Since I’ve starting writing for The Daily Gopher, waaaaaay back in March of 2015, I’ve had to curtail my blind homerism in favor of a more cautious and analytic approach, especially in relation to the Gophers. For one, Gopher sports has been the classic gut punch for most of it’s history so being a blind homer in their favor is liable to make you regret many a prediction. For another, blind optimism doesn’t make for appealing (or accurate) writing.
I begin this article with the above paragraph in order to illustrate that the following statement has a firm foundation in fact-based analysis and critical thinking: