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per the Courier Journal:
Brooks' 71-yard touchdown run on the second play of the second half provided a momentum swing that Purdue never recovered from and the Gophers rolled to a 41-13 victory. Brooks rushed for 176 yards on 17 carries against the Boilermakers.
"He reminds me of (former Minnesota running back) Marion Barber," Minnesota coach Jerry Kill said of Brooks. "He is quick on the hole. He is so physical and he has get-over speed. He is special."
Brooks and redshirt freshman Rodney Smith, both Georgia high school products, helped a makeshift offensive line regain the physical and hard-nosed identity that has labeled the Gopher football program in the past.
At Tuesday's practice, Kill said he kicked out the quarterbacks and told the offensive line that the Gophers, who ranked last in the Big Ten in rushing before Saturday, were going to run the ball at least 45 times against Purdue.
Minnesota ran it 48 times, grinding out 326 yards and re-establishing itself as a threat on the ground.
"That is more like what Minnesota is supposed to look like," Kill said.
http://www.jconline.com/story/sport...hers-regain-identity-against-purdue/73658990/
Go Gophers!!
Brooks' 71-yard touchdown run on the second play of the second half provided a momentum swing that Purdue never recovered from and the Gophers rolled to a 41-13 victory. Brooks rushed for 176 yards on 17 carries against the Boilermakers.
"He reminds me of (former Minnesota running back) Marion Barber," Minnesota coach Jerry Kill said of Brooks. "He is quick on the hole. He is so physical and he has get-over speed. He is special."
Brooks and redshirt freshman Rodney Smith, both Georgia high school products, helped a makeshift offensive line regain the physical and hard-nosed identity that has labeled the Gopher football program in the past.
At Tuesday's practice, Kill said he kicked out the quarterbacks and told the offensive line that the Gophers, who ranked last in the Big Ten in rushing before Saturday, were going to run the ball at least 45 times against Purdue.
Minnesota ran it 48 times, grinding out 326 yards and re-establishing itself as a threat on the ground.
"That is more like what Minnesota is supposed to look like," Kill said.
http://www.jconline.com/story/sport...hers-regain-identity-against-purdue/73658990/
Go Gophers!!