Get your stories straight, Gophers

Play4brew Gopher Nation you guys were awesome vs. Cal!! It is an unbelievable feeling playing at home!! Thank You, Go Gophers!!  -- Minnesota football coach Tim Brewster's Twitter post Monday night.

This, from Sid Hartman's column in Sunday's Minneapolis Star Tribune:

Gophers athletic director Joel Maturi was upset with many of the fans who left before the game was over, no doubt to try to beat the traffic. He felt that the home-field advantage and the noise were big in this game. He thought it was unfair to the Gophers to leave early. And it was especially a big advantage when Cal was going toward the student section, where the noise made it very difficult for the visiting quarterback to change the play.

So which is it? Were the Gophers fans great at Minnesota's 35-21 loss to California last Saturday, or were they like Los Angeles Lakers fans and fleeing the game early to beat the traffic?

The Lakers did used to play in Minneapolis, you know.