All of old. Nothing else ever. Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better. -Samuel Beckett, “Worstward Ho” Min...

Any fool can turn a blind eye but who knows what the ostrich sees in the sand. -Samuel Beckett, “Murphy” The excitement of P.J. Fleck’s 7 ye...

The sun shone, having no alternative, on nothing new. – Samuel Beckett, “Murphy” In the early hours of what was for me August 30 th , 2019...

How do you unpack general existence since the last “normal” Gopher football game at the Outback Bowl back on January 1 st of what we didn’t...

After a shocking 0-2 start to the 2020 season, for some faction of the Minnesota Gopher football fan base it appears we’ve already reached “...

Oh hi, I’m Outstate Biff. You’ve caught me writing an escapist, self-indulgent blog post. Big Ten football is back. And not like Texas…lik...

A couple weeks ago my wife and I were blessed with a son, our first kid. It’s been an incredible time of constant new experiences, ter...

Your everlastin’ season you can feel it fadin’ fast So you spend a lazy Sunday crunchin’ numbers on the past Would you know a Special ...

This is a post-bowl update to Part 1 in a series evaluating where Minnesota is at in Year 3 of the Fleck era. If you haven’t read th...

If Future Frothy approached you in his flying Delorean back in August and told you that on January 1st Minnesota would be 11-2 with two...

Evaluating where Minnesota is at in Year 3 of the Fleck era. In future parts we'll look at where we could have gone, and where w...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_JF8oSxXtM Let’s get the nasty part out of the way first. The two losses that marred an otherwise inc...