Post Game Thread: Gophers Lose a Very Winnable Game at Cal

[kg21]

Cal was 2-6 last year in the ACC and lost most to the portal and graduation.

I'm being a realist here. We've got issues.

 

[GopherGrit]

I think this game is evidence that we shouldn’t be scheduling any OOC road games with west coast teams. A 9:30 start time is rough on players and the fans, and there’s no benefit when we have to do it a couple times per year anyway in conference play.

Edit: PJ’s teams are always good for one or two fluky, gross losses each year. I’ll take a late night road loss against a solid P4 team with a stud QB as one of those losses. That’s the most positive I can be. But losing our last 3 (?) OOC P4 regular season games is depressing.

Bolded: This!

Surprised I haven't seen any further comments about this. Probably because it's considered a weak excuse ... not that it's not.

But the great point is made: why play a night game out West?? If you're going to schedule it, dictate that it has to be a mid-day game or we won't sign the deal.



"Luckily" our only other western road trip this year is Nov 14 to Oregon. Which is already penciled in as a loss anyway.

 

[GopherGrit]

Cal was 2-6 last year in the ACC and lost most to the portal and graduation.

I'm being a realist here. We've got issues.

I heard they got a new QB? And a new OC?

Are those important? You tell me

 

[BilldGopher]

Bolded: This!

Surprised I haven't seen any further comments about this. Probably because it's considered a weak excuse ... not that it's not.

But the great point is made: why play a night game out West?? If you're going to schedule it, dictate that it has to be a mid-day game or we won't sign the deal.



"Luckily" our only other western road trip this year is Nov 14 to Oregon. Which is already penciled in as a loss anyway.

One word on why it happened at night...

TV.

 

[GopherGrit]

One word on why it happened at night...

TV.

I understand that. And I understand that this game was probably scheduled before the Big Ten expanded with western teams. (True?)

That said ... non-conference game ... tell them we won't sign unless we get to dictate the game time. If they refuse, then no deal!

 

[BilldGopher]

I understand that. And I understand that this game was probably scheduled before the Big Ten expanded with western teams. (True?)

That said ... non-conference game ... tell them we won't sign unless we get to dictate the game time. If they refuse, then no deal!

For what it's worth this game probably looked pretty good to anyone else watching The Late Show except us. Two promising QBs where one had unfortunately a stronger supporting cast.

Outside numbers 7, 23, and 0, Drake was not getting a lot of help.

 

[SamSquatch]

The timing thing is what it is but this is a completely beatable OOC team on the schedule and the Gophs lost again. Lost out east against UNC, lost out west against Cal - these are teams you need to beat at least sometimes to be taken seriously as a program at the national level.

Outside of beating an historically bad CO team in Boulder a few years back, when was the last time this team beat a non-con P4 program? Each time they go up against even mediocre same-level teams, they lose.

It’s a damning program history of pathetic results against teams that are mid-level squads in their respective conferences.

 

[STPGopher]

For what it's worth this game probably looked pretty good to anyone else watching The Late Show except us. Two promising QBs where one had unfortunately a stronger supporting cast.

Outside numbers 7, 23, and 0, Drake was not getting a lot of help.

These squads are pretty evenly matched. One played a close to perfect game the other team? Not as well as they needed to.

 

[1983]

Could we petition the NCAA to move over some points from last week's crushing? Just 18 points.? PJ loves it being on him so he should get that petition going.

 

[Word]

Slow start on offense and 2 turnovers are too much to overcome. Was very winnable.

Seemed like Brockington stopped running on the INT and Koi with 2 huge mistakes fielding punts.