An Oregon fan on the college football subreddit watched the Gophers' entire 2014 season and gives some in-depth impressions of our offense and defense (didn't comment on special teams) for anyone looking for opinions on the Gophers from a truly neutral point of view. He says he's going to preview TCU tomorrow.
A few bullet points from it:
Our offense is one of the slowest he's ever seen. Played slowly even in two-minute drills.
Leidner is a big and powerful runner, but his passing accuracy is inconsistent.
Cobb was huge for our offense and will be a big loss. Attributed success in the running game more to Cobb than big holes from the offensive line.
Blames lack of passing success more on Leidner's inconsistency than on receivers.
Seemed to like Miles Thomas, thought he made great blocks and made the most of his opportunities having the ball in his hands.
Steven Richardson played like a senior, despite being a true freshman.
Impressed by the secondary, thinks BBC needs to tackle with better form, and that Murray has possibly the best tackling form on the team.
Said that Cedric Thompson and Derrick Wells made nice highlight reel plays, but also gave up big gains when they had the chance to prevent them. Liked Johnson and Travis better than Thompson and Wells.
https://www.reddit.com/r/CFB/comments/3j3bdz/minnesota_fans_ive_now_watched_the_last_13_games/
A few bullet points from it:
Our offense is one of the slowest he's ever seen. Played slowly even in two-minute drills.
Leidner is a big and powerful runner, but his passing accuracy is inconsistent.
Cobb was huge for our offense and will be a big loss. Attributed success in the running game more to Cobb than big holes from the offensive line.
Blames lack of passing success more on Leidner's inconsistency than on receivers.
Seemed to like Miles Thomas, thought he made great blocks and made the most of his opportunities having the ball in his hands.
Steven Richardson played like a senior, despite being a true freshman.
Impressed by the secondary, thinks BBC needs to tackle with better form, and that Murray has possibly the best tackling form on the team.
Said that Cedric Thompson and Derrick Wells made nice highlight reel plays, but also gave up big gains when they had the chance to prevent them. Liked Johnson and Travis better than Thompson and Wells.
https://www.reddit.com/r/CFB/comments/3j3bdz/minnesota_fans_ive_now_watched_the_last_13_games/
