Bruce Feldman's Over/Under Wins Draft: Gophers picked second with 5 1/2

Bruce Feldman, Stewart Mandel and Ralph Russo's podcast did a draft of Big Ten teams based on the best bets to exceed or fall short of their projected win totals. Gophers, at 5.5, were picked second, with enthusiastic support that we'll exceed that (PJ, Drake and Anthony Smith all get their flowers). Discussion starts around the 13:35 mark.

Thanks for reminding me! I just logged in and got in on the over before it heads higher.

I would take the over at 5.5 all day.

gopherbadgerman said:

I would take the over at 5.5 all day.

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Seems like on paper we’d be a favorite right now against our three non conference games plus UCLA, Purdue, NW at home, and at Wisconsin. We’d have to lose two of those plus win none of the very winnable matchups against Washington, PSU, Michigan, and Iowa. Even against Indiana we may have a punchers chance depending on how they were able to reload.

gopherbadgerman said:

I would take the over at 5.5 all day.

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On big ten wins? Since when are you Mr. Sunshine?

If Drake Lindsey improves, if the trenches improve, the Gophers should win 8 games. If they don't improve, the Gophers will win 6 games. In my mind they will improve. I think we finally beat Iowa but lose to Michigan, Penn State, Washington and Indiana. If this team ends up being Fleck's best team, we could go 9-3 or 10-2. Tough Schedule. In 2019, we had to beat Penn State but then lost to Iowa and Wisconsin. Very disappointing. We barely beat South Dakota State, Fresno State and Georgia Southern. I feel like this is the best depth at every position that Fleck has had. 2019 had some really good players but we did not have the depth like we should have in 2026.
Just my opinion. I feel like 2019 is the measuring stick at this time.

GoldRush said:

On big ten wins? Since when are youMr. Sunshine?

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No total lol.

I would guess 6-6 or 7-5 depending if they beat Mississippi State.