Regardless of the loss last night this Sioux team will go down as one with more heart and grit than I can recall. They were thrown behind the 8 ball,like a few other teams, when JT Miller decided to jump ship before the season started. Add in Grimaldi going down for basically the entire year followed be O'Donnell and Rodwell and the other injuries and the 4-7-1 start this team could of said it's just not our year. But in true Hakstol coched teams they fought back and went 22-6-2 the rest of the way and made another run at a national title only to have the gophers end their year which is only fitting since the Sioux have ended theirs the last few times. Anyhoo proud as hell to be a Sioux fan and looking forward to next year.
If I were a betting man I would say Kristo and Nelson are the only guys leaving besides the seniors obviously. I said that about Kristo last year and I was wrong along with many others but the way he gave up in the later stages of the game last night I'd damn near bet my house that he is done. But with all the experience the new guys got this year along with he injured guys coming back and another stellar recruiting class coming in the Sioux will be in the thick of things again come next season.