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per BTN:
Is it OK for Minnesota to start dreaming about a Big Ten West title? You betcha.
It’s still early. Heck, the leaves are still on the trees and no Halloween fun-sized candy bars have been passed out. Still, the Golden Gophers took another step toward the front of the line in the West with what best can be described as “methodical” 24-17 win vs. Northwestern, which brought a three-game winning streak to Minneapolis.
It’s time for this program to forge some memories that aren’t black-and-white. Nothing against all-time Gophers greats like Bruce Smith, Bronko Nagurski, Carl Eller and Bobby Bell, among others from a bygone era. But Minnesota needs a new era of greatness. Could it on the precipice of one?
Who knows? But know this: Minnesota is 2-0 in Big Ten play for the first time since 2004 and just the third time since 1990. And there’s a good chance the Gophers could push that to 4-0 with games coming up vs. Purdue and at Illinois to close October. Then, the lifting gets heavy in November. In fact, no Big Ten school may have a more difficult closing month: Iowa; Ohio State; at Nebraska; at Wisconsin.
But let’s not get ahead of ourselves. Let’s enjoy this sun-splashed October afternoon and bathe in what Kill and his astute staff are doing in the Twin Cities.
http://btn.com/2014/10/11/minnesota-continues-slow-steady-build-under-jerry-kill-and-astute-staff/
Go Gophers!!
Is it OK for Minnesota to start dreaming about a Big Ten West title? You betcha.
It’s still early. Heck, the leaves are still on the trees and no Halloween fun-sized candy bars have been passed out. Still, the Golden Gophers took another step toward the front of the line in the West with what best can be described as “methodical” 24-17 win vs. Northwestern, which brought a three-game winning streak to Minneapolis.
It’s time for this program to forge some memories that aren’t black-and-white. Nothing against all-time Gophers greats like Bruce Smith, Bronko Nagurski, Carl Eller and Bobby Bell, among others from a bygone era. But Minnesota needs a new era of greatness. Could it on the precipice of one?
Who knows? But know this: Minnesota is 2-0 in Big Ten play for the first time since 2004 and just the third time since 1990. And there’s a good chance the Gophers could push that to 4-0 with games coming up vs. Purdue and at Illinois to close October. Then, the lifting gets heavy in November. In fact, no Big Ten school may have a more difficult closing month: Iowa; Ohio State; at Nebraska; at Wisconsin.
But let’s not get ahead of ourselves. Let’s enjoy this sun-splashed October afternoon and bathe in what Kill and his astute staff are doing in the Twin Cities.
http://btn.com/2014/10/11/minnesota-continues-slow-steady-build-under-jerry-kill-and-astute-staff/
Go Gophers!!