Actually, as I was standing up and drinking beer, I thought there should be another choice. Below F is the Robb Smith choice. I grade them "Robb Smith" today. Actually I shouldn't be that jaded, but I can't help it.
There were many short fields in there, 7 points given away by the offense, and crappy punting / fake punting that offer some excuse. Michigan is a good opponent with talent.
But it felt like the Gophers were playing with 9 or 10 guys out there with how empty the deep middle often seemed. I'm not sure if that's scheme or inexperience but the Gophers are going to be very prone to giving up big explosive plays until it is fixed.