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per CSN Chicago:
Forget the toughest schedule in the Big Ten. Minnesota might have the hardest schedule in the country this season.
Yes, the Gophers’ steady climb up the Big Ten power rankings on an annual basis is meeting increasingly difficult competition, and you can chalk that up to a tough in-conference draw and a menacing non-conference foe.
The Gophers will face both the Nos. 1 and 2 teams in the preseason rankings: a Nov. 7 trip to Columbus to play the Buckeyes and the season-opening hosting of TCU in the Twin Cities.
“We're one of the schools going to be playing No. 1 in the country and No. 2. So we'll find out who we are early, and that's not all bad. I mean, I think it's really made our offseason more productive, more intensity because we're starting off with a great football team. But we look forward to the challenge,” Minnesota head coach Jerry Kill said at Big Ten Media Days last month. “We know their program (TCU) well. Didn't play very well a year ago. And our kids know that. And so I think that's a great game for us to open up and see where we're at.”
http://www.csnchicago.com/big-ten/big-ten-preview-gophers-stepping-it-notch-hard-schedule
Go Gophers!!
Forget the toughest schedule in the Big Ten. Minnesota might have the hardest schedule in the country this season.
Yes, the Gophers’ steady climb up the Big Ten power rankings on an annual basis is meeting increasingly difficult competition, and you can chalk that up to a tough in-conference draw and a menacing non-conference foe.
The Gophers will face both the Nos. 1 and 2 teams in the preseason rankings: a Nov. 7 trip to Columbus to play the Buckeyes and the season-opening hosting of TCU in the Twin Cities.
“We're one of the schools going to be playing No. 1 in the country and No. 2. So we'll find out who we are early, and that's not all bad. I mean, I think it's really made our offseason more productive, more intensity because we're starting off with a great football team. But we look forward to the challenge,” Minnesota head coach Jerry Kill said at Big Ten Media Days last month. “We know their program (TCU) well. Didn't play very well a year ago. And our kids know that. And so I think that's a great game for us to open up and see where we're at.”
http://www.csnchicago.com/big-ten/big-ten-preview-gophers-stepping-it-notch-hard-schedule
Go Gophers!!
