***OFFICIAL RUTGERS AT MINNESOTA ATHAN’S DAD RETURN IN-GAME THREAD!!!***

[btowngopher]

I bet this was a fun in game thread. Let me guess calls to fire the entire staff?

 

[Panthadad2]

Lindsey is freaking good. Lot's of talented players stepping up.

Talent at the skill positions and defensive front might be held back by injured RBs and question marks in the O line.

 

[WindyCityGopher]

I do like finishing with a 31-14 run after falling behind 14-0 early. That showed me something.

 

[phifo]

God this kid is gonna be special

 

[gopher7]

I bet this was a fun in game thread. Let me guess calls to fire the entire staff?

Yes. The coaches read those comments between the 1st and 2nd quarter and thought Hey guys we'd better change things up.

 

[Some Day...Maybe]

I’ll give Harbaugh credit. He gets my props. His offense finally stepped up. Hopefully they can continue to get better, and he can continue to get better. If he can find QB’s like these last 2, that’ll be great. Rutgers D sucks, so he better get better, and find a run game. Purdue will not be a gimme.

 

[Mulligan]

I bet this was a fun in game thread. Let me guess calls to fire the entire staff?

I'll bet we have a whole lot of folks who know so much more than guys who have made it their career.

 

[GoodasGold]

Congrats on the win despite the coaching staff’s attempt to screw it up.

Never a big fan of “icing the kicker” strategy. Assume he makes the the FG and Much rather have the 23 secs and 2 timeouts in my pocket.

 

[Panthadad2]

KC's offense this year looks a lot like his 2019 Gophers. If Rutgers had a pass D they'd be dangerous as hell.

 

[GopherGrit]

Also:

If the Rutgers center doesn't snap it, do they get in?


Bad beat, whaddya gonna do?

 

[btowngopher]

KC's offense this year looks a lot like the 2019 Gophers. If Rutgers had a pass D they'd be dangerous as hell.

Up until this game they didn’t have a run D either.

 

[Panthadad2]

Up until this game they didn’t have a run D either.

It seems like they were run blitzing the whole game and didn't stop. I could be wrong.

 

[Some Day...Maybe]

Drake is massive hitting the TE's

Great passing


Now we just gotta get Danny Collins to not call the defensive like he's never called a defense

FYI, Rutgers scored 28 vs Iowa. They also got more yards vs Iowa.

 

[Gophergrandpa]

At game time, the Vegas spread had closed to Gophers by 3.5.

 

[Some Day...Maybe]

Up until this game they didn’t have a run D either.

If Fleck had Ciarrocca and Hetherman MN would be a top 10 team in back to back seasons.

 

[Panthadad2]

If Fleck had Ciarrocca and Hetherman MN would be a top 10 team in back to back seasons.

Hetherman would be great. Not a huge KC fan. Hard to recruit really good QBs running a college RPO. He was mediocre all but one year with the Gophs.

 

[GopherGrit]

FYI, Rutgers scored 28 vs Iowa. They also got more yards vs Iowa.

I'm going to assume Iowa tackles better than we do and actually likes to do a thing of putting pressure on the QB.

 

[Ski-U-Ham]

I'm going to assume Iowa tackles better than we do and actually likes to do a thing of putting pressure on the QB.

I'd say they do tackle better, and do a better job of pressuring the QB without blitzing. I don't think they get too exotic or carried away with sending extra rushers

 

[GopherGrit]

I'd say they do tackle better, and do a better job of pressuring the QB without blitzing. I don't think they get too exotic or carried away with sending extra rushers

And to be fair I did say "calling", which is not the same thing ... but at the end of the day, the buck stops with Danny Collins. If the guys aren't tackling well, the buck stops with him. He needs to emphasize it more in practice. And so on

 

[BarnBurner]

Lindsey is freaking good. Lot's of talented players stepping up.

Talent at the skill positions and defensive front might be held back by injured RBs and question marks in the O line.

He is great. And a freshman. $$$$$

 

[Unregistered User]

I'm going to assume Iowa tackles better than we do and actually likes to do a thing of putting pressure on the QB.

We had 7 sacks ffs

 

[btowngopher]

If Fleck had Ciarrocca and Hetherman MN would be a top 10 team in back to back seasons.

We weren’t close to top 10 last year with Hetherman. We aren’t top ten last year or this year with those two.

 

[Panthadad2]

AK can read a defense now. He can actually complete a crossing pattern now, too. He still does stupid shit when under pressure....thank goodness.

 

[Ski-U-Ham]

We had 7 sacks ffs

I missed a lot of the first half, but how many came from just sending 4? I'm not saying we don't get pressure, I'm saying Iowa tends to get more pressure rushing 4 than we do. At least they have in recent memory.

 

[Ewert86PC]

What are these strange feelings that I have? Optimism? Hope? Can I get an ice cream sundae with extra sprinkles, too?

 

[GopherGrit]

I missed a lot of the first half, but how many came from just sending 4? I'm not saying we don't get pressure, I'm saying Iowa tends to get more pressure rushing 4 than we do. At least they have in recent memory.

One "sack" at least was from their Center errantly snapping the ball.

AK constantly had excessive time to pick apart the coverage.

 

[kg21]

One "sack" at least was from their Center errantly snapping the ball.

AK constantly had excessive time to pick apart the coverage.

The gopher pass rush is non-existent. It's unbelievable.

Same schit, different year.

 

[kg21]

AK can read a defense now. He can actually complete a crossing pattern now, too. He still does stupid shit when under pressure....thank goodness.

I think it a win/win for both

AK has a good thing going with Rutgers.

We have a good thing going with Drake.

Everyone should be happy!

 

[Panthadad2]

I think it a win/win for both

AK has a good thing going with Rutgers.

We have a good thing going with Drake.

Everyone should be happy!

I won't/can't admit it's a win win. I was a big time AK apologist all the way up to the Illinois game his last season here then all that goodwill evaporated. Poof.

 

[Word]

God this kid is gonna be special

I think he already is.