How long before Wenger costs the Gophers a game in 2023?

[Wally]

About 10 years ago (when Mauer was still catching), Jose Mijares gave up a home run that lost the game. He made some comment post game that suggested he didn't like the pitch Mauer had called (don't remember what pitch it was, but for the sake of the example, let's say it was a curveball). Mauer got asked about that comment and he said "yeah, I asked for a curveball, but I didn't ask for it right in the middle of the plate."

I want us to fair catch when appropriate, and also to be able to take returnable kicks and execute returns effectively. If we are fair catching kicks that could be returned well because we have so little faith in our ability to execute, that may be the right decision, but if so, an inability to execute is still a problem because we are passing up opportunities.

Way to many return attempts from inside the 5 yard line, makes no sense.

 

[btowngopher]

Way to many return attempts from inside the 5 yard line, makes no sense.

I guess it’s not that big of a deal to me. We aren’t going to lose a game because our average kick return was only the 20 yard line instead of the 25, but return one for a TD and that could be a game changer.