Phil Ervin: Days like Saturday are why Rashod Bateman returned to Minnesota

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per Phil:

To an outsider, it was an easy question to ask after Minnesota started 0-2.

Rashod Bateman, perhaps one of the NFL’s next great wide receivers, came back for this?

But for the first time this fall, we got a real reminder of just how dominant the Gophers’ “Agent Zero” can be in the Golden Gophers’ 41-14 victory at Illinois on Saturday. And it also provided a window into why Bateman chose to opt back in after COVID-19 caused him to reconsider his junior season of football in the Twin Cities.

“It definitely feels good,” Bateman said, immediately turning his gaze toward a Friday night matchup against rival Iowa. “But in a couple of hours, you know it’s gonna be over with.”

Ten catches. 139 yards. A 5-yard touchdown pass on a fade route from Tanner Morgan that Bateman actually took his eyes off momentarily while it was in midair to make sure he had room in the end zone.


Go Gophers!!
 




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