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per Greder:
There’s a murmur among Gophers diehards: Despite strong evidence, what if this is the year Minnesota knocks off Wisconsin?
It’s a perfectly scripted scene for contrarians to savor. The Badgers are off to a school-record 11-0 start. They’re headed to the Big Ten championship game next weekend, with a potential spot in the College Football Playoff on the line. A loss to Minnesota would severely wound those prospects.
The Gophers are under .500 in new coach P.J. Fleck’s first season, and since 2003, the program has lost 13 straight to the Badgers, including some defeats to squads of lesser quality. Sure, there’s Minnesota’s chance to retain Paul Bunyan’s Axe and secure a bowl berth for a sixth consecutive year, but there also would be schadenfreude on spoiling Wisconsin’s dream season in the process.
“That would be very cool,” said Gophers cornerback Kunle Ayinde, a senior from Blaine. “I mean just winning the Axe is big, getting another opportunity to play with my brothers is big. And if we win, we get another opportunity to play in a bowl game, so all of the opportunities that we have in this game (are) big. It’s something that I hope we take advantage of.”
http://www.twincities.com/2017/11/23/what-if-the-gophers-pull-off-a-shocker-against-the-badgers/
Go Gophers!!
There’s a murmur among Gophers diehards: Despite strong evidence, what if this is the year Minnesota knocks off Wisconsin?
It’s a perfectly scripted scene for contrarians to savor. The Badgers are off to a school-record 11-0 start. They’re headed to the Big Ten championship game next weekend, with a potential spot in the College Football Playoff on the line. A loss to Minnesota would severely wound those prospects.
The Gophers are under .500 in new coach P.J. Fleck’s first season, and since 2003, the program has lost 13 straight to the Badgers, including some defeats to squads of lesser quality. Sure, there’s Minnesota’s chance to retain Paul Bunyan’s Axe and secure a bowl berth for a sixth consecutive year, but there also would be schadenfreude on spoiling Wisconsin’s dream season in the process.
“That would be very cool,” said Gophers cornerback Kunle Ayinde, a senior from Blaine. “I mean just winning the Axe is big, getting another opportunity to play with my brothers is big. And if we win, we get another opportunity to play in a bowl game, so all of the opportunities that we have in this game (are) big. It’s something that I hope we take advantage of.”
http://www.twincities.com/2017/11/23/what-if-the-gophers-pull-off-a-shocker-against-the-badgers/
Go Gophers!!