Pretty sure the GT fanbase knows but the Gophers had a s***-storm 2 seasons ago between the last game of the season and the bowl around how troubling off-field behavior after the first game of the season (alleged sexual assault) was addressed by the institutional authorities, the new AD, the U Prez, and the Head Coach (who at that time was Tracy Claeys who's now DC at Washington State). Really a mess where the players threatened to boycott the bowl until cooler heads prevailed.
That's the backdrop for Claeys being fired and Fleck being hired.
Ironically, no one gave the Gophers a shot at all against Mike Leach's squad for Washington State in the bowl...but a funny thing happened and the Gophers came out swinging and stopped the Cougars high-powered offense cold and won the game. Didn't save Claeys' job because of how the boycott and other reasons went down, but certainly marked a remarkable turn of events.
Only point being made is that GT has a retiring HC and a very promising new HC hire. Gophers are going through some type of internal issue that needs to be addressed. Both are interesting variables coming into the game.
We'll see on the field in a couple of weeks how it all fits. Of course as a Gophers fan this is the LAST thing wanted to see...just like 2 years ago. These kids are funny though...hard to know where the chips on their shoulders will come from...and how they use them on the field.
All of this is just more sauce for the goose...
