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per Marcus:
The Gophers football team’s strengths offensively were pretty clear going into coach P.J. Fleck’s debut Thursday night against Buffalo.
No matter how much of a question mark the starting quarterback situation was, Fleck could count on a kicker who received preseason All-America honors and arguably the best running back tandem in the Big Ten, right?
Not so fast.
Fleck eventually ditched the run game when Rodney Smith and Shannon Brooks couldn’t break free late in the fourth quarter. The passing attack was the only bright spot early, but fizzled as well. Kicker Emmit Carpenter could have provided a bigger cushion, but he missed his first two field goals in a 17-7 win Thursday against the Bulls at TCF Bank Stadium.
“We did what we had to do to win the football game,” Fleck said. “What we started to do was we take two steps forward, and then we take a half step back. We weren’t good enough tonight to recover from that.”
http://www.startribune.com/gophers-...g-game-aren-t-quite-that-in-opener/442434473/
Go Gophers!!
The Gophers football team’s strengths offensively were pretty clear going into coach P.J. Fleck’s debut Thursday night against Buffalo.
No matter how much of a question mark the starting quarterback situation was, Fleck could count on a kicker who received preseason All-America honors and arguably the best running back tandem in the Big Ten, right?
Not so fast.
Fleck eventually ditched the run game when Rodney Smith and Shannon Brooks couldn’t break free late in the fourth quarter. The passing attack was the only bright spot early, but fizzled as well. Kicker Emmit Carpenter could have provided a bigger cushion, but he missed his first two field goals in a 17-7 win Thursday against the Bulls at TCF Bank Stadium.
“We did what we had to do to win the football game,” Fleck said. “What we started to do was we take two steps forward, and then we take a half step back. We weren’t good enough tonight to recover from that.”
http://www.startribune.com/gophers-...g-game-aren-t-quite-that-in-opener/442434473/
Go Gophers!!