"What was proven on Saturday night was what was suspected all along: The 2008 Gophers were the worst 7-1 team you could find in a BCS conference -- strictly a product of a cupcake schedule and in no way an indication Brewster was putting together something significant in his second season. Gophers loyalists have embraced Brewster in a longshot hope that the avalanche of words contains substance and not merely salesmanship, and others have embraced him because Brewster understands the wisdom of never underestimating the naiveté of his audience. The coach keeps saying he's 'extremely, extremely proud' of his athletes, his program and his school, and amazingly, amazingly, people react as if those words have meaning.... What the Hawkeyes demonstrated is that when a coach of substance juts his jaw and keeps working he can get his team on a 5-of-6 streak to conclude the Big Ten, and when a coach of rhetoric keeps offering meaningless blather his players are likely to suffocate."