FBT Podcast

All hail Mankato Jesus! MV and Frothy review and recap the breakout game for #PN9X, the five minute period in which time stood still and we were all peons at Michael Carter's mercy and more from the general dismantling of the Boilermakers. The crew also looks ahead to Denard and the Wolverines, a task that will be slightly more difficult than the Hapless Hopestaches.

MV and Frothy return, and boy, they are full of rage! The FBT duo cut a vein to the unholy trinity of angst and rancor clutching Gopher Nation this week: the expiration of Kill's honeymoon, #BetterDeadtThanRedshirted and the UNC series cancellation hullabaloo. If you're the type of Gopher fan that thrives on irrational behavior and knee jerk reactions in the heat of the moment, onl

MV welcomes back special guest Derek Burns to the FBT Podcast for the second year in a row. The former Mason era offensive linemen and captain shares his views on the current season and how Minnesota is faring on the field, relating some of his experiences during a similar rebuilding era to what he sees out of the current bunch. Derek and MV also get into a discussion of current pe

Four and Oh! Four and Oh! The FBT crew assembles to discuss the dominating performance of the Gopher defense in the 17-10 victory over Syracuse and just how real the defense is heading into the Big Ten schedule. The triumvirate also thoroughly evaluate Max Shortell's performance in his first start of the season, plus a collective gnashing of teeth (and keyboards) over special teams

The FBT Cerberus dissects #QBGAZE2K12, which naturally dominates the first half of the podcast much in the same manner the "controversy" has plastered itself across the Twin Cities newspaper sports sections. Frothy, Elliot and MV go on to analyze the strengths and weaknesses of the Gopher defense and what that may fortel going forward, plus good old fashioned schadenfreude at the e

Frothy and MV verbally recap the Gophers victory over UNLV in the season opener. Among the topics discussed, the FBT crew handle MarQueis Gray's accuracy issues, the play of the defense, the awful sucking sound that was Rebel football and the things that both encourage and worry us moving forward this 2012 season.

The entire FBT braintrust of MV, Frothy and Elliot get together to discuss the Gophers' season opener against the UNLV Rebels. Being who we are, everything about the game and matchups are metaphorically described using famous Las Vegas movie references, especially levels of Ben Sanderson (Leaving Las Vegas) and copius amounts of Gonzo (Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas). In the cast,

MV and Frothy do hot hot B1G #SPROTS takes! Our attempt at satire fails miserably when our preparation and drive-by takes on the Big Ten end up sounding exactly like the folks we modestly ridicule. MV, as always, forgets peoples names right when they're on the tip of his tongue and shows the hallmark professional amateurism that is the FBT podcast. In the end, the MO of ripping on

MV welcomes newest FBT contributor FrothyGopher to the podcast to discuss the first week of fall camp and the general senitment of the Golden Gopher football squad for the 2012 season. Optimism abounds, Gopher fans; August is the best part of the year.

The FBT Podcast lives! MV comes back after a long absense to talk with fellow FBT blogger Elliot Mann on Joel Maturi's emotional retirement announcement, Jerry Kill's 2012 recruiting class, the bizarre Dinero Moss twitter de-commitment story (which somehow leads to a discussion of JoePa's passing) and, as all FBT podcasts should end in the future, pointing out how much Bret Bielema