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Post by gopherhim on Aug 6, 2024 10:30:45 GMT -5
Just got two gopher loyalty gifts. One a pregame meeting and the other to watch a practice. That’s exciting! Loyalty for having season tickets or donating enough over the years?
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Post by BigDigEnergy on Aug 6, 2024 10:44:46 GMT -5
The MN B1G Media Day session is starting now.
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Post by gophsstudent on Aug 6, 2024 12:13:45 GMT -5
Well, it's official folks - I'm moving back to MN! Can't wait to attend some games this year. I will say, though... I do happen to be working for another school in the area. So going to have to mix my Gophers gear and my Tommies gear.... and maybe get that thread active again!
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Post by JT on Aug 6, 2024 13:29:04 GMT -5
Just got two gopher loyalty gifts. One a pregame meeting and the other to watch a practice. That’s exciting! Loyalty for having season tickets or donating enough over the years? Both. Your Gopher Score includes number of years you’re a season ticket holder (current, for each sport), as well as current-year and previous-years donations to Gopher Athletics. There’s also a one-time bonus if you’re an athlete-alum, and (I think) a couple of other things that most of us don’t need to care about.
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Post by JT on Aug 6, 2024 13:30:03 GMT -5
Well, it's official folks - I'm moving back to MN! Can't wait to attend some games this year. I will say, though... I do happen to be working for another school in the area. So going to have to mix my Gophers gear and my Tommies gear.... and maybe get that thread active again! Tommie home matches and Gopher home matches have *zero* conflict this year! I need to get some Tommie gear myself for this season. Trying to decide whether Gopher ears are “okay” if I’m wearing purple!
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Post by gophsstudent on Aug 6, 2024 13:34:56 GMT -5
Well, it's official folks - I'm moving back to MN! Can't wait to attend some games this year. I will say, though... I do happen to be working for another school in the area. So going to have to mix my Gophers gear and my Tommies gear.... and maybe get that thread active again! Tommie home matches and Gopher home matches have *zero* conflict this year! I need to get some Tommie gear myself for this season. Trying to decide whether Gopher ears are “okay” if I’m wearing purple! I saw that - super exciting. I will have to work all sports incl. Hockey, Basketball, Football, etc not just volleyball, so I'm sure there will inevitably be some conflicts. But at least I won't be watching all of the matches from half way across the country anymore. I think Gopher ears and Purple are a great combo!
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Post by gopherhim on Aug 6, 2024 13:46:28 GMT -5
That’s exciting! Loyalty for having season tickets or donating enough over the years? Both. Your Gopher Score includes number of years you’re a season ticket holder (current, for each sport), as well as current-year and previous-years donations to Gopher Athletics. There’s also a one-time bonus if you’re an athlete-alum, and (I think) a couple of other things that most of us don’t need to care about. That’s cool. Do they work with your schedule at all or is it more of a “this is the practice you can come to” and “this is the pre-match meeting day”?
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Post by JT on Aug 6, 2024 15:08:24 GMT -5
Both. Your Gopher Score includes number of years you’re a season ticket holder (current, for each sport), as well as current-year and previous-years donations to Gopher Athletics. There’s also a one-time bonus if you’re an athlete-alum, and (I think) a couple of other things that most of us don’t need to care about. That’s cool. Do they work with your schedule at all or is it more of a “this is the practice you can come to” and “this is the pre-match meeting day”? The latter. They’ll have a day/time set up for each sport that offered this sort of loyalty perk, and you generally need something extra (e.g. a ticket for the event) to get in to any of the pre-game discussion by the coach. Football and MBB in particular seem to have a lot of perks which are tied to your already attending an event. Not necessarily a bad assumption, and not unreasonable to have it. I just wish they’d bring back “guest coach” perks (and that I’d somehow be able to snag one). You got to sit on the bench with the staff, listen in to everything, and get introduced at intermission. Booster Club president automatically got it for one of the matches. Treasurer *never* did.
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Post by gogophers on Aug 6, 2024 15:28:40 GMT -5
Just got two gopher loyalty gifts. One a pregame meeting and the other to watch a practice. I got the same offer but the practice dates listed were weeks ago. What date did you get?
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Post by douglass9 on Aug 6, 2024 15:50:35 GMT -5
They said they would send them to me. Have four tickets so I might put out an invite if I can't find enough people.
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Post by skolgophers on Aug 6, 2024 16:02:11 GMT -5
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Post by B1Gminnesotafan on Aug 6, 2024 20:22:13 GMT -5
I just listened to the B1G10 media days interviews with the Gophers. I liked most of what I heard. Especially the team work on communication. Go Gophers.
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Post by skolgophers on Aug 7, 2024 8:13:51 GMT -5
At the press conference, Keegan specifically said they spent the spring working on serve receive and getting the middles involved on offense. Lydia and McKenna seem to be excited about their improvement this offseason. Less than a month away!
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Post by mplsgopher on Aug 8, 2024 19:33:04 GMT -5
See? It was just a conscious decision by the coaching staff(s) before to choose not to work on those critically important areas. What a relief that they've decided to work on them now!
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Post by BigDigEnergy on Aug 9, 2024 8:32:24 GMT -5
Looks like today is the official start of the fall season for the Gopher! Let's go!!!
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