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I had a chance to watch parts of a number of bowl games over the past couple of weeks and it really had me thinking about the Gophers offense. Most of us are aware that the stats show that are passing offense is anemic, but watching a wide variety of teams play really hammered home how behind...

This was almost a carbon copy of the Minnesota/Illinois game. Hawaii had a 2nd and 3 with 2 minutes and change at like the CSU 27, they fail to convert on 2nd and 3rd down and then get their 45 yard FG blocked. CSU now had the ball down 24-16 with 2:20 left or so and no timeouts. Hawaii, gets...

I don't know what conclusions to draw from this, but the seasons strike me as very similar to date with the Wisconsin game remaining. '22 season at this point: 7-4 record, 3 B1G losses as favorites- Purdue, @Illinois, Iowa '23 season at this point: 5-6 record, 3 B1G losses as favorites-...

So I realize asking a coach to waive the white flag before the game even begins is futile. That said, we know how Fleck coaches and we especially know how Fleck coaches games against the upper echelon of the Big Ten. He's going to insist on running the ball/draining the clock even when we are...

Since 2019, every awful loss PJ has had has been relatively close. He could lie to himself that he wasn't the problem (even though it kept happening over and over again)...it could just be one dropped pass, one missed assignment...he was just unlucky. The last time there was any sort of awful...

28 media members vote on this with 2 from each school. Purdue got 24 of the 28 first place votes with Michigan State getting the other 4. 1. Purdue 2. MSU 3. Maryland 4. Illinois 5. Wisconsin 6. Indiana 7. Ohio State 8. Northwestern 9. Iowa 10. Rutgers 11. Michigan 12. Nebraska 13. Penn State...

Accidentally posted a bball post in the fball forum. Sorry.

Maybe not worth a thread, but SVP on Sportscenter just showed the Gophers not covering (19.5) in his "Bad Beats" segment that I always enjoy. Showed the blocked punt/foot on the line and then the ending first and goal sequence where the Gophers didn't punch it in to fall just short of the...

This probably won't help, but I see this (incorrect) narrative all over of how the Gophers are somehow secretly in better long term shape than other schools because of their youth. I am sure I will continue to see it, but anyways here's 3 examples of coaches that came in at the same time as Ben...

The Gophers finished 352nd (out of 352 teams) in free throw percentage, but they also were... 349th in fastbreak points 340th in turnovers forced per game 335th in scoring margin 318th in rebound margin 296th in 3 point fg % 292nd in effective fg %

This is not just about Nolan Winter, but about Chatman, Holloway, and Heide. Four Minnesota kids have had other Big Ten offers since Ben Johnson was hired and all four have chosen to go to another Big Ten school. The only rationale ever given for Ben Johnson getting this job was that he was...

I know a lot of people don't have this on their minds right now, but it's certainly at the forefront of my mind. - Penn State up 17-3 on Iowa and their QB goes down. They score 3 points the rest of the game and lose 23-20. If anything goes different in this game the Gophers are B1G West...

I was not sure what I wanted to write after this game as I wasn't even able to be particularly angry as I watched that disaster unfold. As this game was going on, regardless of the result, my main though was it was now 3 of 4 games (or 2 1/2 as the tOSU first half was good) where this team...

There were several notable voices in the Gopher fan community that suggested that those of us that were shocked by the Ben Johnson hire didn't get "it". These voices suggested that Ben would clean up with in-state recruiting and make a dent nationally as well. It was strongly hinted publicly...

It seem like recruiting, particularly in state recruiting was the impetus for hiring Ben Johnson. Supposedly Ben has good relationships with both high school and AAU coaches in the state. The issue is that Ben has those relationships as an assistant coach. The bar for Ben has changed now that...

Trying to end my posts for the night with a good memory. On January 19, 2017 Daniel Oturu committed to the Gophers. It was the first early commitment of the Pitino era of a "big fish" from the state of Minnesota and came on the heels of him missing out on the John/Sims/Reuvers class. About 2...

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Since Pitino&#39;s 1st season in 2013-2014 the Wolves have a better win % than the Gophers in Big Ten games.<br><br>Gopher Big Ten games: 52-89 .369<br>Wolves 223-354 .386<br><br>Let that sink in.....</p>&mdash; CurbYourExpectations...

Going in to 2020, I was confident the offense would be excellent again. I thought bringing back so many starters on offense along witht the 2nd team All B1G QB would equal a lot of points being put on the scoreboard. The defense was a question with so many of the playmakers leaving, so I was...

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">News: <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Gophers?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Gophers</a> sound likely to decline a bowl invitation — if one comes their way. <br><br>Coach PJ Fleck said Saturday: &quot;The thought of your son on...

I was thinking this week that if the Gophers were even say 80% of what the media/fans projected them to be this year (and Michigan was still terrible) the Gophers would be undefeated right now and we'd be wondering if the team could get healthy enough to play Northwestern at home for our second...