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The Gophers and Badgers believe their football programs are on the upswing in 2018, but they’re on much different trajectories. While Minnesota entertains a possible return to a bowl game this fall, rival Wisconsin has been mentioned as a national championship contender.
In Paul Chryst’s three seasons as head coach in Madison, the Badgers are 34-7, including his best mark of 13-1 last year. They steamrolled Minnesota 31-0 to retain Paul Bunyan’s Axe for a 14th consecutive year last November. After losing 27-21 to Ohio State in the Big Ten championship game, they rebounded to beat Miami (Fla.) 34-24 in the Orange Bowl.
Meanwhile, the Gophers finished 5-7 in P.J. Fleck’s first season and missed out on a bowl for the first time since Jerry Kill’s first year in 2011.
The Badgers, with a Heisman Trophy candidate in running back Jonathan Taylor, are a consensus pick to win the Big Ten’s West division this fall and have the seventh-best odds (4 to 1) to make the four-team College Football Playoff, according to oddsmaker Bovada.
But Chryst didn’t add to the hype Tuesday at Big Ten media days.
“Nothing that happens outside really impacts inside the (locker) room,” Chryst said from the podium at the Chicago Marriott Downtown. “Our expectations and our goals inside the room have always been really high. And once you set those, then I think you’ve got to go back, and the only way to reach, obtain those goals, is to take advantage of each day and focus on that.”
https://www.twincities.com/2018/07/...rs-on-different-trajectories-for-2018-season/
Go Gophers!!
The Gophers and Badgers believe their football programs are on the upswing in 2018, but they’re on much different trajectories. While Minnesota entertains a possible return to a bowl game this fall, rival Wisconsin has been mentioned as a national championship contender.
In Paul Chryst’s three seasons as head coach in Madison, the Badgers are 34-7, including his best mark of 13-1 last year. They steamrolled Minnesota 31-0 to retain Paul Bunyan’s Axe for a 14th consecutive year last November. After losing 27-21 to Ohio State in the Big Ten championship game, they rebounded to beat Miami (Fla.) 34-24 in the Orange Bowl.
Meanwhile, the Gophers finished 5-7 in P.J. Fleck’s first season and missed out on a bowl for the first time since Jerry Kill’s first year in 2011.
The Badgers, with a Heisman Trophy candidate in running back Jonathan Taylor, are a consensus pick to win the Big Ten’s West division this fall and have the seventh-best odds (4 to 1) to make the four-team College Football Playoff, according to oddsmaker Bovada.
But Chryst didn’t add to the hype Tuesday at Big Ten media days.
“Nothing that happens outside really impacts inside the (locker) room,” Chryst said from the podium at the Chicago Marriott Downtown. “Our expectations and our goals inside the room have always been really high. And once you set those, then I think you’ve got to go back, and the only way to reach, obtain those goals, is to take advantage of each day and focus on that.”
https://www.twincities.com/2018/07/...rs-on-different-trajectories-for-2018-season/
Go Gophers!!