End of an era?

Is anyone else sad to see the end of the JDB era becoming a reality very quickly? If and when the Purple decide to sign this new guy, the hearalded JDB will likely be tossed aside for the old man in wranglers. Remember how excited we all were (sort of) when the Purple drafted this guy and he looked like that nice long-term project that we're all about around here? Well, looks like it was a 1 and done for JDB...I'll miss him.

Is there any doubt that the old man will be on this team next year? We've gone from "not interesed" to "no comment" to "meeting this week" in the matter of about a month or less. What do I think of the move? Well, I suppose he gives us the best chance to win something significant, and in the "boom or bust, all or nothing" year for Chilly and crew, I think it makes sense. We've all seen the issues discussed over and over for about a year now, but bottom line is that he's instantly the best option on the team so you have to go with it.

What the hell is up with JoePa? All of a sudden he's speaking out against the Big 10 for not expanding to 12 teams, which I totally agree with. And today I see a headline that he's speaking out against the BCS and demanding a Playoff. Wow, the 82 year old has never been a quiet legend, but I think he's maybe seeing the end of his run coming soon so he feels he has nothing to lose by throwing out any and all opinions about why things suck. Nice work JoePa.

Almost the most exciting time of the year again for your T-Wolves...draft lotto night!!! woo-hoo!!! Obviously, it won't turn out well for us once again, but right now we can have a little hope to land a star. Enjoy the excitement for the next few weeks, as soon as we come out of the #6 envelope it will be back to normal.

Jimmy Gjere, big OT who verballed to the Gophs, was recently moved up to #49 in the overall player rankings by Rivals. If we can land Mr. Henderson on the other side this could be the best offensive line we've seen in quite some time. Let's hope Seantrel turns down the song girls and Mr. Carroll and stays put at TCF...what kind of bizarro world would it be where the Gophers land the #1 overall player in the nation...am I dreaming, maybe.

Picked my TCF seats yesterday - upper deck, 4th row, 45 yard line, on the aisle. September can't get here soon enough. I'm working on throwing together some early conference previews to publish on here for your feedback/opinions. Unfortunately, with the 2 children in the home I have about 3 minutes and 38 seconds of free time each night where I'm not attending to their needs. So at that rate, I'll be through all 12 conferences by December. We'll see what happens.

No time on the course yet for me - hope you guys have gotten out a little bit. I figure I'll be able to start playing closer to June once Anna gets back to work and our schedule looks a little more normal. I will be defneding the trophy at the Roe/Joe on August 22nd, but besides that I have nothing booked for gold outings. I am trying to plan a golf/cards date for a bunch of us at my place this summer. Once I get my summer schedule from my personal planner I will line up a date and let you know.

Hope all is well - talk to guys later.

PJ - for the old man

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