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The easy way and the hard way
"There's two ways to learn — the easy way or the hard way,'' Gophers quarterback Tanner Morgan said. "You can learn the easy way from others' mistakes. … If another quarterback makes a mistake, 'OK, let me learn from this.'"
The hard way, of course, is the Gophers making the mistake themselves. Situational awareness is especially important for the Gophers during this early stretch of the season against less-than-stellar competition. The team has remained mentally sharp for the most part in blowout victories over New Mexico State and Western Illinois.
Colorado, a Power Five opponent, should offer more of a challenge. The Buffaloes, though, are 0-2, and the Gophers beat them 30-0 last year in Boulder, so guarding against overconfidence becomes important. Coaches and players always aim to treat each opponent the same in order to breed consistency, but human nature can take over, with the urge to relax after success.
Safety Tyler Nubin embraces the lessons from across the college football landscape. The clips that he and his teammates saw Sunday showed him how Alabama avoided the upset at Texas, how Kentucky beat Florida in The Swamp, how Iowa State edged Iowa in a game in which each team lost a fumble while going into the opponent's end zone.
"We always talk about knowing how to win games, not just lose the game less,'' Nubin said. "You see it a lot of times across the country. It's a game of situations. Whoever can play the situations best in that moment is going to win the game. We try to take advantage of every single situation we're in. Learning from other teams makes that easier.''
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Go Gophers!!
The easy way and the hard way
"There's two ways to learn — the easy way or the hard way,'' Gophers quarterback Tanner Morgan said. "You can learn the easy way from others' mistakes. … If another quarterback makes a mistake, 'OK, let me learn from this.'"
The hard way, of course, is the Gophers making the mistake themselves. Situational awareness is especially important for the Gophers during this early stretch of the season against less-than-stellar competition. The team has remained mentally sharp for the most part in blowout victories over New Mexico State and Western Illinois.
Colorado, a Power Five opponent, should offer more of a challenge. The Buffaloes, though, are 0-2, and the Gophers beat them 30-0 last year in Boulder, so guarding against overconfidence becomes important. Coaches and players always aim to treat each opponent the same in order to breed consistency, but human nature can take over, with the urge to relax after success.
Safety Tyler Nubin embraces the lessons from across the college football landscape. The clips that he and his teammates saw Sunday showed him how Alabama avoided the upset at Texas, how Kentucky beat Florida in The Swamp, how Iowa State edged Iowa in a game in which each team lost a fumble while going into the opponent's end zone.
"We always talk about knowing how to win games, not just lose the game less,'' Nubin said. "You see it a lot of times across the country. It's a game of situations. Whoever can play the situations best in that moment is going to win the game. We try to take advantage of every single situation we're in. Learning from other teams makes that easier.''
Gophers football hasn't had many teachable moments yet, but team is hungry to learn
Coach P.J. Fleck has used video from other games to help show the players what to do — and what not to do.
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Go Gophers!!
