PLUS THREE FROM PATRICK
• Some of us still have repeated the notion that UConn's Randy Edsall (now at Maryland) turned down the Gophers' football job in December 2010. Actually, the Gophers never were seriously interested in Edsall.
• A redshirt year to improve as a passer will make Philip Nelson an effective Big Ten quarterback. He'll be very good at it by the time Rutgers plays here on Oct. 22, 2016.
• If Jason Kubel has 400 plate appearances this season, the Twins will again lose more than 90 games. He's no answer to a feeble lineup.
