By Joshua Henschke
We sat down with JDMill from The Daily Gopher to discuss the upcoming game for The Little Brown Jug.
With an interesting match-up on Saturday, the floundering Michigan Wolverines who are desperate for a win will face-off against its rivals in Minnesota for the Little Brown Jug.
Although this rivalry has primarily gone in Michigan's favor, some believe that the Gophers could come in to Ann Arbor and pull off the upset.
To preview the team, we sat down with The Daily Gopher's JDMill to talk about the incoming Gopher squad.
MnB: Minnesota's offense so far has seemingly relied heavily on the shoulders of the running game and David Cobb five games into this season. Do you think this is a recipe for success going forward?
David Cobb has proven to be an incredibly sure-handed and durable RB with great vision. You have to keep in mind that prior to 2013 he was almost unused, taking only 11 carries in his first two seasons in Minnesota, so it's not as if he's got that many miles so far.
JDM: Having said that, if Cobb continues to be the only weapon in the Gopher arsenal, we're going to be in a heap of trouble. Against possibly the best defense we'll see all season, TCU, Cobb was virtually shut down (41 yards on 15 carries) and the Gopher offense struggled big time.
It's not a secret that Minnesota has made almost no effort to throw the ball in 2014 and when we did, against TCU, it was damn ugly. The coaches would have you believe that they haven't thrown much because they haven't had to. I'm not sure I quite buy that line of thinking and I have a tendency to think that if a team can shut down the run game they can shut down the Gophers.
Then again, I've been a Gopher fan my entire life, so being jaded and cynical is kind of part of my shtick.
To read the rest of the Q&A click on the link below.
http://www.maizenbrew.com/2014/9/25...ly-gopher-Michigan-Minnesota-Little-Brown-Jug
We sat down with JDMill from The Daily Gopher to discuss the upcoming game for The Little Brown Jug.
With an interesting match-up on Saturday, the floundering Michigan Wolverines who are desperate for a win will face-off against its rivals in Minnesota for the Little Brown Jug.
Although this rivalry has primarily gone in Michigan's favor, some believe that the Gophers could come in to Ann Arbor and pull off the upset.
To preview the team, we sat down with The Daily Gopher's JDMill to talk about the incoming Gopher squad.
MnB: Minnesota's offense so far has seemingly relied heavily on the shoulders of the running game and David Cobb five games into this season. Do you think this is a recipe for success going forward?
David Cobb has proven to be an incredibly sure-handed and durable RB with great vision. You have to keep in mind that prior to 2013 he was almost unused, taking only 11 carries in his first two seasons in Minnesota, so it's not as if he's got that many miles so far.
JDM: Having said that, if Cobb continues to be the only weapon in the Gopher arsenal, we're going to be in a heap of trouble. Against possibly the best defense we'll see all season, TCU, Cobb was virtually shut down (41 yards on 15 carries) and the Gopher offense struggled big time.
It's not a secret that Minnesota has made almost no effort to throw the ball in 2014 and when we did, against TCU, it was damn ugly. The coaches would have you believe that they haven't thrown much because they haven't had to. I'm not sure I quite buy that line of thinking and I have a tendency to think that if a team can shut down the run game they can shut down the Gophers.
Then again, I've been a Gopher fan my entire life, so being jaded and cynical is kind of part of my shtick.
To read the rest of the Q&A click on the link below.
http://www.maizenbrew.com/2014/9/25...ly-gopher-Michigan-Minnesota-Little-Brown-Jug