I write this as I join in the great Anerican capitalist tradition of standing in line waiting for a store to open so I can purchase half off merchandise that was probably overpriced to begin with. Black Friday is not just the biggest shopping day of the year, but for the last few seasons since the Big Ten moved the Battle for Paul Bunyan's Axe to the weekend after Thanksgiving it has meant a whole something else entirely to Gopher Football fans. It's the day before our Black Saturday--the inevitable loss to our rivals to the East.
I know for most Minnesota Golden Gophers fans I don't need to rehash the timeline, but it's been 14 long seasons since Minnesota has been able to fake chop down a pair if goalposts.