***OFFICIAL MINNESOTA AT IOWA IN-GAME THREAD!!!***

[howeda7]

16:00 left. 62-42. 48-23 close. 48 points in 16 minutes.

 

[UpAndUnder43]

Obviously I was referring to an earlier/previous run

Stay classy kiddo

lol @ kiddo.

But what is an acceptable run?

 

[DietCokeFan]

25-8 run to close the game. You deserve to lose.

 

[Markous15]

Awful, just awful.

 

[Gopher_In_NYC]

I’ve lost all respect for Garcia. You think you would keep Patrick Mahomes off the field with a minor injury in a clutch spot? What a PUSSY!!!

Stay classy, toughest guy on the internet.

 

[Ewert86PC]

Amazing how many people just default and say it’s on Ben when we make this many fucking idiotic plays that a 4th grade players doesn’t make and guys choose to not play defense

Ben was touted as a recruiter. Ben recruited these players, through the portal or not. A recruiting coach should know what coaching needs to be done and do it.

 

[Spaulding!No!]

Did we win?

 

[RogueGopher]

Q1 loss. Get Garcia Healthy, rest everyone vs Purdue that's an auto loss anyway, and get ready for the home stand next weekend.

Lot of season left, keep our heads up!

 

[skiumah1]

Reality check for the boys - I think that shows us exactly where we'd be this year without Garcia.

We're an "emotional" team - Per Ben. He's right about that.

 

[GophersInIowa]

Amazing how many people just default and say it’s on Ben when we make this many fucking idiotic plays that a 4th grade players doesn’t make and guys choose to not play defense. Absolutely part of the problem but JFC players need to take some accountability

It keeps happening though. He recruited them.

 

[UpAndUnder43]

JOJ being unplayable kills the team eith DG out.

Has JOJ been bad? I haven’t watched closely.

 

[Wally]

Ben was touted as a recruiter. Ben recruited these players, through the portal or not. A recruiting coach should know what coaching needs to be done and do it.

If Garcia doesn't get hurt we win, it's as simple as that.

 

[howeda7]

Can’t wait to hear what excuse Ben has to say after this game.

Garcia was hurt. Can't catch a break. Etc.

 

[bleedsmaroonandgold]

Did we win?

Are you asking about the closed door scrimmage pre season?

 

[scools12]

Gophers scored 51 in the 1st half.

Gave up 52 in the 2nd half.

You can’t make it up.

 

[USAF]

Stay classy, toughest guy on the internet.

Who smells a crushed fanboy?

 

[Johnnyboy18]

Has JOJ been bad? I haven’t watched closely.

He doesn't do anything when he can't score. Parker was probably worse than him today which is something.

 

[GophersInIowa]

Reality check for the boys - I think that shows us exactly where we'd be this year without Garcia.

We're an "emotional" team - Per Ben. He's right about that.

I think there’s more to it. We’ve won games in which Garcia hasn’t played well. It been shown he doesn’t have to carry this team all the time. Him not being out there isn’t the reason we gave up like 25 pts in the final 8 minutes.

It hurts not having him out there but this is still inexcusable.

 

[Ewert86PC]

If Garcia doesn't get hurt we win, it's as simple as that.

Relying on one player is no way to coach in the B1G Conference.

 

[Unregistered User]

Give the game balls to Perkins.

 

[mplarson7]

0-3 against rivals this year, second 20-pt choke of the year.

I'm so glad I planned my day around watching this game.

 

[Gilthorp57]

Has JOJ been bad? I haven’t watched closely.

He doesn't know where to be on the floor on D. I'm a JOJ fan, but damn

 

[skiumah1]

If Garcia doesn't get hurt we win, it's as simple as that.

Agreed. Tough loss but move on, we're fine.

If Garcia misses time, not good.

 

[mplarson7]

If Garcia doesn't get hurt we win, it's as simple as that.

Oh, great point! A great thing to hang our hat on.

 

[rivergopher]

Wonder how many power 5 teams have lost 2 20 point leads in the 2nd half?

 

[DietCokeFan]

Lord can we just forfeit against Purdue? lol

 

[Gophers7633]

Just brutal. Guess we learned nothing from choking the game away against Missouri? More of the same issues plagued us down the stretch. Sheesh.

 

[cncmin]

I think what you saw today is how to win when you are down in the B1G at home. First, karate kick the opponen’s best player as hard as you can in the balls. Then, hand the refs some $G, then smother the ball and push over your opponents and have your best free theow shooters handle the ball so they keep sending them to the line on ticky tack calls. If your opponent threatens to score, hold down the arms of their worst free throw shooter so in the off chance he gets to the line, he won’t make them anyway.

In more seriousness, i can only assume Garcia is dealing with something terrible, but he didnt look in severe discomfort on the bench. You kind of need your best player at some point there during the run. So I’m quite curious to know why he didn’t go back in.

 

[howeda7]

Reality check for the boys - I think that shows us exactly where we'd be this year without Garcia.

We're an "emotional" team - Per Ben. He's right about that.

50/50 at least that he's not back next year so...

 

[skiumah1]

I think there’s more to it. We’ve won games in which Garcia hasn’t played well. It been shown he doesn’t have to carry this team all the time. Him not being out there isn’t the reason we gave up like 25 pts in the final 8 minutes.

It hurts not having him out there but this is still inexcusable.

True but I think it's unsurprising. When Iowa gets hot, they get hot. They've done it to other teams plenty of times.

Ben isn't much of an in game coach and that's pretty clear at this point, but this happens.