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Monday, October 3rd, 2011



Hayti South Dakota Alumni Reunion 2010" Those were the days" 042.avi

The music at the reunion. "Those were the days" put to the words for the RED BIRDS.

After humiliation by Michigan, Gophers shut down football program

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He and his staff of fine coaches were brought in to do the same at the University of Minnesota, but after losing four of their first five games, the latest a 58-0 embarrassment to Michigan , he will not get the chance to turn around the Gophers. I can't believe it. I mean, sure, I knew this would be a long rebuild, and let's face it, after what I saw today it probably would have taken us 10 or 15 years to turn this thing around and get us competitive again, but doggone it, we would have... Not because he's been fired already, but because the University has essentially fired the football team, disbanding the program effective immediately. "I've never quit anything in my life," the demoralized Coach Kill said after the game yesterday, "and I guess technically I'm not quitting this either, but I'm in shock. We were told after the loss today that they're shutting down the football program. Jerry Kill has beaten cancer, is winning the battle against epilepsy, and has turned around morbid football programs at places like Emporia State, Southern Illinois, and Northern Illinois.
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