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per the Dallas Morning News:
3. Pace of play. The Horned Frogs want to keep things moving as quickly as possible on offense and get the ball downfield at a rapid pace. That’s pretty much the opposite of what the Gophers want to do. Kill’s team actually held the ball for 34:25 of its loss to TCU a year ago, but that wasn’t enough to keep the Frogs from scoring 30 points. Controlling the pace again will be a huge boost for the Gophers, but as we saw last year, it won’t be solely enough to win.
4. Not about that base. The Gophers run a traditional 4-3 defense in the slower-paced Big Ten, but they’ll likely be forced to abandon that strategy against TCU. With a ton of speed on the Frogs’ offense, Gophers defensive coordinator Tracey Claeys told TwinCities.com that the third linebacker will likely be subbed out for a nickel back more often than not, as the Gophers did a year ago. Claeys believes that their system worked against TCU 80 percent of the time last year and that the Frogs’ running schemes caused the Gophers more problems than anything, so we’ll see what they learned from the loss and how they approach the opener.
http://collegesportsblog.dallasnews...gs-tcu-fans-should-know-about-minnesota.html/
Go Gophers!!
3. Pace of play. The Horned Frogs want to keep things moving as quickly as possible on offense and get the ball downfield at a rapid pace. That’s pretty much the opposite of what the Gophers want to do. Kill’s team actually held the ball for 34:25 of its loss to TCU a year ago, but that wasn’t enough to keep the Frogs from scoring 30 points. Controlling the pace again will be a huge boost for the Gophers, but as we saw last year, it won’t be solely enough to win.
4. Not about that base. The Gophers run a traditional 4-3 defense in the slower-paced Big Ten, but they’ll likely be forced to abandon that strategy against TCU. With a ton of speed on the Frogs’ offense, Gophers defensive coordinator Tracey Claeys told TwinCities.com that the third linebacker will likely be subbed out for a nickel back more often than not, as the Gophers did a year ago. Claeys believes that their system worked against TCU 80 percent of the time last year and that the Frogs’ running schemes caused the Gophers more problems than anything, so we’ll see what they learned from the loss and how they approach the opener.
http://collegesportsblog.dallasnews...gs-tcu-fans-should-know-about-minnesota.html/
Go Gophers!!
