University Diaries » “The Gophers backed out of their home-and-home series with North Carolina in 2013-14 in favor of trying to find a lesser opponent. The kicker is even more of a doozy: The [University of Minnesota] Gophers paid North Carolina $800,000 to cancel the series. That’s right, an athletic department that struggles to make budget every year is forking over $800,000 to avoid playing North Carolina. That would be comical if it weren’t so pathetic.”

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“The Gophers backed out of their home-and-home series with North Carolina in 2013-14 in favor of trying to find a lesser opponent. The kicker is even more of a doozy: The [University of Minnesota] Gophers paid North Carolina $800,000 to cancel the series. That’s right, an athletic department that struggles to make budget every year is forking over $800,000 to avoid playing North Carolina. That would be comical if it weren’t so pathetic.”

Well, it’s a beautiful match-up. This year’s scandal-plagued darling, North Carolina Chapel Hill, and comical, pathetic Minnesota with its $800,000 bill not to play football.

Margaret Soltan, October 22, 2012 10:38AM
Posted in: sport

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