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He was amazing. Raiola can't run, which makes the difference - Lateef hit 13 of 15 (3 TDs) and ran for 31, often escaping tacklers to complete a pass. Emmett Johnson (who should be a Gopher) had 129 running and 103 receiving for 232 total. How did the Gophers hold the Huskers to two field goals...

Gophers don't look good on offense when Darius is out of the game because they become one-dimensional - they need depth at running back. Defense has been scrappy in almost every game (Iowa?)

Anyone watching the game on TV would think Rossi was the head coach at MSU. They had the camera on him relentlessly - rubbing it in or what?

We should have Emmett Johnson, who leads the B10 in rushing and is #2 in the nation at nearly 6 yards per carry. A Minnesota "Mr. Football" from Minneapolis, he wasn't recruited by PJ, yet wanted to play here. Recruiting is the problem.

White on the road, black at home. Ugh. Whatever happened to the school colors - maroon and gold. They are the colors of Autumn and look great in many configurations. Black, white, ugh.

Yes, this was the worst...real pain.

Minnesota USC Texas Air Force

Yes, you'd think in the ninth year the program would be going somewhere, but PJ is coaching 2 and 3* players when he needs 4 and 5* players. Drake, Koi and Marius are up there, but we need a team of them to take on the big boys. Recruiting is the issue in the 9th year, and now that players are...

Gophers likely will not win more than two of the remaining four games and they will have to fight and scrap to do that, with Wisconsin and Mich. State best hopes for wins. They play badly on the road, so N'Western and Oregon are likely losses, Oregon a big one. 7-5 season - win the bowl and it's...

Fleck is a 60% winner, better than 13 previous coaches going back to 1941, and he does it with 2 and 3* players. 60% is an average of about 7 wins a year. If he had 4 and 5* players he'd likely win an average of 9 games a year or better. Recruiting is the problem - why isn't Emmett Johnson...

It's recruiting - Emmett Johnson "Mr. Football" from Minneapolis, playing for Nebraska, was leading the B10 in rushing before today's games and had 124 yds today. If we had him this year, backing up Darius, we'd have won at CA and done better today, though still losing. Fleck has won 60% of his...

Franklin started at Vanderbilt, which is hotter now than when he was there. He'll land on his feet, but I doubt he'd be interested in a mediocre B10 team like Minnesota.

Also, Iowa has had only two coaches since 1978 - stability means a lot, helps recruiting.

Gopher rushing totals: 35 against Rutgers, 68 against Ohio State, 30 against Purdue (Purdue!), 24 (one yard per carry) against Iowa. So why not use the corrupt system now in place and go buy a couple of 5* running backs from other teams? The new transfer rule is perfect for such corruption.

Angry college team plays a lackluster jr college team.

F. The Gophers looked like they were not ready to play and Iowa (and its fans) looked like they were high on something. No contest. Humiliation. We have one running back - if he's out, that's it (and he's the only running back who can catch the ball). We don't have the depth to play in an...

It's recruiting. The Gophers are playing a freshman at QB and have only one running back - Taylor. When he's out they can't run and they can't throw to the running backs. The Gophers just don't have the talent to play in an 18-team league. If they had divisions - and it's criminal that they...

What is it with these blah white uniforms on the road? The School colors are maroon and gold. Road uniforms should be gold & white or maroon and white. Besides, why do I think the Gophers will be clobbered today, PJ being 1-7 against Ferentz?

Iowa 31 Gophers 30

A wise guy. Gopher football has been respectable since Mason's first year, 1997, when he almost beat Paterno's Penn State and had the first valid All-American player since 1972. The Gophers could have been described as "a joke" in the earlier '90s, maybe even all the way back to Warmath's...