SwirlinLingerie
Well-Known Member
Anyone else imagining this scenario?
Brewster loses his team again down the stretch as they tune him out. But this year is worse, because Minnesota does not have a win in the Big Ten and by the time Iowa week rolls around it is obvious he will be fired. Perhaps that decision has even been announced by the time Iowa comes to town.
With the previous home games being Penn State and Ohio State, the Gopher fans have seen their team outscored 91-6 in the past two home games. In fact, they haven't seen a win in the stadium since Northern Illinois in September.
With 10 degree temperatures and bitter winds forecast for the game, and the always boisterous Hawkeye fans ready to invade their stadium, how many Gopher fans decide to make a few bucks by scalping their tickets? Why not make $100 or $150 instead of watching their lifeless team get obliterated for the third home game in a row?
And of course, helping their decision will be the potentially unprecedented demand for tickets from Hawkeye fans. After beating Ohio State the week before to tie for the conference lead at 6-1, only the Gophers remain as the obstacle for Iowa's first trip to Pasadena in two decades.
Tens of thousands of Iowa fans flock to Minneapolis in hopes of buying tickets to the game. If this scenario presents itself, how many Gopher fans are going to hold onto their game ticket in order to watch their 1-7 or 0-8 Gophers get stomped by the Hawkeyes.
Would the stadium be 75% black and gold? And if it is 75% black and gold, how will security ever stop Hawkeye fans from doing what they want after they win the game and clinch the Rose Bowl? 2002's celebration would look tame. It could be a somewhat ugly situation, with Hawkeye fans being kept from the goalposts, but then switching efforts to take any hot dog stand or restroom sign not bolted down.
We'll see.
Brewster loses his team again down the stretch as they tune him out. But this year is worse, because Minnesota does not have a win in the Big Ten and by the time Iowa week rolls around it is obvious he will be fired. Perhaps that decision has even been announced by the time Iowa comes to town.
With the previous home games being Penn State and Ohio State, the Gopher fans have seen their team outscored 91-6 in the past two home games. In fact, they haven't seen a win in the stadium since Northern Illinois in September.
With 10 degree temperatures and bitter winds forecast for the game, and the always boisterous Hawkeye fans ready to invade their stadium, how many Gopher fans decide to make a few bucks by scalping their tickets? Why not make $100 or $150 instead of watching their lifeless team get obliterated for the third home game in a row?
And of course, helping their decision will be the potentially unprecedented demand for tickets from Hawkeye fans. After beating Ohio State the week before to tie for the conference lead at 6-1, only the Gophers remain as the obstacle for Iowa's first trip to Pasadena in two decades.
Tens of thousands of Iowa fans flock to Minneapolis in hopes of buying tickets to the game. If this scenario presents itself, how many Gopher fans are going to hold onto their game ticket in order to watch their 1-7 or 0-8 Gophers get stomped by the Hawkeyes.
Would the stadium be 75% black and gold? And if it is 75% black and gold, how will security ever stop Hawkeye fans from doing what they want after they win the game and clinch the Rose Bowl? 2002's celebration would look tame. It could be a somewhat ugly situation, with Hawkeye fans being kept from the goalposts, but then switching efforts to take any hot dog stand or restroom sign not bolted down.
We'll see.
