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        <title><![CDATA[Nadine Babu]]></title>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 22, May 2013 2:27</pubDate>
        
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
                            
				 	
                        
			



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                    <title><![CDATA[Was firing Tubby Smith the right thing to do?]]></title>
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                    <description><![CDATA[Unless you live under a rock, I'm sure you are aware that Tubby Smith was fired today.  The news first leaked this morning on GopherHole.com: http://www.forums.gopherhole.com/boards/showthread.php?45533-Tubby-will-be-fired-this-morning .  One of the posters, Ozzy&Ray, was the first to mention it, and I was able to receive confirmation that Tubby indeed, was out.  Jeff Goodman from CBS reported it a few hours later.  Now that you're all caught up, let's get to the good part: debating whether or not it was the right thing to do.  ]]></description>
                    <pubDate>Tue, 26, Mar 2013 0:28</pubDate>
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                    <title><![CDATA[Your voices, Nadine Babu: Nebraska going the extra 'Miles' for basketball]]></title>
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                    <description><![CDATA[A practice facility has been the talk amongst Gopher fans since Tubby Smith arrived at the University of Minnesota.  That is pretty much where it's started and ended with...talk.  We know that there are plans in the works, but in 6 seasons, there has not been any funding finalized or ground broken.  Some people think we need a practice facility to win, others think that it's not a necessity.  Of course it's not a necessity like food, air and water (and college basketball for many of us) - but I will tell you, it sure would help our hoops program. 

For those of you that haven't had the opportunity to see this beautiful complex, here are some of my photos:   ]]></description>
                    <pubDate>Wed, 6, Mar 2013 18:9</pubDate>
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                    <title><![CDATA[Your Voices, Nadine Babu: Gophers need to dig out of ticket sales hole]]></title>
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                    <description><![CDATA[Some of you may read my previous article on the lack of student tickets sold, and ideas on how to rectify that situation.  Students are incredibly important to a college game, and they are the ones that create the atmosphere, and give you a home field/court advantage.  However, it's no secret that public season ticket holders are the ones that pay the bills, making it imperative to sell those tickets. ]]></description>
                    <pubDate>Fri, 2, Nov 2012 17:48</pubDate>
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                    <title><![CDATA[Gophers win over New Hampshire...were beer sales as successful?  ]]></title>
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                    <description><![CDATA[The University of Minnesota reported that they received approximately $111,119. On top of that, it was reported that they had the least amount of issues the U has had since the stadium opened. The 1st day of beer sales at TCF Bank was a success!    ]]></description>
                    <pubDate>Wed, 12, Sep 2012 12:42</pubDate>
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                    <description><![CDATA[Part of why I think that students aren’t buying tickets is that there is no Game Day Experience specifically for them.  ]]></description>
                    <pubDate>Tue, 4, Sep 2012 17:30</pubDate>
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                    <title><![CDATA[Your Voices: Why students don't go to Gophers games]]></title>
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                    <description><![CDATA[“Build it and they will come” is how the University of Minnesota approached the building of TCF Bank stadium, clearly, the fans and students expect more. ]]></description>
                    <pubDate>Mon, 20, Aug 2012 18:51</pubDate>
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                    <title><![CDATA[Your Voices, Nadine Babu: U mediocre with Mbakwe, would be lost without him]]></title>
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                    <description><![CDATA[Anyone that saw the Gophers' loss to Dayton tonight probably has their stomach in knots after seeing Trevor Mbawke go down with a right knee injury.  When I first saw that he was the player on the ground holding his knee, I was just hoping he was banged up a little and would be able to get up in walk it off.  As I continued to watch, I knew that was not going to be the case.  Mbakwe was helped off the court and could not put any weight on his leg.  He began trying to, but you could just see the pain in his face.  When you look at the tears, you had to wonder, is he crying because he's in pain, or because he knows this is a season ending injury?   ]]></description>
                    <pubDate>Sun, 27, Nov 2011 21:52</pubDate>
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                    <title><![CDATA[Gopher fans:  We may not win the game, but we'll win the tailgate]]></title>
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                    <description><![CDATA[People always ask me how I've been so dedicated to this Gopher football team for the past 15 years...and I have one response, it's the entire game day experience.  I think this is something overlooked at the U, and is incredibly important to the loyalty of fans, because even if the team loses (which has happened a lot in the past few years) you can still have a good game day experience.   ]]></description>
                    <pubDate>Sat, 12, Nov 2011 3:58</pubDate>
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                    <title><![CDATA[Exhibition game a cause for concern, but also for optimism]]></title>
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                    <description><![CDATA[Let me put this disclaimer out there: my thoughts have been formed from watching one—yes one—exhibition game, and they are to be taken as such.  ]]></description>
                    <pubDate>Wed, 2, Nov 2011 1:47</pubDate>
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                    <title><![CDATA[Nadine Babu: The blame for Gophers' football? Start with Maturi]]></title>
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                    <description><![CDATA[It's no secret, the Gopher football team is just awful.  Die hard Gopher fans know this, casual fans know this, people who couldn't even name one Gopher football player know this, and everyone in the Big 10 knows this.  So, it begs the question, who is to blame for this travesty?  ]]></description>
                    <pubDate>Sun, 9, Oct 2011 21:53</pubDate>
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                    <title><![CDATA[Nadine Babu: From moral victory to morale loss]]></title>
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                    <description><![CDATA[Coming into the Gophers' first home game, there was so much excitement surrounding the program.  We just came off of a very respectable loss at USC, and saw a lot of potential in a number of players.  Coach Kill embraced the game day experience and actually got the University to close down Oak Street for what he intended to be the biggest party in Minnesota.  ]]></description>
                    <pubDate>Sun, 11, Sep 2011 11:54</pubDate>
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                    <title><![CDATA[Nadine Babu: A 'moral victory.' What does that mean?]]></title>
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                    <description><![CDATA[The term "moral" victory has been used by many in the past 24 hours. In Minnesota’s season opener at USC, the Gophers were predicted to lose by anywhere from 21-24 points, and they only lost by 2 points.  As one of the lucky ones able to attend the game at the LA Coliseum, I was amongst many Gopher fans that left the game with our heads held high because of this game.   ]]></description>
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                    <description><![CDATA[...and every sports fan for that matter.  To be quite honest, I think every person that has a passion for something, or wants to utilize social media to enhance their business should be on Twitter.  The first question I always get when I start talking about Twitter is, "why should I use that?" and the 1st statement usually is "I don’t get Twitter."  If you're in that mindset, you're not alone. ]]></description>
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                    <title><![CDATA[2011 Houston Final Four – the Best Final Four, ever.]]></title>
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This past weekend I had the pleasure of making the trip to Houston, Texas to attend my 8th Final Four in the past 11 years.  I do feel like every year the Final Four gets better and better, and this year’s trip to Houston continued the trend of every year becoming my new favorite.  I know what you’re thinking; that this was the worst National Championship game ever, but when you’re there, it’s so much more than the game itself.  ]]></description>
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                    <description><![CDATA[March Madness is my favorite holiday.  I love it all; the blood, sweat and tears, along with the crushed dreams, elation, good and bad calls and celebrations.  In this 1st weekend, just 4 days in, there were examples of just about everything I love about March Madness. ]]></description>
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                    <description><![CDATA[I never even thought it was a realistic possibility that a Tubby Smith coached Gopher basketball team would fail to even make the NIT…especially after being ranked for the majority of the season as high as #15 in the nation.  I guess that’s to be expected when you lose your last 10 out of 11 games.  For the diehard fans like myself, I have to be honest, it was brutal watching this team absolutely collapse.   ]]></description>
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                    <description><![CDATA[Today’s match-up at 8pm at Williams Arena is the showdown of the bubble teams, that shouldn’t have been.  Michigan State was ranked #2 in the Coaches’ Poll coming into the 2010-11 basketball season. The Gophers were ranked in the Top 25 virtually all season long until a little over a week ago.  Now, with only four regular season games to go, they sit on the bubble – fighting their way into the NCAA tournament.
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                    <description><![CDATA[The Gophers hosted #8 ranked Purdue at the Barn.  We started off the Big 10 season 1-3, and for a 25th ranked team, that’s not exactly a stellar record.  Purdue was our chance to prove that we deserved to be in the top 25, that we could beat a top team, and to build confidence in our players.  You would think for a game like this everyone would show up, fired up, ready for the game and the win…well, our players and our student section showed up – I’m not sure about the rest of the fans. ]]></description>
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                    <title><![CDATA[Trevor Mbakwe Arrested, Now What?]]></title>
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                    <description><![CDATA[If you're a Gopher Basketball fan, you probably checked out of the National Championship football game when the news was released that Trevor Mbakwe had been arrested for violating a restraining order.  The good news is, it appears that all he did was send a Facebook message, the bad news is, we have no idea what his punishment will be.   ]]></description>
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                    <title><![CDATA[Gopher Fans Excitement Kill(ed) by Joel Maturi]]></title>
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                    <description><![CDATA[In my entire life, there has not been a single day where I’ve received more Tweets, Facebook notifications, texts, emails, and phone calls than today from Gopher fans in shock (this puts the day we got Floyd back to shame).  And I say shocked, not as any kind of knock to Jerry Kill.  He has had very successful records at Saginaw Valley State, Emporia State, Southern Illinois, and Northern Illinois where he went 10-3 this past year.  Joel Maturi shocked Gopher fans because before Joe Schmitt broke this story, 99% of people had never mentioned Kill as a viable candidate, or one we were looking at.  ]]></description>
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                    <author><![CDATA[Nadine Babu]]></author>

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