In deciding what topics to write about in a given day, I don't have a ton of rules. In general, I try to write about: things that interest me; things I think will interest readers; and things that other people aren't writing about, either at the Star Tribune or in other outlets.
But I am also open to suggestions, and one general rule I have about that is this: If more than one person sends me the same suggestion independently, it's probably worth a long look and possibly attention.
As such, there was this sequence in my email inbox Wednesday morning.
10:28 a.m.: I receive an email from a prominent online sports wagering site with news that the over-under regular season win total for the Gophers football team has been set at 8.5.
10:28 a.m.: One colleague forwards me the odds, with a comment about how that number seems pretty big.
10:29 a.m.: Another colleague forwards me the odds, with a comment about how that number seems pretty big.
And so here we are now. I talked about expectations and optimism for the season with Randy Johnson, our old and now new again Gophers football beat writer, on Thursday's Daily Delivery podcast.
Future optimism about this team will be generated by whatever comes of recruiting battles for incoming 2022 players and beyond — an area where Fleck has thrived in the past and should start to thrive again with the return of face-to-face recruiting on Tuesday for the first time in nearly 18 months.
