They are just a game out of first in the Big Ten with a 13-4 record and they are playing like a team with something to show. They lead the Big Ten in hitting and fielding. They just swept Iowa winning their last game 12-3. It looks like they have a good chance of winning the Big Ten Title. I can't see them getting an invite to the College National Tourney.

I see, too, where the Big Ten Network will broadcast all the game in the Big Ten Tournament starting May 20th.

The hardest golf hole in the world... where the prize for a hole-in-one is a cool $1million. Check out this link. It's a gold hole in Africa where you have to take a helicopter to read the tee and then again down to the green. Neat stuff for all you golf fans ncluding a video:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1171227/Pictured-The-hardest-golf-shot-world--prize-hole-cool-1million.html

It's opening day of the baseball season in the majors today and I know the Twins will be playing in a controlled atmosphere. But I've always wondered about outdoor games in the early spring.

Today in Cincinnati, it's about 40 degrees and it's getting colder. Snow is predicted and there is a cold wind blowing.

So here's my question...

In cold weather how do pitcher's arms react. How to they keep warm and loose? Do they throw more off-speed pitches and let up a bit. It seems to me that arms could be really strained or injured in such cold conditions.

So, anyone ever go through this? What do the coaches tell you? How do you keep your arm loose? Or don't you?

Gophers athletic director Joel Maturi said Friday that he and head football coach Tim Brewster are no longer talking about an extension to Brewster's contract.

"Now is not the right time,'' Maturi said. "The situation has to do with a lot of things, with the economy, with the current climate, things of this nature.''

"Things are going well,'' he said. "[An extension] should not be the focus of the program right now,'' says the Star/Tribune

In a fan blog of the top 10 salaries on this site, Tubby's salary is listed at $630,000 per year and the highest salaried employee at the University.

I just read on the net that the normal salary for a top basketball coach with NCAA tournament experience is in the $1.5 to $2 million range. Tubby's replacement at Kentucky is around the $1.5 million range I believe.

What am I missing here?

IL just beat  #11 Purdue 71-67 in overtime. Illinois has gotten the best of a the Illini lately. They upset Purdue in the second round of the Big Ten tournament last season when the Boilermakers were seeded second and Illinois 10th.

Now, the next perfect upset would be the the Gophers over the Spartans. I wonder where we'll be rated if that happens.

Gads I hate these 75 word minimums. What more can I write about this?

Huge game this Saturday afternoon. I don't think the Gophers will win it but you never know. Eastern Kentuck beat Louisville. It could be a really good game and I want to watch it badly but I can't find if it's being broadcast anywhere. I check all the ESPN channels and Big Ten Network and neither seems to be carrying the game. I live in Kentucky. Is it being broadcast nationally anywhere?

I just found this site a few days ago and have been reading it. Who ever is putting this blog together I just want to tell you, "IT'S GREAT!" I've been reading some other Gopher blogs but they are too cynical or to "homer." It's refreshing to find a site that is "Gopher Proud" but that also gives us the fact. Keep up the good work! I'll be a loyal reader.