU twice to advance to the superregionals in the NCAA baseball tournament.

by **mingust** » Sun 5/31/09 6:54 pm

Dances With Gophers wrote:U eliminates Baylor, must beat LSU twice

The Gophers led 15-5 and then withstood a seven-run rally in the ninth inning to win.

The Gophers must now beat LSU twice to advance to the superregionals in the NCAA baseball tournament.

Should the Gophers advance, is it a new round of double-elim in the superregionals, or are they now one loss and done, regardless of when they lose?

by **freighttrain** » Sun 5/31/09 7:04 pm

mingust wrote:
Dances With Gophers wrote:U eliminates Baylor, must beat LSU twice

The Gophers led 15-5 and then withstood a seven-run rally in the ninth inning to win.

The Gophers must now beat LSU twice to advance to the superregionals in the NCAA baseball tournament.

Should the Gophers advance, is it a new round of double-elim in the superregionals, or are they now one loss and done, regardless of when they lose?

Superregionals is best of three

by **Go Gophers!** » Sun 5/31/09 7:15 pm

Are the Gopher games on TV?

by **Gopherguy05** » Sun 5/31/09 7:19 pm

Go Gophers! wrote:Are the Gopher games on TV?

Nope,

Gophersports.com is the best you are gonna get

by **Chris83** » Sun 5/31/09 7:22 pm

freighttrain wrote:
mingust wrote:
Dances With Gophers wrote:U eliminates Baylor, must beat LSU twice

The Gophers led 15-5 and then withstood a seven-run rally in the ninth inning to win.

The Gophers must now beat LSU twice to advance to the superregionals in the NCAA baseball tournament.

Should the Gophers advance, is it a new round of double-elim in the superregionals, or are they now one loss and done, regardless of when they lose?

Superregionals is best of three

No worries on that; LSU leads the Gophers 7-0 in the bottom of the 4th. Are the members of the Gopher pitching staff really just moonlighting from their real activity: slo-pitch softball? Jeepers, 32 runs given up in 31 innings so far.

by **Go Gophers!** » Sun 5/31/09 7:25 pm

figures....thank god for the Big 10 Network....I'm sure they had better things to air like the 10,000,000,000 replay of a Michigan vs Ohio State football game instead....

GO GOPHERS!!!

by **Chris83** » Sun 5/31/09 7:50 pm

Guess i can't complain TOO much about the Gophers' pitching; Florida State eliminates Ohio State 37-6!!! :yikes:

by **gator** » Sun 5/31/09 8:09 pm

I kinda chuckled at the 3rd BIG TEN team in the NCAA's, Indiana. After the won the BIG TEN Tourney, the announcers were acting like Indiana was going to be a serious threat in the NCAA's. I said right away, Indiana well go 0-2 and BBQ. Game 1: Louisville 8, Indiana 2 and Game 2: Vanderbilt 10, Indiana 0.

by **Dances With Gophers** » Sun 5/31/09 8:51 pm

It's Final: Gophers 3, LSU 10.

Next year!!! =)

by **fishingmn** » Sun 5/31/09 8:57 pm

Dances With Gophers wrote:It's Final: Gophers 3, LSU 10.

Next year!!! =)

This year was fantastic for Gopher baseball - especially coming off the 2008 season.

They had an unbelievable turnaround and made it to one of the final 32 teams remaining - always a tough go when competing against the built in advantages of the southern schools.

As far as next year goes - the squad has a lot of youth but quite a bit will depend on whether anyone turns pro early. Losing Seniors Buske, Handran and Nohelty will hurt some but if we lose McCallum & Decker early too that would really hurt.

by **SouthTexGopher** » Sun 5/31/09 10:10 pm

Dumb question, but what happens to the Gopher Baseball team's chances once Target Field is built? Are they going to still be able to play early season games at the Dome?

by **Go Gophers!** » Sun 5/31/09 10:22 pm

According to Coach Brewster and the Head of the Gopher Marketing Department, the Gopher Baseball team will still be using the Dome for the early season games.

Go Gophers!!!

by **Greyeagle** » Sun 5/31/09 10:29 pm

Just saw the clips, LSU had a great crowd for the game this evening.

LSU now owes us a hockey game so we can get some revenge! :lol:

by **Iceburg** » Sun 5/31/09 11:10 pm

Greyeagle wrote:LSU now owes us a hockey game so we can get some revenge!

They're ready :dance:

by **gopherguy06** » Tue 6/16/09 8:30 am

Looks like McCallum will sign with the Twins ending his career with the Gophers

by **Dances With Gophers** » Mon 6/29/09 12:10 pm

Gophers take 14th overall in Director's Cup standings this year.

http://www.nacda.com/auto_pdf/p_hotos/s_chools/nacda/sports/directorscup/auto_pdf/june29d1

5 Big Televen teams represented in the Top 20. Not too shabby!

1 Stanford
2 North Carolina
3 Florida
4 USC
5 Michigan
6 Texas
7 California
8 Virginia
9 LSU
10 tOSU
11 Washington
12 AZ State
13 Texas A&M
14 Minnesota
15 FSU
16 UCLA
17 Duke
18 Georgia
19 Penn State
20 Illinois

by **gopher6** » Wed 7/22/09 7:38 am

2 more former gopher hockey players Mike Antonovich and Aaron Broten inducted into the M club hall of fame!!

http://www.startribune.com/sports/gophe ... c:_Yyc:aUU

EDIT: I was not sure where to post this so admin if you can move this to the correct location.

by **gopherguy06** » Fri 8/07/09 11:30 am

The Minnesota volleyball team was ranked No. 8 in the Volleyball Magazine Preseason poll.

Minnesota finished No. 14 in last year's final AVCA Top 25 poll, and was ranked as high as No. 8 during the regular season.

Joining the Gophers in the top 10 in order were Penn State, Texas, Nebraska, Washington, Stanford, Cal, Hawai'i, Florida and UCLA.

Minnesota was the second-highest ranked Big Ten team behind No. 1 Penn State. Illinois and Michigan were in the poll at No. 13 and 15 respectively. Purdue and Wisconsin also received votes.

Golden Gophers non-conference opponents that appeared in the poll included No. 3 Nebraska, No. 4 Washington, No. 11 Iowa State and No. 14 Oregon.

by **Dances With Gophers** » Fri 12/11/09 9:07 pm

Alvarez: Big Ten to push for 12th team

Didn't know where else to put this story...

Wisconsin athletic director Barry Alvarez says the Big Ten will soon make a more aggressive push toward adding a 12th member.

Speaking to Wisconsin's athletic board on Friday, Alvarez, the former longtime Badgers football coach, said the conference already has investigated possibilities for expansion "from all over the country." And though he places no timetable on the search, Alvarez thinks conference commissioner Jim Delany will respond to a group of athletic directors and coaches who want expansion.

Penn State football coach Joe Paterno has been the most vocal advocate of a 12th Big Ten team, and he has support from several of his fellow coaches.

A 12th team would allow the Big Ten to split into divisions and hold a conference championship game. The Big Ten typically ends its football season two weeks before the other BCS conferences, though the addition of a permanent bye week in 2010 will shrink the gap by a week.

by **dxmnkd316** » Sat 12/12/09 1:24 am

Dances With Gophers wrote:Alvarez: Big Ten to push for 12th team

Didn't know where else to put this story...

Wisconsin athletic director Barry Alvarez says the Big Ten will soon make a more aggressive push toward adding a 12th member.

Speaking to Wisconsin's athletic board on Friday, Alvarez, the former longtime Badgers football coach, said the conference already has investigated possibilities for expansion "from all over the country." And though he places no timetable on the search, Alvarez thinks conference commissioner Jim Delany will respond to a group of athletic directors and coaches who want expansion.

Penn State football coach Joe Paterno has been the most vocal advocate of a 12th Big Ten team, and he has support from several of his fellow coaches.

A 12th team would allow the Big Ten to split into divisions and hold a conference championship game. The Big Ten typically ends its football season two weeks before the other BCS conferences, though the addition of a permanent bye week in 2010 will shrink the gap by a week.

this is the same who is pushing for a big ten hockey conference

this discussion begins and ends with notre dame

by **JWG** » Sat 12/12/09 7:40 am

No secret the Big 10 wants a 12th team and no secret they want it to be Notre Dame. But, understandably so, Notre Dame doesn't want to give up their great independent TV contract, revenue and licensing deals, etc.

Funny, they'll join the conference for all but football, I'm glad the Big 10 won't accept that. I don't even know what other independents are out there to consider seriously.

by **Dances With Gophers** » Sat 12/12/09 8:15 am

JWG wrote:No secret the Big 10 wants a 12th team and no secret they want it to be Notre Dame. But, understandably so, Notre Dame doesn't want to give up their great independent TV contract, revenue and licensing deals, etc.

Funny, they'll join the conference for all but football, I'm glad the Big 10 won't accept that. I don't even know what other independents are out there to consider seriously.

Speaking of ND and their TV contract, how does the annoucement of the (possible?/probable?) NBC/Comcast merger afffect their contract? I've also heard that ND makes less than BigT11/SEC schools revenue-wise with this deal, and that they merely do it for exposure? Maybe I should've put this in the 'dumb question' thread.

by **JWG** » Sat 12/12/09 8:39 am

Dances With Gophers wrote:
JWG wrote:No secret the Big 10 wants a 12th team and no secret they want it to be Notre Dame. But, understandably so, Notre Dame doesn't want to give up their great independent TV contract, revenue and licensing deals, etc.

Funny, they'll join the conference for all but football, I'm glad the Big 10 won't accept that. I don't even know what other independents are out there to consider seriously.

Speaking of ND and their TV contract, how does the annoucement of the (possible?/probable?) NBC/Comcast merger afffect their contract? I've also heard that ND makes less than BigT11/SEC schools revenue-wise with this deal, and that they merely do it for exposure? Maybe I should've put this in the 'dumb question' thread.

I'm more concerned about what the NBC/Comcast deal means for those of us who have other cable/satellite providers. DirecTV and Comcast are already at odds over Versus. You hope they won't hold other providers hostage over a major network knowing what the backlash would be, but it is Comcast.

Back to ND, I think their licensing deals are what the most care about. As far as TV, they're on a major network 6-7 times a season guaranteed. No other team can say that. So yes, I think more than money the exposure is important. Given the state of the program now, they'd be on ESPN2 or Big Ten Network every week in our conference.

You know if we get a 12th team and two divisions we'll somehow get screwed right? Our division will be:
Ohio State
Michigan
Wisconsin/Iowa
Penn State
Notre Dame
Minnesota

by **Orion** » Sat 12/12/09 9:29 am

JWG wrote:
Dances With Gophers wrote:
JWG wrote:No secret the Big 10 wants a 12th team and no secret they want it to be Notre Dame. But, understandably so, Notre Dame doesn't want to give up their great independent TV contract, revenue and licensing deals, etc.

Funny, they'll join the conference for all but football, I'm glad the Big 10 won't accept that. I don't even know what other independents are out there to consider seriously.

Speaking of ND and their TV contract, how does the annoucement of the (possible?/probable?) NBC/Comcast merger afffect their contract? I've also heard that ND makes less than BigT11/SEC schools revenue-wise with this deal, and that they merely do it for exposure? Maybe I should've put this in the 'dumb question' thread.

I'm more concerned about what the NBC/Comcast deal means for those of us who have other cable/satellite providers. DirecTV and Comcast are already at odds over Versus. You hope they won't hold other providers hostage over a major network knowing what the backlash would be, but it is Comcast.

Back to ND, I think their licensing deals are what the most care about. As far as TV, they're on a major network 6-7 times a season guaranteed. No other team can say that. So yes, I think more than money the exposure is important. Given the state of the program now, they'd be on ESPN2 or Big Ten Network every week in our conference.

You know if we get a 12th team and two divisions we'll somehow get screwed right? Our division will be:
Ohio State
Michigan
Wisconsin/Iowa
Penn State
Notre Dame
Minnesota

That would be awesome. You can't get to be the best without beating the best.

by **Dances With Gophers** » Sat 12/12/09 10:51 am

Orion wrote:
JWG wrote:You know if we get a 12th team and two divisions we'll somehow get screwed right? Our division will be:
Ohio State
Michigan
Wisconsin/Iowa
Penn State
Notre Dame
Minnesota

That would be awesome. You can't get to be the best without beating the best.

That would be impossible given the current locations:

My guess ~
West - Minny, Iowa, Sconnie, NW, Illinois, Purdue
East - PSU, tOSU, IU, MSU, ND, Ugly Helmets

I never thought ND would even think about joining a conference, but if they maintain their current track, soon they'll be nothing more than a poor man's Stanford of the Midwest.

In a perfect world, I'd drop PSU and add Iowa State. That way a) less travel, b) we can put ISU in the West and move Purdue to the East, c) we can pound on ISU year in and year out, d) yet another reason to hate on Iowa

Will never happen, I know...but still fun to throw out scenarios.

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