Gophers have 63.2% of lettermen returning, 111th in nation

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per Phil Steele:

http://www.philsteele.com/Blogs/2015/JUNE15/DBJune05.html

Go Gophers!!

 

[MNVCGUY]

Not really sure this proves much of anything but it is interesting to see that this will be a very experienced CSU team that we face in week 2. They definitely have some key loses from last year's team but they clearly didn't lose many players. But again I don't know that this really means much of anything as I am sure Steele can cherrypick to find the examples that work to prove his point while ignoring all the ones that don't.

 

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Minnesota has 48 lettermen returning compared to 55 for CSU. That would give the Rams only a slight advantage in experience. Very few schools produced letter winner totals like UMN did last year (76) so that skews the percentage.

EDIT: It worries me more that TCU returns 61 lettermen. That's a big advantage on an already elite team.