BleedGopher
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per FSN:
1. Can Minnesota's running game get back on track?
The Gophers believed they had finally established an identity as a power running team, racking up big yardage on the ground in four non-conference games. Then Minnesota set foot in Big Ten play and everything changed. The previously successful Gophers running game met its match against Iowa, which held Minnesota to just 30 rushing yards on 27 carries -- an average of a measly 1.1 yards per carry. The Gophers simply got beat in the trenches and were never able to clear much space for the running backs.
Things won't get much easier Saturday against Michigan. The Wolverines' defense has allowed the second-fewest rushing yards per game (79.0) in the Big Ten so far this season. Like Iowa, Michigan has yet to allow a rushing touchdown. That statistic figured to give when the Gophers met the Hawkeyes last weekend, as Minnesota had rushed for a Big Ten best 16 touchdowns through four games. But the Gophers' only score last Saturday came through the air. If Minnesota can't establish its running game this weekend against the stout Michigan defense, it could be another long day for the Gophers offense.
http://www.foxsportsnorth.com/colle...to-establish-offen?blockID=947449&feedID=3590
Go Gophers!!
1. Can Minnesota's running game get back on track?
The Gophers believed they had finally established an identity as a power running team, racking up big yardage on the ground in four non-conference games. Then Minnesota set foot in Big Ten play and everything changed. The previously successful Gophers running game met its match against Iowa, which held Minnesota to just 30 rushing yards on 27 carries -- an average of a measly 1.1 yards per carry. The Gophers simply got beat in the trenches and were never able to clear much space for the running backs.
Things won't get much easier Saturday against Michigan. The Wolverines' defense has allowed the second-fewest rushing yards per game (79.0) in the Big Ten so far this season. Like Iowa, Michigan has yet to allow a rushing touchdown. That statistic figured to give when the Gophers met the Hawkeyes last weekend, as Minnesota had rushed for a Big Ten best 16 touchdowns through four games. But the Gophers' only score last Saturday came through the air. If Minnesota can't establish its running game this weekend against the stout Michigan defense, it could be another long day for the Gophers offense.
http://www.foxsportsnorth.com/colle...to-establish-offen?blockID=947449&feedID=3590
Go Gophers!!