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1. 2020: Gophers 34, Purdue Boilermakers 31 Did I miss any?

Victors Valiant produced this set of highlights from the game, over 10 minutes worth of the significant plays. At the 9:35 mark the Gophers last drive highlights begin. That drive is a thing of pure beauty, key executed play after key play - one of the very best drives in which an offense...

https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/28239076/penn-state-rewards-james-franklin-new-contract-2025 Seems ever more likely that the rumorville about him thinking of USC was little more than a contract ploy.

...say, Wisconsin, or a Michigan State? At the danger of disregarding the disparity in recruiting, what I see when I watch other, higher-tier teams is the glaring difference in teamwork (both sides of the ball) and ball distribution. It's not size, not strength, not really heart, either - it's...

8-1 through the first 9 games (and loving the only loss!!), average score 72.0 to 56.9 (+15.1 ppg). It's pretty elucidating to see how good B1G offenses look (except for UW, who missed a lot of easy shots) against non-B1G competition; 6 of 9 games at 70+. B1G defensive performances indicating...

1. Failure to guard the 3. No matter if the opponent is having trouble scoring inside or not (tonight), no matter if the opponent does nothing but shoot 3 pointers (perfect example UW), if the ball goes inside, our guards follow the ball. This rarely results in a steal or a forced missed shot...

Illinois does not know how to rebound. Wisconsin getting gifts from the refs - on the road even (what a surprise :rolleyes:). What was the deal on the Brust layup at 27-22? He made the layup, but according to the shot clock near the basket he obviously didn't get it out of his hands in time...

Exciting win, great game played by a lot of Gophers tonight. But not all was good, and there are reasons for a little concern. The starters were great tonight and have been all year. The problem from my standpoint is that, had they needed help, this game may have had a different result. What I...

Few thought this would be a close game, and fewer thought the Gophers would win. That they had a good chance to win at the end suggests a moral victory. Largely shutting down their passing game in the 2nd half suggests a moral victory. Scoring 31 points suggests a moral victory. But why does it...

They play by far their worst game of the season at a very inopportune time. The Gophers would have even walked all over them tonight. Bad. At least Wisconsin showed up; I hate cheering for OSU but now I'm going to have to.

...is Coleman. Dude put up a quiet but really solid effort: 14 pts on 5/6 shooting, 6 rebounds, 2 assists in 35 (!!) minutes. He was solid offensively and defensively all night, and showcased his second-tier leaps (compared to first-tier Rodney of course) as well. Box score...

Anyone have any information on Oto - looked like a concussion - I didn't see him on the bench at the end of the game, so anyone have an update?

To me, it was the Henderson forced fumble. He shot like a rocket on a perfectly timed/disguised corner blitz. I couldn't believe it when the ball actually bounced our way (for once!)...it was almost comical how Kirksey covered the ball with two hands and still got it knocked away, thankfully the...

Well, at least we weren't the only people that cared about the "lateral" rule: Made the news over on Yahoo!, which means it was bizarre enough for their attention. http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/blog/dr_saturday/post/Video-Nebraska-8217-s-8216-backward-pass-tha?urn=ncaaf-wp8477

Hike the ball, pitch it, err, "pass" it "backwards," and swat it as far as possible forwards and out of bounds. It's an unstoppable play. I'd like to see what the largest gain possible is using this...I'd say someone's got to be able to swat it at least 15 or 20 yards. One could score a TD in...

Anybody have any opinions on this? I know this much, playing smash-mouth football by running the ball up the gut from the spread with a weak line and lack of exceptional backs isn't working. It's been tried every game with little to no success. There has been little creativity in this...

I choose this guy: And Mama can start on the O-line.

This team might get blasted in Division III, hell in a rural high school league they'd struggle to win more than a few games. Worst college team I've ever seen, by far. The coaching staff better figure some things out, because since the USC game I've seen zero ability in playcalling, either...

Just wanted to thank Coach Kill and the U for opening up practices to the public last week. I just happened to be in town (via Pittsburgh) for a long weekend, took my wife, brother, and nephew to campus for a walking tour, and stopped by the practice facility to see the Gophers while we were...

At the end of games since Nolen's injury, how many times did the Gophers have the lead in the last 3 minutes, and how many of those games did they win? I swear that every game ends about the exact same way: Gophers have a small lead in the final 3 minutes, the Gophers miss a chance to...