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I said this about the Gopher v Ohio State game 2 weeks ago, but after the horrible loss to Northwestern I feel the same way about the game this week.  The Gophers must beat Purdue.  

I was drifting in at out of consiousness today so I didn’t actually see a lot of the game.  I had the game on in the background and I would flip between it and my dream, which was of the Gopher v Northwestern basketball game being played outside on a Minensota lake.  I think I drank too much last night.  

Anyway, back to this weeks game against Purdue.  I see it as a must win because we are coming off of a terrible game.  I see it as a must win because it’s at home.  I see it as a must win because after Purdue we play at Indiana (Indiana’s bad but Northwestern was too), Illinois, at Michigan State and at Ohio State.  If we do not beat Purdue and regain our confidence/swagger (I hate the word swagger)/moxie (I hate the word moxie even more) we could crank out a season-killing 6 game losing streak.  So what needs to be done?  Thanks for asking.

1) Blake Hoffarber’s minutes need to be drastically cut.  He has yet to show up for a Big10 game, averaging 3.0 ppg in conference play and hitting only 12% of his 3-pointers.  He’s too slow to gaurd Big10 gaurds.  If Coach Smith wants a slow white kid who can hit 12% of his 3-point attempts then I will consider walking on next year.  Give his minutes to Travis Busch or Devoe Joseph.

2) The starting line-up should be Westbrook – Nolan – Johnson – Carter – Sampson III.  Joseph can come off the bench to get the team going.  Colton Iverson can replace Sampson if he’s in foul trouble or struggling on defense.  

3) I’m very thankful for Jamal Abu-Shamala and what he did for this program in the past years.  He was the one shinging light for a few years.  But this year, he should not be getting the minutes that he is seeing.  We have better shooters then him, more athletic players.  

I’m confident that we can beat Purdue.  Johnson should be able to shut down Robbie Hummel.  The only problem that we should have is with gaurding Calasan.  He’s 6′9″ and can hit 3’s if no one is on him.  

Let’s Go Gophers!

** On a side not, #94 of the Arizona Cardinals Stanky Legged all over Donovan F. McNabb after sacking him late in the 3rd quarter.  No booty doo was observed though.