BleedGopher
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per Ervin:
Coaching: B
Fleck made some strange in-game decisions — not going for 2 in overtime against Maryland — and didn’t appear to have his team ready to rock out of the gate against Michigan. The B1G’s worst defense shows he and his staff have a ways to go in terms of recruiting now that stars brought in by the previous regime have moved on to the NFL.
But if there was ever any doubt about Fleck’s ability to create a family-like culture where everyone’s on the same page, his team’s moxie during pandemic college football should erase it.
Quarterback: C
Tanner Morgan is a fantastic human being. He’s also his own harshest critic. So the fact that he regressed in 2020 likely isn’t lost on him.
Morgan went from one of the top passers in FBS to the fifth-most efficient QB in his own conference. His completion percentage dropped from 66 percent in 2019 to 57.9 this season. His passer rating dropped 50 points from 178.7 to 128.2. He threw almost as many interceptions (5) in seven games as he did in 13 games last season (7).
Good luck finding a more motivated senior heading into 2021.
Final GPA: 2.0
When grading on the COVID-19 curve, Minnesota had what amounts to an average season. Some good, some bad, ultimately no sterling results.
But a kid pulling Cs in advanced math as a sophomore still has a chance to put his head down and get to cum laude honors by the time he’s a senior. That’s the challenge facing the Gophers — can they take advantage of the experience gained during a weird year and parlay it into B1G West contention?
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Go Gophers!!
Coaching: B
Fleck made some strange in-game decisions — not going for 2 in overtime against Maryland — and didn’t appear to have his team ready to rock out of the gate against Michigan. The B1G’s worst defense shows he and his staff have a ways to go in terms of recruiting now that stars brought in by the previous regime have moved on to the NFL.
But if there was ever any doubt about Fleck’s ability to create a family-like culture where everyone’s on the same page, his team’s moxie during pandemic college football should erase it.
Quarterback: C
Tanner Morgan is a fantastic human being. He’s also his own harshest critic. So the fact that he regressed in 2020 likely isn’t lost on him.
Morgan went from one of the top passers in FBS to the fifth-most efficient QB in his own conference. His completion percentage dropped from 66 percent in 2019 to 57.9 this season. His passer rating dropped 50 points from 178.7 to 128.2. He threw almost as many interceptions (5) in seven games as he did in 13 games last season (7).
Good luck finding a more motivated senior heading into 2021.
Final GPA: 2.0
When grading on the COVID-19 curve, Minnesota had what amounts to an average season. Some good, some bad, ultimately no sterling results.
But a kid pulling Cs in advanced math as a sophomore still has a chance to put his head down and get to cum laude honors by the time he’s a senior. That’s the challenge facing the Gophers — can they take advantage of the experience gained during a weird year and parlay it into B1G West contention?
Minnesota football final grades for 2020 season: Pandemic-induced growing pains, but hope for 2021
While Minnesota's 3-4 finish is nowhere near the euphoric 11-win experience in 2019, there were bright spots and opportunities for accelerated development.
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Go Gophers!!
