Gophers who are among the league leaders after one game

[TwistingMyMelon]

1) Drake Lindsey is ranked:

-- 5th in pass completions with 19 (Leader is Nebraska's Dylan Raiola with 33)

- 4th in pass attempts with 35 (Leader is Maryland's Malik Washington with 43)

- 3rd in passing yards with 290 (Leader is Purdue's Ryan Browne with 311)

- 8th in passing yards per attempt with 8.3 (Leader is USC's Jaiden Maiava with 16.4! - that will most certainly come down in the future)

- 3rd in passing yards per completion with 15.3 (Leader is not surprisingly Maiava with 19.7)

- Tied for 2nd in passing touchdowns with 2 (there is a three way-tie for first with 3 each)

-2) Darius Taylor is ranked:

- First in rushing attempts with 30 (2nd placer Nebraska's Emmet Johnson has 25)

- 3rd in rushing yards with 141 (Leader is Washington's Jonah Coleman with 177)

- First in plays from scrimmage with 34 (2nd placer is Emmet Johnson with 32)

- 2nd in yards from scrimmage with 177 (Leader is Jonah Coleman with 199)

3) Brady Denaburg is ranked:

- tied for 2nd in field goals made with 3 (Leader is PSU's Ryan Barker with 4)

- tied for 3rd with points from kicking of 11 (Barker is first with 15)

4) Jalen Smith is ranked:

First in receiving yards per reception with 38

5) Javon Tracy is ranked:

7th in receiving yards per reception with 23.7

6) Maverick Baranowski is ranked:

Tied for 5th with Total Tackles of 10 (Leader is UCLA's Isaiah Chisholm with 17)

Tied for 3rd with Assisted Tackles of 8

7) Devon Williams is ranked:

Tied for 6th with Solo Tackles of 6 (Leader is Maryland's Dylan Wingate with 9)

8) Tom Weston is ranked:

Tied for 5th in punting yards per punt with 43.3 (Leader is Michigan State's Ryan Eckley with 51.3)

9) Koi Perich is ranked:

6th with a punt return average of 18 (Leader is Iowa's Sam Phillips with 46)

 

[BilldGopher]

Looked and see all the B1G teams except Northwestern and UCLA are 1-0.

Probably need to see the results of Week 4 to see who's got the mo and who does not.

Still though very glad the Gophers are not on that first week short list. Been there too many times already in the modern era.

 

[TwistingMyMelon]

Looked and see all the B1G teams except Northwestern and UCLA are 1-0.

Probably need to see the results of Week 4 to see who's got the mo and who does not.

Still though very glad the Gophers are not on that first week short list. Been there too many times already in the modern era.

I think this was one of those early season games where the Gophers had a better game statistically than they appeared to be having while one was watching the game unfold. True, their ability to put the ball in the end zone looked weaker than we hoped but they had 443 yards Total Offense (6th in the conference after one game) and 151 yards Total Defense (2nd in the conference).

Last year's team equaled the 443 offensive yard total once (against Maryland) but never surpassed that amount. Last year's team fell below the 151 Defensive Yards total once (against Rhode Island). Another bright spot is that our kicker was 3 for 3 in field goal attempts while Kesich made only 1 of 3 in last year's opener (which lost us the game). Supposedly Buffalo returned a good number of starters on defense so maybe the 443 yard Total Offense total in the opener is a reason to be optimistic.