Early look at 6 toughest games on next year’s Michigan football schedule (at Minnesota)

[BleedGopher]

per Derick:

Minnesota
Game details: Oct. 17 (Week 7) in Minneapolis

The final game of a grueling four-week stretch for Michigan comes on the road against a Minnesota team that nearly went to the Big Ten championship game this year.

P.J. Fleck led Minnesota to 10 wins for the first time since 2003. The Golden Gophers were in the playoff hunt until the final week of the season.

The league’s breakout quarterback, Tanner Morgan, will return next year after throwing for 2.975 yards, 28 touchdowns and six interceptions this season. He completed 66.1% of his attempts for an average of 10.3 yards per throw.

Highlighted by a win over Penn State, Fleck has Minnesota on the right path, and this edition of the battle for the Little Brown Jug should be more competitive than when Michigan beat Minnesota by 23 points in 2017.

The Gophers also have a tough schedule leading up to this game. They host Iowa in mid-September and travel to Wisconsin the week before hosting Michigan. Both teams will already be battle tested by Oct. 17.

Early look at 6 toughest games on next year’s Michigan football schedule

As the Michigan football team prepares for its Citrus Bowl matchup with Alabama, many fans have likely turned their attention to the 2020 schedule.

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Go Gophers!!

 

[GoldenRodents]

Could be the most glorious three weeks in Gopher Football history.

 

[Gophers7NatTitlesBadgers0]

Tanner has a chance of topping 3k yards and 30 TDs before the year is in the books. Still can't wrap my head around that fact!

 

[A_Slab_of_Bacon]

Makes me think our schedule is pretty hard.

 

[Vandy]

Looking forward to the return of the Little Brown Jug.

 

[1983]

If we beat Michigan by 150 I will be pissed. I want 250.

 

[BeerFueledFF]

If we beat Michigan by 150 I will be pissed. I want 250.

Its not worth winning if you can't win big!

 

[Spoofin]

Its not worth winning if you can't win big!

It is worth it, but you still have to put an * next to it.

 

[WriterGoph]

Makes me think our schedule is pretty hard.

I think it's a bit nicer as it's broken up more than this year. We get Iowa at home in September and then a month later we deal with Wisconsin and Michigan back to back. If we can win the home games out of those three, we'll be in great shape.

 

[Some guy]

It is worth it, but you still have to put an * next to it.

You missed his movie quote I think

 

[A_Slab_of_Bacon]

I think it's a bit nicer as it's broken up more than this year. We get Iowa at home in September and then a month later we deal with Wisconsin and Michigan back to back. If we can win the home games out of those three, we'll be in great shape.

My concern is that....we start slow ... often.