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You are up to ramming speed ThatGuy on Minnesota's trophies. The Billds will be there tonight and here's to a solid game on both sides with no significant injuries. On the injury side I've seen several first games over the years against conference rivals or highly rated non-conference foes...

Yep, the Broken Chair is a home-grown trophy for a very good cause. So far the U and Coach Fleck have not embraced it...similar for Nebraska...but fans on both side love it. As for your marriage-based allegiance to Nebbie, that's too bad. They are a proud bunch and expect Rhule to turn...

Good luck Jackets on your season! The Gophers open up our season against Nebraska tomorrow night. We're having a "Gold Out" that will hopefully drown out any red that shows up. Football season is upon us. Roll Ramblin Wreck! Billd.

Will just jump in that Minnesota has had a nice Georgia pipeline for over 10 years. Probably the best catch was Rashod Bateman out of Tift County who UGA went after at the last minute and he stayed with Minnesota. As I'm orginally from Marietta, have a great picture of my kid with a Lassiter...

Have Nebbie family on Mrs. Billd's side and have gone to Lincoln 3 times since they joined the conference. No doubt how U Texas operated was a big motivator to leave the Big 12 but in general the fanbase is fine where they are. Because they still think they are a national powerhouse (not)...

Meanwhile at the B12... https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/arizona-arizona-state-utah-join-big-12-programs-follow-colorado-departing-pac-12-before-2024-season/

Holding on to my Comcast remote as long as I can....very happy CFB consumer.

Now The Athletic joins in...behind a paywall but you can get the gist...

More grist for the mill... https://saturdaytradition.com/big-ten-football/hickey-the-b1g-is-right-to-play-pac-12-vulture-rather-than-raptor/

Good thought. Only me saying personally not that excited by ending up with a B1G and PAC whatever beyond USC and UCLA that is already there. Posted back in the spring Cyndi Lauper had it right...$$$ changes everything...and boy are the times a changin' (borrowing from a Minnesota native Mr...

Mods delete if already posted. I say "meh" myself. https://sports.yahoo.com/sources-big-ten-has-begun-preliminary-talks-to-potentially-add-oregon-washington-cal-and-stanford-173934989.html

Here's the Clemson and FSU source. Yuk. https://athlonsports.com/college-football/big-ten-expansion-rumors-clemson-florida-state-oregon-washington

Correct. Appears to be my bad. Darn internet...

Hello all. Not an expert to be sure but the athletic programs within the B1G are on their own...and similar for the research side of each institution...there is no "mixing" of monies. As for AAU, have to acknowledge that Nebraska was added to the B1G after it lost its AAU status. Although...

The Gophers will get their shot in Columbus on November 18...not really looking forward to it but ya' never know.

Thank God Sheboygan for the Key hire 'cuz the last thing the world needs is another Badger fan! Merry Christmas to you and the Missus... Billd.

Thanks TG. It's a fun, light-hearted trophy that has a good charitable cause behind it too. We went to Lincoln this year and got a picture with The Broken Chair enjoying an adult beverage literally at the front gate of Memorial Stadium. To say that the alcohol consumption policy at the...

Thanks for the background. We too care more about teams in The West Division versus the East Division. Syracuse has had some good teams so we're not going to look past them. As an aside when Nebraska joined the B1G it was a deal for both Minnesota and Nebbie because we have a historic...

Mods...I didn't see a bowl thread so thought I'd go here... The Gophers have been matched up with The Orange from NY in the Pinstripe Bowl for this year. Does Tech have any particular animus toward Syracuse or are they just another team in the Conference that must be dealt with? For us...

Yep...busted. In a similar vein, we are in the depth of winter up here. This is a look out my front window...