MN Daily: Wide receivers assist running game

[BleedGopher]

per the Daily:

Last week, Minnesota’s offense went back to its roots, which meant running the ball — a lot.

After being smothered by Northwestern University’s defense two weeks ago, the Gophers ran the ball 48 times on Saturday against Purdue University and gained 326 yards.

It wasn’t just the running backs that helped the ground game thrive, but the wide receivers assisted too with their blocking. The running game also opened up options in the passing game for the few times the Gophers threw during the game.

“There are a few factors that helped our offense on Saturday,” offensive coordinator Matt Limegrover said. “One of the biggest [ones] … [was] the wide receivers.”

Limegrover said the wide receivers that stood out in Saturday’s game were senior KJ Maye, redshirt sophomore Eric Carter and junior Drew Wolitarsky.

http://www.mndaily.com/sports/football/2015/10/14/wide-receivers-assist-running-game

Go Gophers!!

 

[citywok]

Well it's the least they could do, seeing as how they haven't really been assisting the passing game.

/rimshot

 

[killme]

DB choices: A) stick close to the receiver and get blocked out of the play; B) leave him open. I hope the WRs get rewarded with some targets, but more importantly, hope the offense gets rewarded with better production, like we had last week when "blocking" was reintroduced to our scheme.