Great Moments in Gopher Football: EPIC FAIL RIGHT

by Hawkeye State on Nov 19, 2008 11:00 AM CST in Football Comment 11 comments

Throughout HATE WEEK, we'll be looking back at some of the memorable moments in Gopher football history. Because all teams have moments of ineptitude, but few have so many widely available on Youtube.

October 28, 2000:

Minnesota entered the 2000 Northwestern game at 5-3, having become the only team in the history of humankind to beat Ohio State and lose to Ohio in the same season. The Gophers built their customary 21-point lead on Northwestern late in the third quarter. However, despite the typical superhuman efforts of the Minnesota defense, Nortwestern narrowed the lead to 7 with 12:00 to play. The 'Cats converted five fourth downs (including a 4th-and-20), all of which were accomplished against the expressed wishes of King Gustav of Sweden, in a late drive to tie the game. Glen Mason used all his God-given powers to run 1:24 off the clock and send the game to overtime, but quickly found his task impossible. Northwestern got the ball with three seconds left to play...

Minnesota ended the year its customary 6-6, after losing the Micron PC Bowl to North Carolina State. To this day, the National EPIC FAIL Museum in Duluth, Minnesota contains nothing but the video of the 2000 Micron PC Bowl between Minnesota and North Carolina State on a perpetual loop.

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That wasn't the game

that I thought it was.

Wasn’t there a Gopher loss where the ref ruled a Gopher out of bounds because he was standing on the green between the yellow and white in the end zone? That’s why they changed it up a couple of years back.

by Bama Hawkeye on Nov 19, 2008 11:13 AM CST reply actions 0 recs

that was Purdue

and after that play we lost because the refs allowed them to get a FG off in an impossible amount of time.

what you say here can, and will, be used against you

by GopherNation on Nov 19, 2008 2:02 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaa, Minnesota.

I like the part where they lose.

by Bucketochicken on Nov 19, 2008 11:14 AM CST reply actions 0 recs

That funny...

because my favorite part is when they don’t win.

by Argulor on Nov 19, 2008 11:20 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

Yes.

Is there any moment that isn’t made better by Yakety Sax?

I intend to have it played at my wedding, the birth of my children, and finally, my funeral.

Godspeed, Boots Randolph & Benny Hill.

by Ed Podolak of Good Judgement on Nov 19, 2008 11:24 AM CST reply actions 0 recs

Agreed EPoGJ

Could that not be the minny fight song?

And if Scothawk needs any ideas, a compilation of Goofer EPIC GREENWOODs with a Yakety Sax soundtrack would be maybe the best thing ever

by Ill Jukes on Nov 19, 2008 11:31 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs

No Way

Minnesota tried to run out the clock to go to overtime against Northwestern only to have the ‘Cats pull off an absolutely stupefying win? I don’t believe it. It’s not like that happened this season too after all. At the shit heap no less?

by shada's revenge on Nov 19, 2008 3:01 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

The EPIC FAIL museum is not in Duluth.

And I’ll tell you why. Because there are like three people in this town who follow college football, myself and a couple Wisconsin fans (one of whom is Bruce Ciskie) who live across the bridge in Superior. Seriously, I’ve been telling people around town I’m going to the Metrodome Saturday, and I get blank stares. They have no idea what is happening at the Metrodome Saturday. None.

The town comes to a halt on Sundays during Vikings and Packers games and, well, during Nascar races, but college football? No one here seems to have heard of it.

by DonnyDonovan on Nov 19, 2008 8:57 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Isn't Duluth's museum called

The EPIC GREENWOOD?

I ate the blue ones ... they taste like burning.

by HoyaGoon on Nov 19, 2008 11:12 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

and over at the goofie blog the only thing they can use for amunition is iowa losing their rivalry game over the clowns 15-13, losing to west. mich AND minnEhaha is better than basketball. from a team who lost to OHIO and OHIO st in the same year? Im sorry but I just had to comment on their lack of anything compared to the all the goofie chokes that are just way to many to put into print. I can still see glen mason with that shiatea$$ grin in the background after YET another wisky and iowa choke and then he goes back to smiling. when they have to lower themselves to bball comparisons and des moines nightlife, its desperation time in the life of a minneHAHA football fan

by kinnickcolt on Nov 20, 2008 4:09 AM CST reply actions 0 recs

seriously NOTHING and I mean nothing is more embarrassing that a visiting team attempting to take down your goalposts and SUCCEEDING

and getting called for excessive noise and YOU ARE the visiting team. there are so many hysterical minnEHAHA moments that we could bring up about this team its almost unfair to keep going

by kinnickcolt on Nov 20, 2008 4:12 AM CST reply actions 0 recs