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per Greder:
Intrigue will be at a premium for the Gophers on Saturday.
First, undefeated Minnesota opens Big Ten Conference play at Penn State before an anticipated crowd of more than 100,000 in Happy Valley. Second, the Gophers will need to contain Nittany Lions’ standout running back Saquon Barkley in order to retain the Governor’s Victory Bell trophy.
Yet the game’s most interesting matchup was hush-hush on Tuesday. That would be former Gophers offensive coordinator and current Nittany Lions’ offensive line coach Matt Limegrover facing his old team and the man who fired him, head coach Tracy Claeys.
If that divorce provides added incentive to either side, neither Claeys nor Penn State coach James Franklin were letting on.
“Kids play the game, so, no,” Claeys said.
Franklin said Limegrover, hired in January after being fired after the Gophers’ regular season ended in November, has been a “pro” about facing the program he served from 2011-15.
“Matt’s been nothing but complimentary about the University of Minnesota — the coaches, the community,” Franklin said in a teleconference. “He had a great experience there. He was very appreciative of the time he had there, and now he’s at Penn State. He’s excited about the things that we have and where we are going.”
http://www.twincities.com/2016/09/2...-coach-intriguing-subplot-for-big-ten-opener/
Go Gophers!!
Intrigue will be at a premium for the Gophers on Saturday.
First, undefeated Minnesota opens Big Ten Conference play at Penn State before an anticipated crowd of more than 100,000 in Happy Valley. Second, the Gophers will need to contain Nittany Lions’ standout running back Saquon Barkley in order to retain the Governor’s Victory Bell trophy.
Yet the game’s most interesting matchup was hush-hush on Tuesday. That would be former Gophers offensive coordinator and current Nittany Lions’ offensive line coach Matt Limegrover facing his old team and the man who fired him, head coach Tracy Claeys.
If that divorce provides added incentive to either side, neither Claeys nor Penn State coach James Franklin were letting on.
“Kids play the game, so, no,” Claeys said.
Franklin said Limegrover, hired in January after being fired after the Gophers’ regular season ended in November, has been a “pro” about facing the program he served from 2011-15.
“Matt’s been nothing but complimentary about the University of Minnesota — the coaches, the community,” Franklin said in a teleconference. “He had a great experience there. He was very appreciative of the time he had there, and now he’s at Penn State. He’s excited about the things that we have and where we are going.”
http://www.twincities.com/2016/09/2...-coach-intriguing-subplot-for-big-ten-opener/
Go Gophers!!
