I see people on social media sites complaining about the University of Minnesota Golden Gophers minor bowls against middle of the road teams and say that P.J. Fleck doesn't deserve the credit he gets after leading them to their NINTH consecutive victory.
Would you prefer that they NOT play bowl games and maybe only win two or three games a year?!?!
Yes, they've got a long way to go to get up to the national level with the likes of Michigan, Ohio State, and Penn State, but do you really wanna deal with those headaches that come with being the big dogs?
I know Michigan and Ohio State have won the last two NCAA "national championships". And the hill got MUCH steeper when Oregon and USC joined the Big Ten.
For now, I'm good with no longer being the punching bags, the laughing stocks, or the runts of the litter. People have to give them a *LITTLE* respect, and those iotas are much greater than zero.
Can Minnesota do better? Yes, they could. It's gonna take time. And I've got plenty of patience. Gopher football season is no longer the "wait until hockey starts" transition period between the start of the school year and the puck drops at Mariucci and Ridder Arenas. It means something now. I'll gladly take that.
It take time to become golden. But compared to what they were in the days before they started rowing the boat? I'll gladly be not shit...
Row the boat, Ski-U-Mah, and Go Gophers.
