Sure, in the Big Ten they rank 17th in yards per game, 14th in points per game, 12th in passing yards per game, and 18th in rushing yards per game. That last one also means we finished worse than a team that played Alabama, Ohio State, Oregon, and Indiana if you wanna talk about tough schedules...
This isn't about Drake and his development, I also think he had a great year. Regardless of his development, amount of rushes and philosphical changes in the offense we still ranked near the bottom of the entire FBS (136 teams total) in nearly every offensive statistic. For refrence we ranked...
This was one of the worst rushing seasons in Gopher history. Third lowest rushing yards per game since 1955 (that’s as far back as CFB Reference tracks the stats), one of the lowest yards per carry in history, and we ranked in the 120s-130s in rushing statistics across the country. Last years...
Mostly for selfish reasons lol. My dad always wanted to go see the Gophers play in the Rose Bowl. I was gonna save money so we could go in ‘28. We didn’t have the ability in ‘24 to go, so ‘28 would’ve been our one shot.
In my opinion, until Fleck has a season or two where his teams don’t come out miserably flat against a lesser opponent or get embarrassingly blown out by a team of similar talent. I think you’ll be extremely hard pressed to find a major booster who would be willing to take the team seriously...