La Velle: Time for Gophers to end Bret Bielema's dominance

[BleedGopher]

per Neal:

Let's not focus on the journey, because it hasn't been pretty at times. But the Gophers enter the final month of the regular season with their destination still in sight: a chance at the Big Ten West division title.

The next step should be taken at Huntington Bank Stadium on Saturday if they find enough offense to defeat a beatable Bret Bielema-led Illinois team. The Gophers should sustain a running game and get enough through the air from quarterback Athan Kaliakmanis to improve to 6-3.

Wait. A beatable Bielema team? Does such a thing even exist for the Gophers?

There are hundreds of Gophers football players — and tens of thousands of fans — through the years who have looked across the field and wondered what it will take to defeat teams led by a man who once was adorned in red and white but now is in orange and blue. Bielema has a hex on the Gophers.

Time for Gophers to end Bret Bielema's dominance

Illinois coach Bret Bielema, formerly Wisconsin's coach, is 9-0 all-time against Minnesota. This Gophers team is playing for a division title and needs to avoid another slip.

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Go Gophers!!

 

[RememberMurray]

Woo-hoo, it's a STREAK, LaVelle!

My, but how our sports media types do love a streak. It's a subject that writes itself, with absolutely no effort required. You can mail it in.

 

[RememberMurray]

"Kirk Cousins is oh-and-whatever under the lights, when the wind is blowing north-northeast and the moon is in the seventh house and Jupiter aligns with Mars at kickoff!"

 

[WHB Brewer]

I still contend that Brewster's chance at immortality was if he punched Bert during the post game handshake after the 2pt play call shit. He would have a statue!