Post-Season Wrap up, other Buzz

Hey Guys -

MK/JG - hope the trip was great. You actually missed some nice weather here for a couple of days, but I'm sure it was nothing like Jamaica. Please post a recap if you're up for it, or I'm sure we'll be talking in the next few days as well.

So the betting season is officially over. JG actually pulls out a W for the NFL prtion of the post-season, but unfortunately he falls short on the overall. Here's how the final standings shook out

MR - 65+19 = 84
MK - 60+22 = 82
JR - 54+24 = 78
JG - 48+30 = 78

So Roe wins both portions of the football betting challenge this year. Nice work Mike. We'll have to discuss a better payout method next time we get together, because this pay out when we see each other thing just doesn't really happen that often. We're waaaaaayyyy overdue to get squared up - I'll send a total recap out later this week of who owes what to whom.

Now it's looking forward to signing day this week, then March Madness and the Spring Football game and the Draft. Then we've got some golfing action before fall hits and we do it all over again.

There is some serious buzz that Michael Carter, 4 star DB, will de-commit from WV and sign with the Gophers on Wednesday. Apparently, Brew and co. we're in FLA this past weekend chatting with him again, and he has pulled all of his WV stuff off of his myspace page. This is some great news, as this team really needs a starting S to likely replace Brock. I guess Brew was on WCCO yesterday, and he expects to have a couple more big commits before signing day, which means the next 3 days. We'll see, but I love his optimism and relentless recruiting efforts. This is looking to be a solid class once again, and should set us up for some good depth this season and beyond.

I think hell has offically frozen over - Mankato sweeps the Gophers last weekend. Unreal. Not sure where this team is heading right now, but it doesn't look good.

Wolves have cooled off after getting shellacked by LAL and BOS, but a more favorable slate coming up should help them out a bit. Either way, I'm still enjoying the NBA more than I have in quite some time.

Gopher hoops all of a sudden has a GIANT game at MSU on WED. With a win, unlikely as it may be, we could seriuosly be thinking about the potential of a B10 title, or at least a top 2-3 finish. At least we appear to be a lock for the tourney, which is all I was hoping for at the start of the season. Hopefully, they'll make a nice little run in March and get things pumped up for next year when they could REALLY make some National noise.

Hope everyone is doing great - I'll keep you updated on the Spring Game/Draft weekend as we get more information. Otherwise, I'll probably be on lockdown for the forseeable future with #2 coming sometime in the next 6 weeks.

Later.