# Minnesota Wins! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 1, 2004, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minnesota-wins/222036 "2004-01-01T00:58:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Rysdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7cd45c/32.png) [@Rysdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysdad)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2004, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minnesota-wins/222036/1 "2004-01-01T00:58:44Z")
Indeed, the Mighty Minnesota Golden Gophers have triumphed by soundly trouncing Oregon by a whole point in the prestigious Wells Fargo Sun Bowl. And what kind of pussy name is “The Ducks” for a college team? They ought to have a manly name, one that strikes fear in the hearts of their opponents like, um, uh…nevermind. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2004, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minnesota-wins/222036/2 "2004-01-01T01:11:11Z")
And aren’t the Golden Gophers in the same conference as the Wisconsin Badgers? [size=1]Badger badger badger badger badger badger badger…[/size=1] ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2004, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minnesota-wins/222036/3 "2004-01-01T01:15:14Z")
$#@! coding. ---
**Author:** ![Rysdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7cd45c/32.png) [@Rysdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysdad)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2004, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minnesota-wins/222036/4 "2004-01-01T01:23:04Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by RTFirefly \* > \*\*And aren’t the Golden Gophers in the same conference as the Wisconsin Badgers? > \*\* That’s _Mighty_ Golden Gophers, and yes they are. Come on, Big 10, let’s start winning some bowls! [sub]Go Blue![/sub] ---
**Author:** ![David\_Simmons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9de053/32.png) [@David\_Simmons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/David_Simmons)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2004, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minnesota-wins/222036/5 "2004-01-01T03:22:23Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Rysdad \* > \*\*That’s _Mighty_ Golden Gophers, and yes they are. > > Come on, Big 10, let’s start winning some bowls! [sub]Go Blue![/sub] \*\* Gophers? _Gophers?_ **Gophers?** Who’s afraid of the big bad gopher? I don’t know about ducks, but I’ve seen chickens chase gophers. ---
**Author:** ![Booker57](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Booker57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Booker57)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2004, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minnesota-wins/222036/6 "2004-01-01T03:36:12Z")
Aren’t the “ducks” of Oregon some sort of slug? I know that somewhere the Master talks about them. ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2004, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minnesota-wins/222036/7 "2004-01-01T03:41:43Z")
**Booker** , you’re thinking of “geoducks”, which are a different creature entirely. Oregon’s Ducks are birds which live on a lake and quack. And, yes, their [quacks echo](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a5_071.html). GO TROJANS! Robin ---
**Author:** ![Dangerosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Dangerosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dangerosa)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2004, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minnesota-wins/222036/8 "2004-01-01T03:44:54Z")
Have you seen Goldy? I was a student at the U when Goldy underwent his weight training routine. The old Goldy got a lot of sand kicked in his face, but the new Goldy sells body building suppliments on the back page of comics.