Monthly Archives: August 2011

Get On the Jerry Killwagon While There’s Still Room

August 31, 2011
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Get On the Jerry Killwagon While There’s Still Room

Given my unflappable love of Minnesota sports, it might surprise some of my most loyal readers (ahem…ignore the deafening noise of crickets that has suddenly overwhelmed your quiet solitude) that I am not the son of born-and-bred Minnesotans. Yes indeed, my parents are from Iowa. Dubuque, to be exact. In fact, they spent 26 years living in a different state—22 in Iowa—before they landed here in the great state of Minnesota. It should come as no surprise that they weren’t exactly bleeding maroon and gold when they arrived here back in 1976 and began the process of constructing their...

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Injuries, Losses and Errs Oh My

August 30, 2011
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Injuries, Losses and Errs Oh My

If the Twins organization had seen the writing on the wall this time 5 weeks ago, there might have been a few more trades made. At that time, we were flirting with an outside chance of making one last push for the division. That push came, but in the complete opposite direction. As it stands now, the team on a continual downward spiral throughout 2011 seems to be closing doors for the season early. Like those boarding up their homes last weekend for Irene, the Twins are slowly doing the same to prepare for the offseason. While fan favorite...

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Jerry Kill Era Starts Saturday

August 29, 2011
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Jerry Kill Era Starts Saturday

The Jerry Kill is about to officially begin on the field this Saturday. There has been a slow-building buzz around the man who is coaching our Maroon and Gold without a contract in place. It hasn’t been hype so much as the quiet confidence that he brings. Brewster brought a constant hype onto campus and it became clear that he brought very little beyond that. Kill, on the other hand, has instilled a humble confidence into the program. Kill believes he will succeed and won’t accept anything less. This has permeated throughout the rest of the coaches and the...

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Has Former Gopher Quarterback Adam Weber Found A Home In Denver?

August 26, 2011
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Has Former Gopher Quarterback Adam Weber Found A Home In Denver?

He was born in the summer of his 27th year Comin’ home to a place he’d never been before He left yesterday behind him, you might say he was born again You might say he found a key for every door -Opening lines to John Denver’s Rocky Mountain High   In John Denver’s Rocky Mountain High, we are regaled with the story of a troubled young man who leaves behind his past and finds a new home amidst the towering peaks of the Rocky Mountains. If it weren’t for the fact that Denver was describing his own journey to...

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