Official Minnesota at wisconsin post-game thread

[csom_1991]

First of all if you were a real Gopher fan you would know what teams the university has. I support all of the Gopher teams.

Sorry, I have no interest in volleyball regardless of who is playing so I never attended a single match. In fact, I don't recall a single person that I knew while attending the U that attended a volleyball game....or rowing, or the countless other money drains the U supports to appeal to the 0.1% of the students that care about it.

 

[60's Guy]

Destroyed

Minnesota volleyball routinely draws 5,000+ to games. That's a hell of a lot more than 0.1%. No, we don't have men's volleyball. Putting effort into non-revenue sports doesn't preclude your ability to compete in revenue sports.

I would tell you to stop posting about topics in which you're ignorant, but that would mean you wouldn't ever be able to post. Actually - yes, let's stick with that plan.

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[Sparlimb]

Sorry, I have no interest in volleyball regardless of who is playing so I never attended a single match. In fact, I don't recall a single person that I knew while attending the U that attended a volleyball game....or rowing, or the countless other money drains the U supports to appeal to the 0.1% of the students that care about it.

Volleyball beat #2 Wisconsin tonight. Volleyball beat #1 Nebraska on Wednesday night. Maybe you'd be a happier fan if you spent a little more time watching the sports that have competent coaches that know how to recruit around here.

 

[short ornery norwegian]

The way attendance at FB games is going, the VB team may be outdrawing the FB team soon.

 

[gopher7]

What were Leidner's numbers in the 2nd half? Something like 2-15 with 4 picks? That's about as bad a half of football as anyone could possibly have.

By my unofficial count, his last completion was to Rodney on that first drive of the 3rd quarter. After that he was 0-12 with 4 INT, and sacked 3 times (with one Wisconsin PI penalty)

 

[nukedwedges]

We don't have the depth on D to continue running them out onto the field after consecutive 3 and outs and/or turnovers. It was not adjustment they made so much as the logical conclusion to a very poor QB putting the team in horrible position after horrible position. If ML does better than 2-14 passing in the 2nd half, it keeps the Badgers honest on D and enables us to keep running. He couldn't...which is is expected because he never has.

He did better than 2-14 - he was actually 6-14 in second half. Unfortunately 4 of those went to guys in the wrong uniform. Way to go ML7!


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[WorkingMyTailOff]

The offensive line was playing great in the first half. Tyler Moore and the guards were providing creases and the pass protection was excellent. What adjustments did Wisconsin make in the second half or did the Gophers just get away from what was working?

 

[GophersInIowa]

The offensive line was playing great in the first half. Tyler Moore and the guards were providing creases and the pass protection was excellent. What adjustments did Wisconsin make in the second half or did the Gophers just get away from what was working?

I don't believe we ran a read option with Leidner keeping it in the 2nd half. The play call that pissed me off the most was the 3rd and 3 run up the middle in the 2nd half. It had no chance and everyone knew it.

 

[MGGopher]

The offensive line was playing great in the first half. Tyler Moore and the guards were providing creases and the pass protection was excellent. What adjustments did Wisconsin make in the second half or did the Gophers just get away from what was working?

I was wondering the same things. Haven't "broken down" the tape (and never will -- can't watch that sh!t again), but I gotta imagine it was mostly Wisconsin. But man, that first half on O was the best the team has looked all year. 260+ yards against a team that surrenders 290 for the game. On the road, no less. Nice balance, Mitch looked fantastic, multiple "chunk" runs, Wisconsin looked lost. We saw the same thing on the opening drive against Nebraska a couple weeks ago. Clearly, Johnson can create an effective gameplan. Can he adjust during a game? Can he call a big play in a big spot? Can he keep defenses off-balance for 4 quarters? All that remains to be seen.

 

[WorkingMyTailOff]

I was wondering the same things. Haven't "broken down" the tape (and never will -- can't watch that sh!t again), but I gotta imagine it was mostly Wisconsin. But man, that first half on O was the best the team has looked all year. 260+ yards against a team that surrenders 290 for the game. On the road, no less. Nice balance, Mitch looked fantastic, multiple "chunk" runs, Wisconsin looked lost. We saw the same thing on the opening drive against Nebraska a couple weeks ago. Clearly, Johnson can create an effective gameplan. Can he adjust during a game? Can he call a big play in a big spot? Can he keep defenses off-balance for 4 quarters? All that remains to be seen.

Very true. We saw a good offense for at least a half in three of the four losses. Only against Iowa did the offense look impotent the entire game. Yesterday's second half reminded me of how the offense looked vs Iowa. All receivers covered, poor pass protection, and an unwillingness or inability to run the ball. Was Wisconsin stacking the box in the second half? If so how could the receivers not get open?

I saw Wozniak as the deep route several times yesterday and he looked a little open but I would not choose to throw that route based on what we have seen of Woz and his lack of quickness. Strange routes when he is the deep guy.

 

[upnorthkid]

I don't believe we ran a read option with Leidner keeping it in the 2nd half. The play call that pissed me off the most was the 3rd and 3 run up the middle in the 2nd half. It had no chance and everyone knew it.

I felt the same way, but in defense of that specific call, ML7 had thrown 2 second half picks and been sacked multiple times. And if Rodney shakes that first tackler, he's getting 10+ yards. It was a great defensive play where a guy shot a gap and got him by the ankles

 

[John Galt]

I don't believe we ran a read option with Leidner keeping it in the 2nd half. The play call that pissed me off the most was the 3rd and 3 run up the middle in the 2nd half. It had no chance and everyone knew it.

That play was the most upsetting? More so than the 4 interceptions? I would have been perfectly happy to run the ball the entire 2nd half and make Wisky beat our defense.

 

[upnorthkid]

Very true. We saw a good offense for at least a half in three of the four losses. Only against Iowa did the offense look impotent the entire game. Yesterday's second half reminded me of how the offense looked vs Iowa. All receivers covered, poor pass protection, and an unwillingness or inability to run the ball. Was Wisconsin stacking the box in the second half? If so how could the receivers not get open?

I saw Wozniak as the deep route several times yesterday and he looked a little open but I would not choose to throw that route based on what we have seen of Woz and his lack of quickness. Strange routes when he is the deep guy.

Still with 3 drops, Woli with another, think Carter may have had one as well, all on deep balls which could've been game breakers. As far as Woz, he was open deep on several plays (think one on the drive that ended with ML7 pick in end zone) so I feel like they schemed it that way to have him on safety or LB going deep. The play was there, but either Mitch didn't see him or didn't feel like he had the arm strength to get it there on the run.

 

[WorkingMyTailOff]

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Still with 3 drops, Woli with another, think Carter may have had one as well, all on deep balls which could've been game breakers. As far as Woz, he was open deep on several plays (think one on the drive that ended with ML7 pick in end zone) so I feel like they schemed it that way to have him on safety or LB going deep. The play was there, but either Mitch didn't see him or didn't feel like he had the arm strength to get it there on the run.

Yeah Still has to get better at attacking the ball. You are right that he left many yards on the table and he seems struggle with using his height to catch it over the defenders.

 

[short ornery norwegian]

I haven't seen a lot of people talking about this, but I think the loss of Brandon Lingen had a huge impact on the season. He would have given Leidner another option that he was comfortable with. If Lingen had been healthy all year, I think the Gophers could have won at least one more game.

 

[GophersInIowa]

That play was the most upsetting? More so than the 4 interceptions? I would have been perfectly happy to run the ball the entire 2nd half and make Wisky beat our defense.

I said play call, as in the play/formation Johnson decided to run. The offense has had a hard time converting 3rd and 1 this season. Didn't like having Leidner under center and just handing the ball off.

 

[Sports_Realist]

Caught Claey's interview on the radio post-game show. Basically, he just kept saying, "We played hard. Can't make turnovers against a good team." He did criticize Leidner for the 1st interception - said he should have played it safe and thrown the ball away. But, he just kept repeating the "can't make turnovers" line. Not the most articulate person in the world. And, when asked to sum up the season, he said "8 wins is a good season."

For what it's worth - the post-game show normally goes close to an hour - they do highlights, interviews from the locker room, and a discussion/analysis of the game. Today- entire post-game show went about 35 minutes tops - easily the shortest one of the year. Curious.

Didn't KFAN have to make a quick exit in order for Wild-Blues to take the air?

 

[mplsbadger]

KFAN had the Wild game to broadcast. It is amazing the short shrift the Gophers get from them. I would have thought there would be plenty for callers to vent about this game.

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I heard Paul Charchian (sp?) say during a fantasy football show that some receiver was "going up against something called a Brien Boddy-Calhoun". One of the other guys on the show had to tell him Boddy-Calhoun was a Gopher. Loser would get fired in Columbus for that kind of mistake. KFAN sucks.


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