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Gophers: season - 142 attempts, 2.6 yds carry. Ga Southern game - 48 attempts, 1.9 yds carry. Ain't working...
Gophers: season - 142 attempts, 2.6 yds carry. Ga Southern game - 48 attempts, 1.9 yds carry. Ain't working...
Well, we are 3-0, so there's that.
My question is: WHY is it not working, all of a sudden? What happened to our o-line over the offseason?
Well, we are 3-0, so there's that.
My question is: WHY is it not working, all of a sudden? What happened to our o-line over the offseason?
Love that the team is 3-0, but the rushing game is easily the most concerning issue from my viewpoint. Guess I got spoiled by the success of the O-line in the last few games of the previous season. Had this vision of the team imposing their will and breaking teams as the game wore on, all with a strong, relentless running game. Still have hope they’ll rediscover what they had going.
That's crazy. Never would have expected that.Gophers: season - 142 attempts, 2.6 yds carry. Ga Southern game - 48 attempts, 1.9 yds carry. Ain't working...
Part of it is Rodney still doesn’t look like RS. Anyone know what happened to Ibrahim this week? Hurt? In doghouse?
I think the reason he doesn't look himself is that there's scant space to run in. Saquon Barkley would have struggled to make anything of the opportunities our backs have seen during the first 3 games.
Part of it is Rodney still doesn’t look like RS. Anyone know what happened to Ibrahim this week? Hurt? In doghouse?
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Part of it is Rodney still doesn’t look like RS. Anyone know what happened to Ibrahim this week? Hurt? In doghouse?
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Exactly. The problem is clearly in the o-line. The coaches need to figure it out and fix it.
Love that the team is 3-0, but the rushing game is easily the most concerning issue from my viewpoint. Guess I got spoiled by the success of the O-line in the last few games of the previous season. Had this vision of the team imposing their will and breaking teams as the game wore on, all with a strong, relentless running game. Still have hope they’ll rediscover what they had going.
RS was averaging 5.2 ypc before he got injured.
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The other teams pay their coaches too. My guess is there was enough film, and enough time to study it, to find weaknesses that might not have been apparent last year. It's time for the Minnesota coaches to self-study and fix those issues.
Tanner Morgan's moxie and mobility and smarts have bailed us out so far, almost miraculously. However, I don't think Fleck wants this team to try to make it's living that way all season long. We have to get the run game going. It's crucial.[/QUOT
Yes, we need a better running game than we have had this season, but, in my opinion, we could pass more often than we do now and still be successful, perhaps more successful. We have a receiving corps that is as good or better than any team's receivers we are likely to play this year and a quarterback who is quite capable and improving. I don't see what's wrong with featuring your strong suit instead of featuring something that doesn't measure up as well against our peers.
Just in the game vs GSU. He had 11 vaaries for 57 yards. RS I think would have had 150+ yd game if didn't get injured. He was very close to breaking a few runs.Are you talking about before the injury last year? Big deal, almost all of that was against New Mexico State. Mo averaged something like 11.2 per carry against New Mexico State. He wasn't averaging anything close to 5.2 this season. The highest average of Rodney's career was 4.8 during his redshirt soph campaign.
Just in the game vs GSU. He had 11 vaaries for 57 yards. RS I think would have had 150+ yd game if didn't get injured. He was very close to breaking a few runs.
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