ESPN Big Ten Power Rankings: Week 2 (Gophers #7)

[BleedGopher]

per ESPN:

7. Minnesota (2-0, last week: 8): Although Aggie Vision was the real highlight Saturday night, Minnesota provided a few of its own in an easy win against New Mexico State. The Gophers continue to find creative ways to score, adding a special teams touchdown and a defensive touchdown in a 44-21 romp. Despite being short-handed at running back, Minnesota got the ground game going behind Rodrick Williams (148 yards, 1 TD), David Cobb (56 yards, 1 TD) and quarterback Philip Nelson (122 rush yards, 1 TD). The Gophers have another tuneup this week before their first real test Sept. 21 against San Jose State.

http://espn.go.com/blog/bigten/post/_/id/83250/big-ten-power-rankings-week-2-6

Go Gophers!!

 

[t-docious]

quietly climbing the "depth chart". Lets hope this injury bug subsides!

 

[RunGopherRun]

Even ESPN is getting in on the Aggievision debacle!

 

[DarrenTheGreek]

Interesting that we passed MSU. Just 2 weeks ago they said the difference between 2-7 was minimal.

 

[Schnauzer]

There won't be many Gophers highlights shown on all the BTN football shows this week, thanks to Aggievision. I'm sure they were like, "What are we going to do with this?!" when they too got #Aggievisioned.

Hopefully the Gophers can rise up the list a little bit, at least until Indiana scores more than 40 next time for everyone to fall in love with them all over again.

 

[Gopher07]

Interesting that we passed MSU. Just 2 weeks ago they said the difference between 2-7 was minimal.

MSU offense is truly abysmal. I mean, ours isn't great or even good, but watching their is like watching a football horror film. The minute another team scores 20 on them and takes care of the football they're done.

 

[jaymil]

MSU offense is truly abysmal. I mean, ours isn't great or even good, but watching their is like watching a football horror film. The minute another team scores 20 on them and takes care of the football they're done.

+1. My confidence in beating MSU this year has gone up considerably after the first 2 games. Obviously, a lot can change between now and the end of the season though.

 

[50PoundHead]

Maxwell has trouble hitting ocean from the shore, but I think the losses of Bell, Caper, and Sims is what really hurts them on offense. Add to that Gholston's departure along with DB Johnny Adams and a couple of other defensive starters and they really took a hit. D'Antonio has recruited fairly well, but that's a pretty good set of players that are gone and if you're trigger man is as inconsistent as Maxwell, a lot of guys are going to have to step it up.

 

[MinneStoa]

Even ESPN is getting in on the Aggievision debacle!

They're just being quick to beat down on AggieVision because they know that it, just like Fox Sports 1, is gunning for some serious market share.