Dalton’s Eden Prairie home burned earlier this month and will have to be rebuilt. He is involved with pro and college media work including hosting a weekly TV show with Gophers coach Tim Brewster.
The Vikings can become the unofficial AFC North champions before year end. The Vikings have wins over Cleveland and Baltimore. On Sunday they play at Pittsburgh and have a home game on December 13 against Cincinnati, the fourth member of the division.
Ohio State quarterback Terrelle Pryor has been struggling and receiving criticism. During last week’s loss to Purdue the much publicized sophomore threw two interceptions and fumbled twice. The Gophers MarQueis Gray has been compared to the athletic Pryor who is now in his second season as a starter. Pryor’s statistics include completing 56 percent of his passes, averaging 167 yards per game and throwing eight touchdown passes.
Part of Pryor’s challenge reportedly has been dealing with modifications in the Ohio State offense to include more option pitch or keep for the quarterback. Pryor’s offensive teammates haven’t performed up to Buckeyes standards. Coach Jim Tressel said at his news conference after the Purdue game that it’s not what media want to “write” but he refuses to single out players for criticism, and coaches, too, must share in collective problems.
How did he evaluate the quarterback? “The No. 1 measuring stick is we didn’t win,” he said. “So the evaluation wasn’t good.”
Gray and Adam Weber are roommates on Friday nights before Gopher games.
Steve Solem of BOLD High School has 200 career wins after a 41-0 victory over Lac qui Parle last week.
The annual banquet honoring the prep player chosen as Mr. Football will be held starting at noon on Sunday, December 6 at the Doubletree Hotel in St. Louis Park, according to https://www.mshsca.org/Football/.
Any team potentially interested in trading for soon to be 36-year-old Twins reliever Joe Nathan presumably has to satisfy themselves about questions regarding velocity on his fast ball and control of his pitches.
NBA sources see the Timberwolves as the No. 14 team among 15 in the Western Conference, according to https://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/writers/ian_thomsen/10/19/scouts.picks/index.html.
FOX Sports North will televise 35 Timberwolves games in high-definition during the 2009-10 season (an increase of 15 from last season). The first HD telecast will air on Friday, October 30 against Cleveland.
Center Mikko Koivu will be the Wild’s full time captain for the season, according to a team announcement yesterday. “Mikko possesses all the qualities you want your leader to have,” said coach Todd Richards. “He is passionate, has a great work ethic and competes for everything. The way Mikko plays defines him as the leader of our team.”