University of Minnesota President Eric Kaler insists the drunken indiscretions of outgoing athletics director Norwood Teague have not and will not tarnished the image of Gopher sports.
Queue the Bikini Atoll GIFs.
"This is the action of a person who made a bad decision," Kaler said. "It's not the actions of Gopher athletics."
Well, yes and no. Teague was the top official of Gopher athletics. Secondly, tales of what he apparently characterized as "a bad night" have started a national standup routine that is doing for the U what Walt Palmer's African safari did for dentistry.