BleedGopher
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per Drew:
Football grade: C
I came into this exercise expecting to give the Gophers an F-- for their football grade but after some extensive research (I looked at their CFB Reference page) it was clear to me that Minnesota is the epitome of average. Their record over the past decade is 66-61, their record in bowl games is 4-3 (although they have won four in a row) and, most importantly, they are the defending 2019 co-B1G West champs.
Minnesota has also struggled against their primary rival, Wisconsin, winning only once in the past decade and they’ve lost five straight to Iowa and only beaten Michigan once (although they haven’t played every year) in the last decade.
Twice in the last decade Minnesota has fired their head coach midseason. Their current head coach is bound to leave them once any school with more prestige comes calling and then they’ll have to completely re-brand their entire program because how can you row the boat when the captain jumped ship?
The Gophers have a handful of players in the NFL over the past 10 years and a handful of players expelled due to sexual assault allegations which, sadly, is par for the course at Power 5 schools.
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Go Gophers!!
Football grade: C
I came into this exercise expecting to give the Gophers an F-- for their football grade but after some extensive research (I looked at their CFB Reference page) it was clear to me that Minnesota is the epitome of average. Their record over the past decade is 66-61, their record in bowl games is 4-3 (although they have won four in a row) and, most importantly, they are the defending 2019 co-B1G West champs.
Minnesota has also struggled against their primary rival, Wisconsin, winning only once in the past decade and they’ve lost five straight to Iowa and only beaten Michigan once (although they haven’t played every year) in the last decade.
Twice in the last decade Minnesota has fired their head coach midseason. Their current head coach is bound to leave them once any school with more prestige comes calling and then they’ll have to completely re-brand their entire program because how can you row the boat when the captain jumped ship?
The Gophers have a handful of players in the NFL over the past 10 years and a handful of players expelled due to sexual assault allegations which, sadly, is par for the course at Power 5 schools.
B1G All-Decade Grades: Minnesota
Ugh. I guess we said we’d do these for every B1G team so we have to include Minnesota.
www.buckys5thquarter.com
Go Gophers!!
