Post-Game Thread: Gophers Improve to 7-2!!

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4 wins in a row.

This isn't gymnastics, there are no style points. We won, that makes me happy.
 






We won the games I thought we should win - even if some of them were not pretty. Next weekend will be huge.
 

Always happy with a win but some real questionable coaching decisions. End of first half, 15 seconds, no timeouts, have the lead and have to go 45 to 50 yards. That's not when you get daring. Granted, terrible decision by Mitch, but still.
Then, at end of game, after Mitch makes the first down, take 3 knees and game is over. That ended up leading to us not having Rallis first half next week.
Finally, since they did score, why did they not go for 2? Really basic stuff in my mind. But what do I know.
 

Studwell55 said:
Coach job Coach Sawvel.
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This. I assume he got a "talking-to" at halftime and stopped with the foolhardy Cover 0 schemes. Purdue is bad. They can't run. They won't march down on you. But they DO have a decent QB and explosive athletes. Keep them in front of you, win the game.
 

Certainly wasn't perfect, offense didn't always deliver and defense gave up some big plays. With that said, we still won, Gophers are 7-2, we have a winning record and at least for tonight we can celebrate. So raise a glass, play the rouser, Hail Minnesota, or even this:


DANCE DANCE DANCE AND CELEBRATE ANOTHER WIN WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
 





Celebrate this win. It may be our last one in 2016. [emoji41]
 

I'm still waiting for my blood pressure to return to normal after that targeting call. Jimminy (is that how you spell that) Christmas. That was absolutely unbelievable. You can't make that up. It was that bad.

OK, Good, Bad, Ugly?

Good
>Rodney Smith. You beast, you.
>Emmitt Carpenter! Holy cow, what a revelation this kid has been! You go, son.
>Ryan Santoso. Finally. Thank you.
>Jay Sawvel in 2nd half. Purdue is bad. Inconsistent. Can't run. Keep the ball in front of you, win the game. Good job.
>Steve Richardson. You beast, you.
>OL in 2nd half, especially pass protection. What a difference. They were getting DOMINATED in the first half...which leads me to:

Bad
>OL in the first half. My goodness, they got whipped. The only yards were on play action, zone reads, gimmicky running plays like draw, and great individual efforts by Smith. Purdue dominated the trenches for a lot of the game.

Ugly
>Officiating. SMH. Wow. Targeting? Offensive pass interference that wasn't (and then not calling it on Purdue the very next series when a WR tackles a CB?). This crew was consistently horrible in every imaginable way.
>If not for the officiating, how could ANYTHING top that horrific playcall at the end of the first half?! That was one of the worst decisions I've ever seen from a coaching staff. 15 sec. No timeouts. OL that's getting whipped. QB and WR's that are below average. Everything adds up to TAKE A FREAKING KNEE!
>Cover 0 blitzes. No need for this against bad teams. Just rip that page outta the playbook. Next week...sure, break 'em out.
 



The important part is we came out of the stretch against the bottom feeders with a 4-0 record. Wasn't always pretty (Rutgers, Purdue) but in the end we ended up in the W.

7-2 right now is a solid record but it is a frustrating one given the way both the loses happened. We are not playing very good football overall but we are still coming away with the victories. Things take a massive step up in class over the final 3 weeks of the regular season as Nebraska, Northwestern, and Wisconsin all look like very good football teams.

At the end of the stretch if we are sitting here at 8-4 or better I think most of us will feel very good about the way the team played this year. If in 3 weeks we are at 7-5 my guess is that will leave a bad taste in the mouth of most of the fans on this board.
 


Team is now +12 in turnovers this season.

6 sacks by the defense today.
 


Brewster started 7-1 in 2008 vs weak competition. I'm not sure what that means other than I'd like to see some progress vs bad defenses. I'm not sure our record is a good barometer for this team. Our defense came up big again and saved the day after river boat gambling in the first half vs a pretty prolific pass offense. It's a win.
 

Lets see, the game was played outdoors on November 5th. A beautiful fall day, with temperatures near 70. We won. The team has shown game after game the ability to make adjustments. The adjustment were made in the defense. And they pounded the rock. We are 7-2, 5-1 at home, and 4-2 in conference and if Ohio State hopes to challenge for East they must beat Nebraska. We have the conference championship right in front of us. Just Win, Baby!
 



A great season is still possible.

We'll all forget about Iowa, Penn State, Mitch's overthrown balls, and other shortcomings if we can win a few games weren't not supposed to win.

Big Boy football starts now.

Let's finish up 3-1 or 4-0.
 

BarnBoy said:
A great season is still possible.

We'll all forget about Iowa, Penn State, Mitch's overthrown balls, and other shortcomings if we can win a few games weren't not supposed to win.

Big Boy football starts now.

Let's finish up 3-1 or 4-0.
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Iff Tracy 10 wins actually gets to 10 wins, I'll break ground on his statue. Nay. Monument.
 

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mnsportsgeek said:
Iff Tracy 10 wins actually gets to 10 wins, I'll break ground on his statue.
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Yeah, just so we are clear, I'm not predicting this, but it's possible.

This team needs some signature wins.
 

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GophersInIowa said:
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Holy crap. A coach interacting with fans on Twitter? A coach admitting he was wrong? Is this real life?
 


Crazy how much better Herbstreit, Fowler, and the entire ESPN Saturday night production is than pretty much every other CFB broadcast. Both commentary and production work significantly better than pretty much all other broadcast teams/crews in my opinion.


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