ESPN's Eliminator: Losses eliminate Minnesota, USC from playoff consideration

[BleedGopher]

per ESPN:

Minnesota: Oh, no you didn't Gophers. Minnesota blew a chance for its first 4-0 start in Big Ten play since 1967 by losing 28-24 at struggling Illinois on Saturday. The Gophers went 4-for-16 on third down and turned the ball over three times, including a crushing David Cobb fumble, which was scooped up by linebacker V'Angelo Bentley and returned 12 yards for the go-ahead touchdown in the fourth quarter. The Illini had dropped 17 of their previous 18 Big Ten games under coach Tim Beckman. The Gophers remain tied with Nebraska for first place in the Big Ten West standings, but they're not getting into the playoff after losing to Illinois.

http://espn.go.com/ncf/notebook/_/p...tor-college-football-week-9-victims-survivors

Go Gophers!!

 

[BleedGopher]

ESPN Big Ten Blog:

Biggest faceplant: Minnesota was angling toward a 7-1 start and starting to gain some national respect before it lost to an Illinois team that had lost 24 of its previous 25 Big Ten games. For a second straight week, the Gophers fell behind early, and it's not a team built to play that way. With the closing foursome of Iowa, Ohio State, at Nebraska and at Wisconsin still left, Jerry Kill's team needs to regroup quickly or risk losing some serious steam.

http://espn.go.com/blog/bigten/post/_/id/109835/weekend-rewind-big-ten-26

Go Gophers!!

 

[CoMn]

Hey we were in the playoff discussion until October 25th….that's pretty awesome