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They certainly did navigate some lows and hung in there! That's become a feature of this team as it has progressed through the season. They get down but not out. They've also become pretty good at getting timely turnovers. I do agree with the author that UCLA was impressive defensively. We...

He did well but I wouldn't say he "tore it up." He had 16 games where he shot under 40%. His True Shooting Percentage was .541 (about average). His Player Efficiency Rating was 13.7 and his Win Shares per 40 Minutes number was .100. Those efficiency numbers are just fair. Nate Mason's...

I'm actually all right with the three schools we play twice this season: Wisconsin, Penn State, and Mich State. Sure, it could be better but it certainly could be worse. We beat PSU twice last season, split with Mich State, and lost to Wisconsin by 3 points in our one game in no small part...

Palm is always very low on the Gophers. He'll put us in a bowl projection once we get six wins and then he'll probably pick us for Detroit.

I don't know but they're ranked below us by Pomeroy. I've been thinking they've been overrated by a number of services. Yeah, they have two very highly rated freshmen coming in but they lost a lot from last year's team including their very physical center who transferred. Not many freshmen...

Well, remember we still have the same amount of games so a game with those newcomers will replace a game that we would have had with a previous conference team. One of those newcomers (Washington) is ranked below us and USC is ranked just above us. Our two-game opponents are Michigan State...

No, 15th in the conference by Pomeroy. PSU, Rutgers, and Washington are ranked lower.

I know that most were disappointed with our nonconference schedule (likely mostly due to the last two teams added) but, if these preseason rankings are at all close to reality, this nonconference is still significantly better than last year. Last year we had only two nonconference opponents...

Early last season we had to prove that we were better than our preseason ranking. Early this season we'll have to prove that we're as good as our preseason ranking.

In case you are wondering, here are the Pomeroy preseason rankings of our nonconference opponents: Team Pom Rnk Oral Roberts 242 Nebraska Omaha 318 North Texas 81 Yale 109 Cleveland St 182 Central Michigan 268 Wichita State 101 Florida OR 28 Wake Forest 44...

Much better starting point than last season! The downside of that is that the Gophers will have to play better than they did last season to move up but our goal should be to play better than last season.

When it started, it was (briefly) called the Ticket City Bowl. Northwestern lost to Texas Tech (38-45) there on January 1, 2011. That day was infamous as perhaps the worst beat down of the Big Ten in bowl history. Alabama beat Mich St 49-7 in the Capital One Bowl, Miss State beat Michigan...

Very true. All of the games with power conference opponents, except Iowa, have been nail biters. We probably are less fatalistic after a poor first half than we would have been a month ago since we've scored a total of 56 points in the second halves of the last three games.

I certainly would predict Rutgers as more likely. If we can hold down Monongai and force Athan to pass more, I like our chances. We've had 6 interceptions in the last three Big Ten games. Plus the announcers were saying yesterday that Rutgers was fairly banged up.

As far as gopherbadgerman's argument, yes, it would be nice if we had a little more of a deep ball game but that's on the receivers too. What we do have is an efficient QB who completes a high percentage of his passes and hasn't turned it over much (at least lately).

Although I thought the defense played well, we did give up a season high total (17) for UCLA.

We needed a win and we got it two time zones away. That's been tough for conference teams this season. Take the win and enjoy the break. That is all.

Much better in the second half but the offense still isn't that productive. UCLA penalties have helped them. Defense has played great for the last two quarters.

All I can think of is the George Costanza line: "I'm speechless! I have no speech."

Yes, defense clearly has woken up. Can the offense finally show some life?