Pledge: No Iowa Potshots

In any typical year--you know, those glory years under Glen Mason when the Gophers managed to attend a trivial bowl game--the matchup with our incestous friends to the south would be excellent fodder for Internet watering holes like this one.

But Tim Brewster's coaching genius has left "Gopher Nation"--the 18 of us, not my blogging brother--at a loss for words. Taking potshots at Kirk Ferentz and his Hawkeyes seems almost juvenile, even if Oops Pow Surprise at Black Heart Gold Pants is doing his utmost to triple-dog-dare us gentlemanly Minnesota bloggers into a war of words.

So, to my friends in Iowa who wear camoflauge when a party invitation suggests attire is black tie optional, I say I will not lower myself to taking cheap shots at your state, your football team, your sexual deviancy at 4-H events or Steve Alford and his infamous hair gel. It's just not going to happen. PJS is making like Dennis Green and taking the high road.