BleedGopher
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5. The Gophers' program has turned a corner
In recent years -- likely even last year -- this was the type of game that the Gophers would lose. Minnesota started to yield points to Indiana but never truly panicked, even when the Hoosiers scored to take the lead with 5:33 remaining in the game. The Gophers' players seem to have a newfound confidence that has emerged in the past few victories. Beating Northwestern -- which is now 0-5 in the Big Ten -- on the road looked to be a decent win, and last Saturday's win against No. 24 Nebraska was a big one for a Minnesota program that hadn't beaten the Huskers since 1960. But the win against Indiana, a team with perhaps as high-octane an offense as the Gophers will face all year, was yet another sign of this team's growth and its resiliency. Minnesota made the plays it needed to at key moments in order to pull off the win. Bad teams would likely have buckled when faced with that type of collapse. Instead, the Gophers bounced back and never quit. The seven wins are the most for this team in five years, and the three Big Ten wins are the most since 2009. Head coach Jerry Kill and his staff have once again improved their team's record every year during their first three seasons of a rebuilding project. It happened at Southern Illinois and Northern Illinois. Now it's happening at Minnesota.
http://www.foxsportsnorth.com/colle...QB-now-winning-gam?blockID=957455&feedID=3590
Go Gophers!!
5. The Gophers' program has turned a corner
In recent years -- likely even last year -- this was the type of game that the Gophers would lose. Minnesota started to yield points to Indiana but never truly panicked, even when the Hoosiers scored to take the lead with 5:33 remaining in the game. The Gophers' players seem to have a newfound confidence that has emerged in the past few victories. Beating Northwestern -- which is now 0-5 in the Big Ten -- on the road looked to be a decent win, and last Saturday's win against No. 24 Nebraska was a big one for a Minnesota program that hadn't beaten the Huskers since 1960. But the win against Indiana, a team with perhaps as high-octane an offense as the Gophers will face all year, was yet another sign of this team's growth and its resiliency. Minnesota made the plays it needed to at key moments in order to pull off the win. Bad teams would likely have buckled when faced with that type of collapse. Instead, the Gophers bounced back and never quit. The seven wins are the most for this team in five years, and the three Big Ten wins are the most since 2009. Head coach Jerry Kill and his staff have once again improved their team's record every year during their first three seasons of a rebuilding project. It happened at Southern Illinois and Northern Illinois. Now it's happening at Minnesota.
http://www.foxsportsnorth.com/colle...QB-now-winning-gam?blockID=957455&feedID=3590
Go Gophers!!
