POST GAME THREAD: GOPHERS BEAT USC!!!

[GopherHole Staff]

What say you GopherHolers?!

 

[Cobra]

Awesome!!!

 

[Breakin' The Plane]

That came at the right time. The program badly needed a spark and they got it.

 

[gopherphil]

Call me shocked.

 

[Wally]

Why didn't I go to the game?

 

[Nax5]

ROW THE BOAT SKI-U-MAH GO GOPHERS

 

[GopherGold01]

Huge win baby

 

[DCinOK]

So much fun! The Esko Kid sealed it! Laughing at the people here who cautioned that we should not play Perich too much, so as to protect his 'feelings' and 'self-esteem' were he to make freshman mistakes! Ha ha...ha ha ha.

 

[mnsportsgeek]

So happy to see this team get a result after last week. Let's go boys. See you in the rose bowl.

 

[GopherGold01]

"Put it in the hands of the players, and usually you're never disappointed" -PJ Fleck

 

[Lou Brown]

Program needed this soooooooo bad. PJ let it hang!

 

[kg21]

I'm hoping we had a bunch of recruits at this game.

 

[DEGopherfan]

O and D lines were great! Much improved!

 

[Hotrod56425]

OMG!! I have picked against the Gophers in the 3 games they lost. I guess that I will have to continue so that we get 9 wins.

 

[Ski-U-Ham]

O and D lines were great! Much improved!

Jack Jones will most likely beg to differ (specifically about the OL)

 

[metrolax]

Nice win, but NOT shocked at all.

 

[Panthadad2]

I guess the most satisfying part of this game for me is that it was no fluke. The Gophers have the athletes to match up with USC.

 

[MNVCGUY]

Awesome team win tonight. This team has no quit in it and finally played a complete game and were rewarded for it.

 

[MNVCGUY]

I guess the most satisfying part of this game for me is that it was no fluke. The Gophers have the athletes to match up with USC.

Didn't look overmatched against Michigan either just came up short.

 

[Panthadad2]

Nice win, but NOT shocked at all.

Agreed. I posted elsewhere earlier this week that this win would be a mild upset to me.

 

[Jack jones]

Jack Jones will most likely beg to differ (specifically about the OL)

Absolutely I disagree. Loved the win. BUT we sure as hell didn’t win it because our OL showed any improvement. We won it because Taylor is a stud and made up for missed blocks by sure determination. Really excited for his effort. And of course our QB played lights out. Wow! great victory for the Gophers.

 

[Gopherchase]

Didn't look overmatched against Michigan either just came up short.

You were the main Perich caution guy, eat crow.

 

[kg21]

Didn't look overmatched against Michigan either just came up short.

This is true, but I don't believe Michigan or USC ends up in the top 25.

 

[GophersInIowa]

I'm hoping we had a bunch of recruits at this game.

 

[MNVCGUY]

You were the main Perich caution guy, eat crow.

Go to the Perich thread.....I already did jack ass . Brown's injury got him on the field full time tonight and he showed he is ready.

 

[Ski-U-Ham]

Absolutely I disagree. Loved the win. BUT we sure as hell didn’t win it because our OL showed any improvement. We won it because Taylor is a stud and made up for missed blocks by sure determination. Really excited for his effort. And of course our QB played lights out. Wow! great victory for the Gophers.

That's what I said to the post I replied to... I figured you wouldn't be happy with the OL play after this win

 

[Wally]

It's nice to see us using the screen. I can't remember a PJ team ever throwing any screen passes before this year

 

[tikited]

Absolutely I disagree. Loved the win. BUT we sure as hell didn’t win it because our OL showed any improvement. We won it because Taylor is a stud and made up for missed blocks by sure determination. Really excited for his effort. And of course our QB played lights out. Wow! great victory for the Gophers.

It's ok to be happy.

 

[MNVCGUY]

It's nice to see us using the screen. I can't remember a PJ team ever throwing any screen passes before this year

We never threw to the running back before this year. Looking at Rutgers stats it doesn't look like they are throwing to the RB at all so I think it is pretty safe to say this has very little to do with Fleck and a whole lot to do with KC.

 

[WorkingMyTailOff]

I guess the most satisfying part of this game for me is that it was no fluke. The Gophers have the athletes to match up with USC.

With Walley back tonight I would agree. Both teams had really dynamic running backs. USC had some pretty gifted receivers across the middle but the secondary didn't let the back take it to the house like in the Iowa game. When USC went after Walley he was all over their #1 receiver just as USC's stud corner was all over Daniel Jackson.