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NW’s FG kicker was 3-3. Goph’s FG kicker was 0-2 on kicks that most B1G kickers makes as a matter of course. Not the way to win one score games.

Good news: For the first time on the road this season, the Gophers beat the spread (which was at NW by 3.5)! Bad news: NW’s time of possession was over 40 minutes! It averaged over 7.5 yards per play. It gained more yards against the Gophers than Oregon did, or Ohio State did, or Cal did (or...

Start slow, allow a middling offense to put up more yards than Oregon did, and choose to go into the season with a FG kicker who can’t be counted on from 40 yards. NW got some non-calls at the end of the game that sealed their win, but truth be told, the Gophers did not deserve to win. This is...

How about make them punt?

Pride goeth before the fall. NW is a pretty good team. Constructed as Iowa: very tough defense, very determined run game. I think the Gophers can beat them. But a sad way to lose is to underestimate your opponent. Nebraska has specialized in it for years.

I believe that would be Antoine Winfield, Jr.

I don't know who's going to come through for the Gophers, but I have a feeling a couple of them are going to play their game of the year and bring us home a victory. First road victory of the season, hopefully a convincing one. On the other hand, I'll settle for close, down to the wire win which...

My take: The fact that Howie Johnson can jump from a 90 to a 94 and a couple other of our recruits (and and two decommits) have made jumps almost as big--and that thing is happening simultaneously to other school's recruiting classes--tells me that there is virtually no meaningful difference...

6-4 is a good record given the schedule we played. I myself am OK with the record to date and hope that we finish 8-4. My feelings go more to how we were absolutely pulverized, like a JV squad, by Ohio State, Oregon and Iowa, and how several toss-up games required a near miracle at the end to...

I honestly believe I heard it in a PJ presser before the season started. I looked back at two, both linked below. In the presser before the Buffalo he mentioned this team had great depth at all positions, for example his deepest WR group. He mentions that this team reflected best recruiting for...

I recall PJ, early on saying things to the effect that this year’s squad might be his best team. Hard to get our arms around the fact that all that seeming potential has manifesting itself as one of his less effective teams. 😕

Most common factor seems to be losing to Iowa …

We are kind of "Brian Ferentz Territory" on offense now. If the Harbaugh experiment continues next year, the AD needs too impose on PJ an accountability standard as Iowa did with respect to Brian Ferentz a few years back (Iowa had to average at least 25 points per game or B. Ferentz would be...

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Ouch! NW is averaging about 20 points per game in the B1G. 35 points would be a real breakdown …

You miss the Cal game?

Ten games in, never thought I’d see this. Chart is sorted by rushing yards per game. And the Gophers’ numbers include the Northwestern State joke game.

Jilek has committed to Texas Longhorns. It’s flipping season, We have had four decommits in the 2026 class. Besides Jilek, one committed to Utah (home state) and two committed to Cal.

I'm not worried about closing the gap between OSU or Oregon. That gap is too wide to bridge. I would like it to appear as though we can compete with them at some level, that we offer some resistance and aren't just a scrimmage against the JV. But it will be what it will be. In an 18 team league...

If VT paid Franklin at the low end of normal coaches salaries in the conference, it seems that PSU would have to top him off every year. I think if Franklin wanted to change his lifestyle, move out west and coach Montana for $1.5M, PSU might still have to send him a big check every year for the...