Neal: Gophers’ unimpressive victory was survival rather than a bounceback

[BleedGopher]

Per Neal:

I’ll tip my cap to the Gophers, now 6-3 overall and 4-2 in the Very Big Ten. They avoided losing on consecutive weekends. As hard as Saturday’s game was, they were able to celebrate. And Lindsey, the redshirt freshman, stepped up in the fourth quarter by leading the Gophers on a 65-yard drive to tie the score with 29 seconds remaining.

Then the Gophers dialed up a naked bootleg with the ball at the 3, and told Lindsey to keep the ball. He did, and scored the winning touchdown in overtime on a play that survived an officials’ review.

“If you happened to leave,” Fleck said, “you missed a heck of a finish.”

That’s one takeaway from Saturday. Lindsey coming through in a big moment to keep his team away from an embarrassing loss.

Another takeway: There are many things the Gophers must address before heading to Oregon in two weeks. Hopefully, they have a productive bye week.

Neal: Gophers’ unimpressive victory was survival rather than a bounceback

The Gophers clearly will take it, but they have many things to work on before they head to Oregon.

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Go Gophers!!

 

[BilldGopher]

A loss would have been unimpressive too. I'll take the W for this one.

 

[Stan]

Neal's writing is unimpressive.

 

[Thomasthetank]

Why is Lavelle, who has clear bias towards a rival B1G school, writing about the Gophers?

 

[gopherbadgerman]

A win is a win. Win every game of the year in this fashion and we’re national champs!

 

[gopherphil]

Sounds like something a Gopher football hater would write.

 

[Thomasthetank]

A win is a win. Win every game of the year in this fashion and we’re national champs!

Good old Wren used to say "B1G wins is the measuring stick"
We are doing that now. Why is everyone mad about !

 

[gopherdudepart2]

Good old Wren used to say "B1G wins is the measuring stick"
We are doing that now. Why is everyone mad about !

Not gonna lie, Wren, the Walrus needs to give us one of those rants, a good tongue lashing about why firing coaches is not a good idea. He wasn't wrong back in the day with Mason, and he isn't wrong now. Big 10 wins matter, and going 1 - 0 each week is the goal. Not gonna speak for him though. I think PJ is more appreciated and respected in this town, more than our TC scribes and media types realize. They call Gopher fans sensitive, I would say no, we just don't want to turn back the page to being absolute Big 10 patsy's and bottom feeders. That can happen in a blink of an eye in today's environment. The teams the Gophers beat always still think they are better.

 

[Thomasthetank]

Not gonna lie, Wren, the Walrus needs to give us one of those rants, a good tongue lashing about why firing coaches is not a good idea. He wasn't wrong back in the day with Mason, and he isn't wrong now. Big 10 wins matter, and going 1 - 0 each week is the goal. Not gonna speak for him though. I think PJ is more appreciated and respected in this town, more than our TC scribes and media types realize. They call Gopher fans sensitive, I would say no, we just don't want to turn back the page to being absolute Big 10 patsy's and bottom feeders. That can happen in a blink of an eye in today's environment. The teams the Gophers beat always still think they are better.

I don't understand them calling MN fans sensitive...weird. We have PTSD for sure but in new B1G, just get the win. Doesn't matter how

 

[Spaulding!No!]

Why is Lavelle, who has clear bias towards a rival B1G school, writing about the Gophers?

You could ask this question across all TC media. I partially blame Sid. It’s a mess. Corpy Cove is the lone U grad in the media.

 

[Gopher Ally]

We need to be 1-0 in the bye week