Tracy Claeys

Oh, yeah.

I don't think that was Tracy Claeys, but it was his assistant that was also a big guy-

Yep

... that was just caught on the sideline eating a Dilly Bar, and it was snowing and, like, negative two out.

He's the best.

But...

And then we ha- did have Tracy Claeys replace Jerry Kill, and he was a big boy.

Yeah.

Um, and of note here, so I'm gonna go back to Jerry Kill, which Tim Brewster is the last coach fired for on-field performance at Minnesota in 2010.

Tracy Claeys was fired for a non-

Yes, if I remember correctly.

Yes.

So Jerry Kill comes in in 2011, three and nine, then six and seven, eight and five, eight and five.

Uh, Jerry Kill in 2015 coaches seven games and then has to step away due to medical issues.

Uh, and Tracy Claeys takes over.

They go six and seven, uh, nine and four in Tracy Claeys' single year.

That is 17,878 days since the Gophers last beat the Wolverines at home.

And I understand this Michigan team is not great, but let me contextualize this, okay? I was at the Halloween night game with Tracy Claeys coaching.

When the Gophers drove basically down to the Michigan goal line, they were at, like, the three-yard line, and everyone's like, "The Gophers are finally gonna beat the Wolverines." And that was a Hardball coach team, and the Gophers screwed up the clock and lost the game.

So-

They did.

They did.

Tracy Claeys is coming to town.

[laughs]

But nonetheless, the fact that it had been nearly 50 years and that this...

You know, I, I mean, I go back to the Halloween night Tracy Claeys game when the Gophers were on the doorstep and it looks like they're going to win.

And when Fleck didn't, uh, elected not to, uh, not to go for the two points to increase the lead to seven early in the fourth quarter, I thought, "It's gonna come back to bite him.

It's gonna come back to bite him." And sure enough, Michigan got the ball late.

Yeah.

Where, uh, Tracy Claeys and Jerry Kill beat up Michigan pretty bad.

Would they really-

And Dilly Bardhan, too.

Didn't, uh- And P- PJ's won there twice, right? He beat Georgia Tech and he beat Bowling Green.

Am I missing one? Did Tracy, Tracy Claeys win a game there? Win a Motor City Bowl or a Quick Lane Bowl or whatever- Well, I think that- ...

it was at the time ...

I think that was the five and seven Mitch Leidner team that beat your guy Cooper Rush, NFL starting quarterback Cooper Rush.

this two-game series against Miss.

So Tracy Claeys was still the coach when they agreed to play this series.

And, uh, I've looked, the California, you know, we played Cal now too.

Yeah, that didn't go well either.