MaxyJR1
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When the season is going bad, and you are only listening to what people are saying about the Gophers it can skew what is really going on across the country. There is a fine line between winning and losing and that comes down to the 78% Fleck talks about.
Look at the Power 5 conferences. Three weeks to go and only 26 teams are bowl eligible.
Pittsburgh, Northwestern, USC, Arizona, and Arizona State are tied or lead divisions and aren't even bowl eligible.
Minnesota just fired the DC (which I support) and they still have better defensive stats (yards/points per game) than 11-14 power 5 teams.
The offense in better than over 22 teams (yards/points per game)
If you look at teams that are better statistically than the Gophers and use an arbitrary number of gaining 75 more yards on offense or 75 fewer yards on defense and 7 ppg plus/minus on offense defense (one extra possession/drive per game)
21 teams are within that threshold for defense and 25 for offense. Almost 75% of offenses are within this (possession/drive) of each other. About 55% of defenses.
Every week there are upsets and I would say major scares or upsets. Such a fine line.
I believe this is why MN needs to stick with one Coach as long as possible to get MN on the level of Northwestern, Iowa, and other programs that are willing to ride the wave and accept the parity and ebb and flow of College Football.
Look at the Power 5 conferences. Three weeks to go and only 26 teams are bowl eligible.
Pittsburgh, Northwestern, USC, Arizona, and Arizona State are tied or lead divisions and aren't even bowl eligible.
Minnesota just fired the DC (which I support) and they still have better defensive stats (yards/points per game) than 11-14 power 5 teams.
The offense in better than over 22 teams (yards/points per game)
If you look at teams that are better statistically than the Gophers and use an arbitrary number of gaining 75 more yards on offense or 75 fewer yards on defense and 7 ppg plus/minus on offense defense (one extra possession/drive per game)
21 teams are within that threshold for defense and 25 for offense. Almost 75% of offenses are within this (possession/drive) of each other. About 55% of defenses.
Every week there are upsets and I would say major scares or upsets. Such a fine line.
I believe this is why MN needs to stick with one Coach as long as possible to get MN on the level of Northwestern, Iowa, and other programs that are willing to ride the wave and accept the parity and ebb and flow of College Football.