Mikaela Shiffrin earned 21 World Cup victories, two world championship titles, an Olympic gold medal and a pair of reindeer -- thats right, reindeer -- by racing within her comfort zone. Cheap Andrew Luck Jersey .Next for the 21-year-old skier: raising her speed limit.Shes working with a new coach -- Mike Day, the former giant slalom mentor of Olympic champion Ted Ligety -- in order to help Shiffrin, in her words, become comfortable with being uncomfortable.Because thats where she believes she can unlock even more speed and possibly more victories in her quest to one day win a World Cup overall crown.On one hand, its nice to know I can ski within in my comfort zone and be on the podium, said Shiffrin, who will compete this weekend at the World Cup stop in Killington, Vermont. But on the other hand, I really want to win races, so I have to take it to the next level because theres always somebody willing to go a little bit harder, take a little bit more risk, and if I just ski within my comfort zone, they will come out on top.Ive got to change what my comfort zone is.Shiffrins always been so swift in the slalom, a discipline in which she captured gold at the 2014 Sochi Olympics. Of Shiffrins 21 World Cup wins, 20 have been in slalom, including the competition in Levi, Finland, two weeks ago when she won by 0.67 seconds.That particular win came with an unusual reward -- a reindeer. She named him Sven, after the reindeer from the movie Frozen. Her other reindeer, the one she got by winning in 2013, is named Rudolph.Its a pretty cool prize, said Shiffrin, whos from Eagle-Vail, Colorado. Im not sure if this is allowed, but it would be fun to have a reindeer farm in Colorado.No time for any reindeer games now, though.Her focus is squarely on revamping her giant slalom. Shes fine-tuning her technique under the guidance of Day, whos also helped Bode Miller and Ligety -- whos been referred to as Mr. GS. Shiffrin wants to compete with more of a go-for-broke style, similar to Swiss standout Lara Gut, the reigning overall World Cup champion.In training, if I can prepare to push the limit, push the line, get in some tough positions but make it happen because my technique is good enough, the speed will come out in the races, said Shiffrin, whos currently 80 points ahead of Gut in the overall this season after two competitions.Nothing too drastic, of course.She doesnt have to ski with reckless abandon, Day said. Our goal is for her to ski within herself and still reach the top step (of the podium). She has 180 points out of a possible 200 this season and we havent seen much risk in her skiing yet. To me, thats a positive sign.We dont want to ski a high-risk style, because were already getting a nice reward. Consistency is important when chasing titles.Her knee is no longer any sort of issue, either. Shiffrin missed two months last season after tearing a ligament in her right knee during a wipeout while training in Sweden.Its been 100 percent for quite a while now, said Shiffrin, the charismatic competitor whose list of sponsors includes Red Bull, Barilla, Atomic, Longines and Oakley. (The knee injury) made me much more motivated this summer, to try to make the most of my strength and how much stronger I can get. Because maybe it gives me a shot to ski down the mountain harder than I otherwise would if I was weaker. I feel stronger right now.So much so, shes contemplating the addition of more speed events. She will race the upcoming downhill and super-G races at Lake Louise, Alberta, for sure, maybe even the speed events at Val dIsere, France, in mid-December.After that, her team will play it by ear, depending on how shes doing in the slalom and giant slalom.Although tempting, Shiffrins trying hard not to think about the overall World Cup race. But with four-time overall World Cup champion Lindsey Vonn sidelined by a broken arm and two-time overall champion Anna Veith (formerly Fenninger) trying to return from a knee injury, the door is open. It could come down to Shiffrin and Gut.Its becoming more of a thing in my brain all the time, Shiffrin said. Lara looks strong right now. Just have to wait and see how the first speed races of the season go. Well kind of go from there. Wholesale Colts Jerseys . The Swede became the first golfer to win the PGA Tours FedEx Cup and European Tours Race to Dubai in the same season. 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They need two more wins to be eligible this season, and they have a real chance with Rutgers and Purdue still on the schedule.Wilson said Tuesday he met with his players to tell them to ignore the bowl speculation on social media and on the street. He said its never been his staffs goal to be a team that just goes to a bowl.Wed like to have more than that, he said. If you get enough victories you get bowl eligible, and if you get a lot of victories you get bigger and better bowls. The guys know the process.Six Big Ten teams already are bowl eligible. Iowa and Maryland each need one more win, and Northwestern joins Indiana in needing two more victories. The Big Ten had 10 bowl teams last year.Minnesota got its sixth win last week and is among four teams tied for second in the Big Ten West, one game behind Nebraska. The Gophers were among the five-win teams that played in bowls last year because there werent enough six-win teams to fill all the slots.The bowl thing is all about consistency, Minnesota coach Tracy Claeys said. It does show youre consistent, and I do think thats the most important thing. We dont want to be a program thats up and down. We want to be consistent each year.But as far as a big celebration... we have bigger goals than that right now. If we reach those goals, were going to be bowl eligible anyway, so we really havent talked about being bowl eligible.Other notes from the Big Ten coaches teleconference:THE BOOK ON BOOKEROhio State linebacker Dante Booker hasnt playeed since spraining a knee in the opener against Bowling Green even though he was medically cleared two weeks ago. Cheap Colts Jerseys. Booker was 2013 Mr. Ohio Football, a five-star recruit and a big contributor as a freshman and sophomore. 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