Sports

Friday (fall and winter over-unders) edition: Wha' Happened?

Let's play a numbers game

By Michael Rand

November 6, 2009 at 3:15PM

(The Minnesota Star Tribune)

With a lot of sports converging right now, let's take a minute and try to guess at some numbers. As always, these are intended for entertainment purposes only. We're setting the line. You guess over or under (or right on) that total in the comments.

Over-under lines:

Wolves victories: 24.

Wild victories: 30

Gophers men's BB victories: 24.

Vikings regular season victories: 13.

Duration of contract extension for Joe Mauer with Twins: 6 years.

Monetary value of contract extension for Mauer: $130 million.

Number of other impact players added to Twins via trade or free agency: 2.

Twins' 2010 opening day payroll: $88 million.

WCHA finish for Gophers men's hockey: 5th.

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about the writer

Michael Rand

Columnist / Reporter

Michael Rand is the Minnesota Star Tribune's Digital Sports Senior Writer and host/creator of the Daily Delivery podcast. In 25 years covering Minnesota sports at the Minnesota Star Tribune, he has seen just about everything (except, of course, a Vikings Super Bowl).