In the Gophers 3 Big Ten loses this season, Minnesota has been out scored 125-19.

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GopherGrit said:
Complaining about this loss is the exact same thing as Wolverhampton fans complaining about a bad loss to Man City.

That's what college football is. That's by far the best analogy. It is not a level playing field. It is not the NFL with a hard cap and every team having the same cap amount and a draft to evenly, fairly spread talent around.
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1. TF is something called Wolverhampton or Man City?
2. Having the only three games against above average teams be over 10 minutes in is NOT "what college football is."
 

USAF said:
1. TF is something called Wolverhampton or Man City?
2. Having the only three games against above average teams be over 10 minutes in is NOT "what college football is."
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1. it's the correct analogy for what college football is.
2. I didn't say you had to like it. It's just the fact of what it is ... it's not a level playing field.
 

Gopher Mac said:
I don't think we are better than Wisconsin. I am watching Wisconsin play #2 Indiana with their 4th string QB. Score is 7-0 Indiana in middle of the 2 quarter. If Minnesota was playing Indiana the score would be 21 or 28 to zero by the middle of the second quarter. Wisconsin can play defense Minnesota can not. Minnesota's offense with a 1st string quarterback will have a hard time moving the ball. I can only imagine what our offense would look like without Drake.
Edit 7-7 in second quarter. Can you imagine what the Gophers record be if we played Wisconsin's schedule.
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Likely 2-3 wins
 


GopherGrit said:
Complaining about this loss is the exact same thing as Wolverhampton fans complaining about a bad loss to Man City.

That's what college football is. That's by far the best analogy. It is not a level playing field. It is not the NFL with a hard cap and every team having the same cap amount and a draft to evenly, fairly spread talent around.
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Am I allowed to complain if we also lose our next two to Northwestern and Wisconsin? Wouldn’t that be analogous to Wolverhampton losing to Fulham and Crystal Palace?
 



WindyCityGopher said:
Am I allowed to complain if we also lose our next two to Northwestern and Wisconsin? Wouldn’t that be analogous to Wolverhampton losing to Fulham and Crystal Palace?
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I'll allow it :cool:

But it seems you get it? NW and Wisconsin are not nearly on the same level as Oregon. Right?? Am I crazy?
 

GopherGrit said:
I'll allow it :cool:

But it seems you get it? NW and Wisconsin are not nearly on the same level as Oregon. Right?? Am I crazy?
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No, not even close. Oregon’s a top 3 team in the conference. We were rightly blown out last night, just as we were by Ohio State and we would be by Indiana had they been on our schedule.
 

WindyCityGopher said:
No, not even close. Oregon’s a top 3 team in the conference. We were rightly blown out last night, just as we were by Ohio State and we would be by Indiana had they been on our schedule.
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OK, think we're on the same page.

I'm just saying ... we beat Rutgers, Purdue, Nebraska, and Mich State. We would've beaten them on the road, too.

NW is the same quality as those teams. So ... we should beat them too, based on season results.


Although they did just scare the piss out of Michigan and probably should have won the game. That's an actual, valid reason to be worried about the NW game.
 



GopherGrit said:
OK, think we're on the same page.

I'm just saying ... we beat Rutgers, Purdue, Nebraska, and Mich State. We would've beaten them on the road, too.

NW is the same quality as those teams. So ... we should beat them too, based on season results.


Although they did just scare the piss out of Michigan and probably should have won the game. That's an actual, valid reason to be worried about the NW game.
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We would've beat R, P, N, and MSU on the road?
 

USAF said:
We would've beat R, P, N, and MSU on the road?
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Of course.

The only reason we've lost on the road is because we've played great teams on the road. Again, the Cal game is an exception ... but the game was also after Midnight Central time on the players bodies.
 

Line on the next two will be something like Northwestern -6, and then Minnesota +1.5.
 

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