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per Greder:
The Gophers’ current combined losing streak against their traditional football rivals is scratching the bottom of program history.
With a loss to the Badgers, a 17-point favorite at TCF Bank Stadium, the Gophers’ current skid would tie it for second-longest since 1890. The record is 13 from 1994-99.
Including the loss of the relatively new Governor’s Victory Bell with Penn State in 2015, the trophy case at the Gibson-Nagurski Football Complex contains neither the Axe, Floyd of Rosedale, Little Brown Jug.
If the Gophers don’t pull off a shocker against the fifth-ranked Badgers, there will be no rivalry hardware to move into the new David and Janis Larson Football Performance Center this winter.
New Gophers coach P.J. Fleck is only responsible for two of the rivalry-game losses, but he knows the challenge of facing Wisconsin. A year ago, his Western Michigan went a program-best 13-0 before losing to the Badgers, 24-16, in the Cotton Bowl.
“It’s an enormous challenge, I will say that. … They’re a very good football team,” Fleck said Tuesday. “Very consistent culture, and they do what they do very, very well. And seems (it) doesn’t matter really who’s there, they just kind of plug it into their culture and here comes another reload.”
http://www.twincities.com/2017/11/2...e-skid-is-scraping-bottom-of-program-history/
Go Gophers!!
The Gophers’ current combined losing streak against their traditional football rivals is scratching the bottom of program history.
With a loss to the Badgers, a 17-point favorite at TCF Bank Stadium, the Gophers’ current skid would tie it for second-longest since 1890. The record is 13 from 1994-99.
Including the loss of the relatively new Governor’s Victory Bell with Penn State in 2015, the trophy case at the Gibson-Nagurski Football Complex contains neither the Axe, Floyd of Rosedale, Little Brown Jug.
If the Gophers don’t pull off a shocker against the fifth-ranked Badgers, there will be no rivalry hardware to move into the new David and Janis Larson Football Performance Center this winter.
New Gophers coach P.J. Fleck is only responsible for two of the rivalry-game losses, but he knows the challenge of facing Wisconsin. A year ago, his Western Michigan went a program-best 13-0 before losing to the Badgers, 24-16, in the Cotton Bowl.
“It’s an enormous challenge, I will say that. … They’re a very good football team,” Fleck said Tuesday. “Very consistent culture, and they do what they do very, very well. And seems (it) doesn’t matter really who’s there, they just kind of plug it into their culture and here comes another reload.”
http://www.twincities.com/2017/11/2...e-skid-is-scraping-bottom-of-program-history/
Go Gophers!!