Dave Mona's "Gopher Vignettes"
Dave Mona's Gopher Vignettes have garnered praise over the years and have winners of several Sevareid and Murrow Awards over the 12 years he's been doing them. Here's your chance to both read and listen to them throughout the Gopher Football season!
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12/31/09 Iowa State
I WAS ALL SET TO TELL YOU ABOUT FAMOUS IOWA STATE STUDENTS WHO HAD AN IMPACT ON YOUR LIFE…PEOPLE LIKE GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER, EZRA TAFT BENSON, TOM HARKIN, MARK RITCHIE, RUSSELL STOVER, FRED HOIBERG AND MATT BLAIR…UNTIL I CAME ACROSS A FAR MORE RELEVANT AND INTERESTING CONNECTION BETWEEN IOWA STATE AND THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA.
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11/21/09 Iowa
EXACTLY FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS MONTH THE GOPHER FOOTBALL TEAM, TRYING TO AVOID THE BIG TEN BASEMENT FOR A SECOND CONSECUTIVE SEASON, TRAVELED TO IOWA WITH SLIM HOPES OF DEFEATING THE DEFENDING ROSE BOWL CHAMPIONS.
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11/14/09 South Dakota State
OLD MEMORIAL STADIUM WAS ONLY NINE YEARS OLD THE LAST TIME THESE TWO NEIGHBORS PLAYED EACH OTHER, SO IT’S A LITTLE DIFFICULT TRYING TO PROMOTE THIS GAME AS A CLASSIC BORDER BATTLE.
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11/7/09 Illinois Vignette
TODAY WE ARE GOING BACK TO THE QUIZ FORMAT WHERE I’M LOOKING FOR THE NAMES OF FOUR PLAYERS WHO PLAYED SIGNIFICANT ROLES IN THE LONG HISTORY OF FOOTBALL GAMES BETWEEN THE GOPHERS AND THE ILLINI.
I’LL PROFILE THE PLAYERS AND SUPPLY THE NAMES IN ABOUT TWO MINUTES. HERE’S A HINT…WE’RE LOOKING FOR THE NAMES OF TWO ILLINI AND TWO GOLDEN GOPHERS.
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10/31/09 Michigan State
THERE HAVE BEEN A LOT OF THE “BEST OF” SHOWS ON THE BIG TEN NETWORK LATELY AND IT MADE ME THINK ABOUT WHAT WAS THE BEST BIG TEN FOOTBALL TEAM (EXCLUDING MINNESOTA) IN MY MEMORY.
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10/24/09 Ohio State Vignette
IF YOU BELIEVE WHAT YOU SEE ON THE INTERNET, THERE IS TROUBLE BREWING IN THE OHIO STATE FOOTBALL PROGRAM. THE BUCKEYES LOST TO PURDUE LAST WEEK, AND THE BUCKEYE FANS ARE LOOKING FOR BLOOD. SPECIFICALLY, THEY ARE LOOKING FOR THE BLOOD OF THAT GUY IN THE FAMILIAR GREY VEST, COACH JIM TRESSEL.
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10/10/09 Purdue Vignette
SOME OF THE MOST INTERESTING OR MOST PIVOTAL GAMES IN GOPHER FOOTBALL HISTORY WERE PLAYED AGAINST PURDUE…SO I’VE DECIDED TO DO TODAY’S VIGNETTE IN THE FORM OF A QUIZ.
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10/3/09 Wisconsin
IT MAY HAVE BEEN 47 SEASONS AGO, BUT ASK BOBBY BELL ABOUT IT AND HE STILL CAN RECITE THE SEQUENCE OF PLAYS THAT SENT WISCONSIN RATHER THAN MINNESOTA TO THE 1962 BIG TEN TITLE AND DEPRIVED THE GOPHERS OF A POSSIBLE THIRD STRAIGHT TRIP TO THE ROSE BOWL.
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9/26/09 Northwestern
I THINK WE’LL CALL THIS ONE GETTING TO KNOW YOUR OPPONENT IN 200 SECONDS OR LESS.
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9/19/09 California
SO, THIS MORNING THE GOPHERS ARE PLAYING A CALIFORNIA UNIVERSITY FEATURING THE PERHAPS THE BEST COLLEGE RUNNING BACK IN THE NATION. AS YOGI BERRA IS ALLEGED TO HAVE SAID…IT’S LIKE DEJU VU ALL OVER AGAIN.
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9/12/09 Air Force
SINCE ALL THE TALK TODAY IS ABOUT THE NEW STADIUM ON CAMPUS, I THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE FUN TO GO BACK TO THE 1924 SEASON WHEN THE THEN NEW MEMORIAL STADIUM WAS DEDICATED ACROSS THE STREET FROM HERE.
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9/5/09 Syracuse
SINCE THIS IS THE FIRST MEETING IN NEARLY 15 YEARS BETWEEN THESE TWO FOOTBALL TEAMS, I’M USING THIS MORNING’S VIGNETTE AS A QUICK STUDY OF WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT TODAY’S VENUE AND OPPONENT.
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