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per Joe:
Rodney Smith and Shannon Brooks have taken turns in the Gophers’ spotlight over the past two seasons, with Smith racking up bigger statistics one week and Brooks the next.
Brooks delivered more eye-popping performances last season, but Smith has played the lead role this year, including Saturday, when he electrified TCF Bank Stadium with a 94-yard kickoff return touchdown against Rutgers.
Here’s what matters most to their teammates: Neither Smith nor Brooks seems to mind when the other emerges as that day’s star.
“I think [their close friendship] definitely helps,” quarterback Mitch Leidner said Tuesday. “Because when you get tension in that kind of situation, and then you start thinking, ‘Maybe one guy is going to leave because the other guy is playing more than him’ — it’s nothing like that at all.”
http://www.startribune.com/gophers-...hing-timeshare-with-shannon-brooks/398609531/
Go Gophers!!
Rodney Smith and Shannon Brooks have taken turns in the Gophers’ spotlight over the past two seasons, with Smith racking up bigger statistics one week and Brooks the next.
Brooks delivered more eye-popping performances last season, but Smith has played the lead role this year, including Saturday, when he electrified TCF Bank Stadium with a 94-yard kickoff return touchdown against Rutgers.
Here’s what matters most to their teammates: Neither Smith nor Brooks seems to mind when the other emerges as that day’s star.
“I think [their close friendship] definitely helps,” quarterback Mitch Leidner said Tuesday. “Because when you get tension in that kind of situation, and then you start thinking, ‘Maybe one guy is going to leave because the other guy is playing more than him’ — it’s nothing like that at all.”
http://www.startribune.com/gophers-...hing-timeshare-with-shannon-brooks/398609531/
Go Gophers!!