***OFFICIAL BUFFALO AT MINNESOTA 2025 SEASON OPENER, FLECK YEAR 9 IN-GAME THREAD!!!***

[CoMn]

Drake is going to be great. I am so glad that we have some good special teams play today...I hope it continues. Drake has had plenty of time in the pocket so the OL pass protection looks solid. This is a young team. We lost a 6 players who made 53-man NFL rosters this week. There's going to be some screw ups. What I am not excited about is the drops...tons of them. This game would be very different if we had a couple WRs who didn't drop the ball.

 

[GopherVotary]

Sure seems like Arkansas fans are going to end up real pissed they let Lindsey get away

The typical Arkansas fan will gnash his tooth over that decision.

 

[kisarazu]

Wow! They didn't run it with Tay.... oh.

 

[upnorthkid]

Taylor being in the game right now is just unbelievably silly

 

[gopherbadgerman]

Taylor being in the game right now is just unbelievably silly

I’ll agree on that coaching mistake.

 

[IceBoxGopher]

Let Taylor sit down already.

 

[howeda7]

Why is Darius Taylor still in the game?

 

[Stuff]

Can we please not run Taylor into the ground now please?

It appears that's the game plan.

 

[upnorthkid]

Can’t wait for us to try give DT another 20 carries next week for no reason

 

[Unregistered User]

Give Drake a shot at 300 yards

 

[hello-world]

Good first game for the Gophers here.

 

[upnorthkid]

Good first game for the Gophers here.

Lot of good things to learn. Seem reasonably healthy. Plenty of teaching points that will be good in film. And a win. Just what you hope week one

 

[mngg11]

The Gophers offense has had strategy and execution issues under Harbaugh. I agree the execution issues do not rest on Harbaugh but the strategy ones do. I think most of our redzone woes are due to poor strategy. I’d say on that drive, the 1st and 2nd down play calls (both runs against a stacked box) were strategy issues. The 3rd down out of bounds catch was on the players, but too often we shoot ourselves in the foot in the redzone due to poor playcalling/strategy.

I will say, this is the first game of the year and we played wayyyyyy more wide open in the passing game than I ever anticipated against a non con. Really fun to see Drake in person.

 

[Pompous Elitist]

I didn’t expect an almost 50/50 run/pass split during non-garbage time tonight.

 

[Outsider]

Just determined to get our all everything back hurt.

 

[upnorthkid]

What in the fuck is happening on the broadcast

 

[IceBoxGopher]

What in the fuck is happening on the broadcast

off the rails in the last minute.

 

[gopherbadgerman]

10 god damn carries for Taylor on this drive lol

 

[kisarazu]

They should show more games from the past where the Gophers lost.

 

[matt]

I will say, this is the first game of the year and we played wayyyyyy more wide open in the passing game than I ever anticipated against a non con. Really fun to see Drake in person.

I agree, I didn’t expect them to let Drake sling it as much as they did in game 1. In general, I think Harbaugh is decent outside the redzone, but he is bad in the redzone.

 

[CoMn]

Taylor being in the game right now is just unbelievably silly

This is my biggest beef with PJ...it used to be his awful special teams play, but he got rid of that coach...now it's running his RBs into the ground year after year to the point their bodies aren't ready for the NFL

 

[kisarazu]

Anyway, will stop complaining. It's a win. Really like Drake. Defense looked good. Lots of growing to do.

 

[Lou Brown]

Fun to watch

 

[Gopherchase]

QB is great how much fun will it be to watch him!!

 

[GophersInIowa]

 

[TNGophfan]

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THAT. .was the most impressive part of the game. They knew we were going to run and they couldn't stop it. Memories of Mo.

 

[matt]

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PJ dreams of such drives.

 

[Bob_Loblaw]

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I liked all of this except for the last 4-5 carries by DT. No reason.

 

[upnorthkid]

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Bunch of assholes not covering the spread with that shit

 

[LeftofThaDial]

This is my biggest beef with PJ...it used to be his awful special teams play, but he got rid of that coach...now it's running his RBs into the ground year after year to the point their bodies aren't ready for the NFL

To be fair, nowadays he’s already getting paid. But I agree I would like see hits taken off him when possible