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per Greder:
Conor Rhoda would ask himself questions before sunrise. As a walk-on quarterback low on the Gophers’ depth chart, he wondered if it was worth it to rise before 6 a.m. and trudge across a frozen campus for winter workouts five days a week.
His question: “When is this going to finally pay off for me?”
The Eagan native, who played at Cretin-Derham Hall, joined the Gophers in 2013. The redshirt junior received the answer in phases:
— When he was offered a scholarship on the first day of spring semester in January.
— When he became the backup to senior Mitch Leidner in fall camp in August.
— When he made his first collegiate start Saturday, a 31-10 victory at Maryland.
Pregame, Rhoda tried to let his journey sink in at Maryland Stadium.
“I kept walking out there and looking at the field,” Rhoda said Tuesday. “It was an experience that I will never forget. Definitely, if I get that opportunity to play this week, that will be a whole other experience doing it in front of a home crowd.”
http://www.twincities.com/2016/10/18/gophers-qb-conor-rhoda-is-rewarded-for-his-diligence/
Go Gophers!!
Conor Rhoda would ask himself questions before sunrise. As a walk-on quarterback low on the Gophers’ depth chart, he wondered if it was worth it to rise before 6 a.m. and trudge across a frozen campus for winter workouts five days a week.
His question: “When is this going to finally pay off for me?”
The Eagan native, who played at Cretin-Derham Hall, joined the Gophers in 2013. The redshirt junior received the answer in phases:
— When he was offered a scholarship on the first day of spring semester in January.
— When he became the backup to senior Mitch Leidner in fall camp in August.
— When he made his first collegiate start Saturday, a 31-10 victory at Maryland.
Pregame, Rhoda tried to let his journey sink in at Maryland Stadium.
“I kept walking out there and looking at the field,” Rhoda said Tuesday. “It was an experience that I will never forget. Definitely, if I get that opportunity to play this week, that will be a whole other experience doing it in front of a home crowd.”
http://www.twincities.com/2016/10/18/gophers-qb-conor-rhoda-is-rewarded-for-his-diligence/
Go Gophers!!
