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Too slow developing, too.

Beyond strange. Oregon will destroy Michigan. Gophers’ move still looks big, but not as unusual as I thought, when you put it in context of other games this week. Thanks for the global view.

3:45 pm on Friday. Betting line has held firm at Gophers by 3 points. Why are the Gophs favored (by bettors) over a ranked opponent? My guess: Illinois WR Pat Bryant remains in the concussion protocol and won’t see action tomorrow. Whatever the reason is—Go Gophers!

Start fast; take sellout crowd out of the equation. Play a complete game: make good half-time adjustments; don’t purposely go turtle in the 4th Q. And, most important, win the turn over battle decisively. Tall order. But the way both our offense and defense have come together recently, it isn’t...

The more dependable targets, with leaping ability and hood hands, the better. Brosmer will find them.

To recap: betting opened, logically, with Illinois favored to win by 2.5 (3.0 on some sites). Within 48 hours, line shifted to Minnesota being favored by 3.0. This is a huge shift. Also a counter-intuitive shift: Unranked (not close to being ranked) Minnesota is now favored by bettors to beat...

In his press conference, Bielema sounded as though he hoped most of those guys (not Feagin) should be ready for the Gopher game. The WR with a concussion” (Pat Bryant) is Illinois’ top offensive threat, a Daniel Jackson type WR, only 3 inches taller. Bielema says Bryant is going to practice...

Kerry Brown is a heat-seeking missile coming up to make tackles. Helps in the running game defense. With the talent we have at Safety, maybe Bryson (if he stays) moves to the Jack Henderson spot next year. Bryson is bigger and heavier (6'2" 215) than the other safeties; nice size for the nickel...

First seven wins in Bielema’s 10 game winning streak were against Fleck’s predecessors … ten straight wins, not seven.

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Very interesting to see the betting line swing to the Gophers so quickly. If Bryant is out, that removes a real weapon … like us losing DJ9. Bettors don’t seem to give a damn about Bert’s record against the us. Go Gophers!

Exactly, Newton took over the game when he got to play in the second half. Illinois is very good this year, but I don’t believe it has a dominant player like Newton …

Betting opens with Illinois a 2.5 point favorite, and the over/under at 44.5. Game at Illinois, so pretty much a toss-up game (neutral field) for betting purposes. Gophers and Illini are close to each other statistically in many categories, but we seem to be on the upswing. Becoming bowl...

I'm with you. I'd add Kerry Brown. Go Gophers!

Maybe PJ just needed to let the OC call his own game ...

Max goes through his progressions in the game pretty well. Hope he continues going through his progressions in the stats and wins column. Next level would be 75% completion rate, 12 passing TDs, no INTs, 5 rushing TDs and a 4-0 record. It's OK to dream, right?

Maybe Brosmer is the guy who breaks the Bert Curse for PJ and the Gophs? I can dream!

Good to have Kerry Brown back with the safeties. Aggressive hitter.

Gotta account for #42 on running plays.

Had to give Kessich a chance to get back on track. PJ running play play to the left hash to compensate for Kessich’s hook?