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I hope that you had a very nice New Year’s Day.
As expected, the New Year’s Day snow missed Minnesota. Snow will continue this Friday evening in parts of eastern Iowa, southeastern Wisconsin and northern Illinois. Portions of northern Illinois may also see some freezing rain.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s North American Mesoscale (NAM) forecast model shows the potential precipitation pattern for Friday evening:
Simulated radar for Friday evening
NOAA, via Tropicaltidbits.com
Friday snow in southern Wisconsin
National Weather Service
Friday snow in Iowa
National Weather Service
Minnesota and western Wisconsin may see some areas of fog Friday evening, overnight and early Saturday morning. Traverse and Big Stone Counties of west-central Minnesota are in a dense fog advisory until midnight this Friday.
The Latest: Independence Bowl canceled; Army in limbo
By The Associated PressDecember 20, 2020 GMT
The Independence Bowl won’t be played this season for the first time in over four decades, leaving Army’s postseason prospects in jeopardy.
Army (9-2) already had accepted a bid to play in the Dec. 26 game in Shreveport, Louisiana.
Independence Bowl officials said the number of schools opting out of bowl opportunities due to the pandemic left a lack of teams available to fill all the potential bowl slots.
The Independence Bowl has been played for 44 consecutive years.
The Birmingham Bowl scheduled for New Year’s Day has been canceled.
Souhan; Timberwolves Could Go Small [PODCAST]
The Timberwolves won 129-127 in overtime at Dallas against the Mavericks Thursday night. Star Tribune Sports Columnist Jim Souhan joined me on WJON today. He says the Wolves best players are their guards and wings which could lead them to playing a lot of smaller lineups this season. He says Jarrett Culver and Anthony Edwards are earning themselves more playing time while Josh Okogie could see less time on the floor because of his offensive limitations.
The Vikings host the Bears Sunday at noon, pregame on WJON at 11 a.m. Jim says this isn t a must win for the Vikings but winning would certainly help their playoff hopes. Jim doesn t expect the game to be high scoring and he picked the Bears to find a way to win this game. The Vikings may need to play without linebacker Eric Kendricks again due to injury.
Gophers’ Ibrahim Named Big Ten Running Back Of The Year
University of Minnesota redshirt junior Mohamed Ibrahim has been named the 2020 Big Ten Ameche-Dayne Running Back of the Year.
Through six games, Ibrahim leads the conference in rushing (175), yards (925) and rushing touchdowns (15). He is the first Gopher running back to earn the award.
In addition to the Ameche-Dayne award, Ibrahim was also named to the All Big Ten First Team.
The Gophers will play at Wisconsin Saturday afternoon. Kickoff is set for 3 p.m. on AM 1390, Granite City Sports.