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Minnesota Golden Gophers 2017-18 Season Thread

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ne7minder said:
Well they got birthplace & sport wrong on several players so my guess is that none of the info is reliable
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Just to clarify, this comment is referencing the AOL article, not the Strib's write-up.
 
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Big series against our biggest rival and still no commentary? Anyway I see that the Friday night game will be televised on FSN, puck drop at 7:00.
 
D2D said:
Big series against our biggest rival and still no commentary? Anyway I see that the Friday night game will be televised on FSN, puck drop at 7:00.
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There's a little something called the Olympics going on so nobody really gives a crap about gophers or badgers or any other form of nasty dirty rodent!
 
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D2D said:
Big series against our biggest rival and still no commentary? Anyway I see that the Friday night game will be televised on FSN, puck drop at 7:00.
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It's the Mississippi River Super Sucker series. I doubt we'll be seeing any 1-0 games. The Badger's claws are pretty dull right now and so are the gopher claws, they can't get out of the hole.
 
robertearle said:
Does that/will that make any difference?
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Minnesota beating Wisconsin? Absolutely. BC should pass Wisconsin if the Badgers lose in the WCHA semis or earlier, but if the Gophers can take a point this weekend then a loss in the finals would do it too. Assuming BC wins out, which is a tough assumption in itself but that's the path to #1.
 
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TonyTheTiger20 said:
Minnesota beating Wisconsin? Absolutely. BC should pass Wisconsin if the Badgers lose in the WCHA semis or earlier, but if the Gophers can take a point this weekend then a loss in the finals would do it too. Assuming BC wins out, which is a tough assumption in itself but that's the path to #1.
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I mean 'what difference?'

Unless Wisconsin beating Minnesota is going to put Minnesota out of the NCAA tournament altogether, then whether it is UW #1 and BC #2, or BC #1 and UW #2, Minnesota is coming to Madison, and BC is getting (I assume) the CHA winner. So, what's the difference?
 
robertearle said:
I mean 'what difference?'

Unless Wisconsin beating Minnesota is going to put Minnesota out of the NCAA tournament altogether, then whether it is UW #1 and BC #2, or BC #1 and UW #2, Minnesota is coming to Madison, and BC is getting (I assume) the CHA winner. So, what's the difference?
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Well, the only real difference is that BC can get Lindenwood if they are #1, otherwise Lindenwood would go to Madison. That's not happening anyway. Last change in the final would be another thing.

It's far more important for BC to be the top eastern team than #1 overall (although Clarkson controls their own destiny for that).

The last two benefits to Wisconsin losing would just be to make them look more human, and to make it look like Minnesota could actually beat them in the NCAA quarters. Because right now that would surprise the hell out of me lol
 
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Wisconsin has (I hope) seven games remaining, and it is entirely possible that four of the seven will be against Minnesota.
 
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robertearle said:
Wisconsin has (I hope) seven games remaining, and it is entirely possible that four of the seven will be against Minnesota.
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I wish that I felt like there was a high probability of Wisconsin having five games remaining with four being against Minnesota. :(
 
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robertearle said:
Wisconsin has (I hope) seven games remaining, and it is entirely possible that four of the seven will be against Minnesota.
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This is the best year for that to be the case in Wisconsin's perspective. The eye test doesn't lie and trying to be as objective as I can about it...Minnesota just isn't that good.
 
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FiveHoleFrenzy said:
This is the best year for that to be the case in Wisconsin's perspective. The eye test doesn't lie and trying to be as objective as I can about it...Minnesota just isn't that good.
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UW and UM played two one-goal games back in October, one going OT. Everybody in the top 4, or 6, or 8 in the Pairwise has shown they can lose to pretty much anybody on any given night. And we're rapidly approaching the part of the year when one bad night finishes the year. Minnesota is plenty good enough.
 
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ne7minder said:
Gee, let me see if I can remember a BC being #1 recently and how that worked out . . .
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I don't think you're getting robertearle's point (i.e., location trumps seeding).
 
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ARM said:
I don't think you're getting robertearle's point (i.e., location trumps seeding).
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I guess I did, so you mean that where the WCHA plays affects them winning a national championship
 
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