Pigskin Dispatch Podcast... Gophers Get Fired Up
Pigskin Dispatch Podcast’s Darin Hayes and I discuss the story of the Minnesota Gophers who faced a hotel fire on their way to play Washington in 1936. Thankfully, no one was seriously injured and they continued on to Seattle soon thereafter.
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According to alumnus Jamie Quirk in his 'Minnesota: The Golden Years 1932-1940', the event was a bit more colorful: The hotel burned down after the team dined and then visited the local bordello ("Tell them to visit the Golden West Whore House!.") before returning. Bernie Bierman milked the event; his line "If you are subs, go ahead and jump; regulars, use the fire escape!" won him a gilded frame award ..