The House that Brewster Built....and is Still Building!

For those of you who didn't see the game.....I'm sorry. But the Gophers' first game in TCF Stadium was unreal! The outcome made it that much better, but just standing and looking around the stadium and taking in the crowd was more than anyone could have imagined it to be. The stands were full of Maroon and Gold, something I have never experienced at a Gopher football game. Watching the game outdoors could not have been better with the great weather, the fly over by the replica WWI planes, the sunset around halftime and the bright lights to cap off the night! Watching the crowd and experiencing it first hand was as great as watching the gophers win a must win game in a season that we NEED to win 8 games to take the next big step - and get a few HUGE recruits who are waiting on a good record. Its a shame we couldn't have every recruit at the game. Anyone who was at the game experienced something that was as great as any atmosphere in the country! I've been at to Ohio Stadium, which had twice as many people at it, and it wasn't even close. There is something neat about playing in a stadium with tradition. That's why you play on the road. You get to play at those stadiums no matter what team you are on. You get to experience what 100,000+ is like. In a few years though we will see what 75,000 feels like. I feel that our 51,000 were just as loud as OSU fans were, and in a few years our 75,000 will be louder! You will get to not only have the 70+ degree early season games, but also the snow in November! Some of the greatest football games ever have taken place in the snow! And nothing could more fun than tailgating around a grill with snow flakes falling! Oh, and lets not forget that these players get the FINEST locker room in college sports. As for the building process, Tim Brewster has done more for Gopher Nation than most people realize. He has brought in better recruits already than Mason did his entire tenure in Minnesota. He got us one of the top QB recruits in the country in Gray. He got us the best that MN had to offer last year, and other than #1 recruit in the nation he has gotten us the best we have to offer this year. He has guys wanting to play here over schools that compete for titles every year! If we do get Seantrel Henderson (I am one of the few who think we will... if we win 8 games this year) we will have possibly a top 15 recruiting class! He is building this program the right way. He also is making sure that everyone remembers this programs roots, the title teams from the 30's, 40's and 1960, the legendary players, the legendary coaches, and much more. This program has not been in a better place in a half century. The one down side is we have the hardest schedule we have had as long as I have been alive....but with 8 wins that will quickly turn to a positive because we do have one of the top 10, if not top 5 hardest schedules in the country! Yes, TCF Bank Stadium is brilliant. The crowd was amazing. The team looked good. And they will look better. Sooner than most think too! SKI U MAH