Recent content by Gophergrandpa

The pessimistic view of Drake might reflect a combination of (1) his relative youth and inexperience; (2) the fact that we will have many new starters on the OL, inc at LT; and (3) that 80% of our WR catches from last year have moved on. But, somehow, I think we wil be better on the OL, that we...

If we are good at CB, it feels like our D could be very good again this coming season.

Some respect for a change …

Save and compare with rankings after the Gopher-Badger game.

Agree. In our first two games the Gophers O typically look as though the squad members just got introduced to each other the day before. OL line usually plays like it has never seen a stunt or blitz. Settles down by game 3.

The bad is pretty bad …

Probably not. But if we get Voss and Petersohn, we'll certainly be much higher than last year. But we take some mid to lower three stars as develpopment projects--wise policy, but pretty much guarantees, math-wise, no top 25 class.

If Cal’s defense is subpar, the Gophs should be able to grind the Bears down, even if Cal’s offense is good. Still, I’d like to blow Cal out of the water.

I hope so, too.

I don’t think a win at Cal is a foregone conclusion. Cal picked up Devin Brown as a transfer QB from Ohio State. Brown was a very high 4 star, the number 5 ranked QB in his recruiting class. Like Drake Lindsay, Devin Brown has very little game experience but a lot of potential. Based on Cal’s...

I wouldn’t want to be a dead rat in an exurb or rural area. I like those areas. Just don’t want to be a dead rat, anywhere.

The Gophers have a lot of question marks going into the season. But I’ll definitely take the over on the Gophers’ implied finish at 15th place in the B1G … unless PJ delivers a couple of surprising losses to teams that have no business beating us, as he has in some years … or too many top dogs...

We need a legit one and two. Love Brockington, but to me he appears to be best suited as a third option, ala Chris Autman-Bell when he worked with Bateman and Johnson in 2019. We’ve got a lot of guys who could be one and two: time will tell who steps up. I think WR play will be the critical...

The commenter has to mean Anthony Smith on DL. Huge bonus if Jaxon Howard turns out to be the real deal, but Anthony Smith already is. So is Jalen Logan Redding. i think our defense stacks up with 2019 team, with superior talent in a few places—but CB and LB groups will need some seasoning and...

I'm glad that this year the Gophers start off with two relatively easy (should be, anyway) nonconf opponents. Drake, the new OL and the new WR corps will have some time to acclimate before hitting the road for a tougher game against Cal.