College basketball and the Courtney Barnett show in St. Paul.
For the record, here's the Steven Hyden piece casting a new version of the Traveling Wilburys. Chandler misremembered it slightly.
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Gophers notes and changes with the Vikings. We recorded Thursday, before Minnesota hired Brick Haley as defensive line coach.
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Cleaning up a week after the bowl win over West Virginia, with a few Gophers roster notes.
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It wasn't the destination a lot of fans wanted, nor an opponent who was likely to make things terribly interesting, nor a kickoff time that was easy on either team. But Minnesota's bowl trip ended in a comfortable victory, one that would have been by an even wider margin if not for some early red zone mistakes and a fourth-quarter kneeldown in front of the goal-line.
It was a satisfying way to send off a group of seniors that have played a lot of games since P.J. Fleck's arrival in Minneapolis (and even some games before then). And it capped a weird, often frustrating, but ultimately positive season.
1. The Gophers won on the strength of their ground game.
It was the last college game for four of Minnesota's five starting offensive linemen, the biggest and most experienced group in college football. And they went out exactly as they would have wanted, leading the way in a 283-yard rushing performance.