Post Game Thread: Gophers lose heartbreaker to PSU

[GopherHole Staff]

What say you GopherHolers?

 

[RolGnav]

Outcoached.

 

[gophers&guns]

Fun game to watch, better than I expected. Hard to say too much negative when you drop one like that.

 

[tipper333]

Outcoached.

Correct. Calla timeout before that punt to tell the puntvteam to watch the fake

 

[metrolax]

They gave their all against the #4 team

 

[PeoplesFront]

2nd and goal, throw it to the LT. Brilliant.

 

[Nax5]

Puts the punctuation on a failure of a season (to me). They fought like hell, though.

 

[GringaGopher]

D played them tough but costly TO’s n the ref assisted drive given 2 PSU. Have to play clean to beat a top 10 team. We definitely played better and DT n Daniel Jackson played big. Let’s go get the axe !

 

[tipper333]

2 turnovers one bad pass interference call and bad coaching on the fake punt

 

[PriceyGopher21]

Hell of an effort by our MN Gophers! Sucks to lose but they lost with intensity and heart. PSU got ballsy and it paid off this time. It doesn’t always play out that way.

 

[Bayfield Gopher]

I still feel we haven’t played our brst game

 

[tipper333]

I said at the beginning of the season 7 wins at the most

 

[Catechol]

One of the best games in the top 25 today. PSU is pretty talented and scrappy but they’re just that - not in the same tier as Oregon or OSU. Maybe not even Indiana. Probably 4th best in B1G while Gophers are 7-9, which is where you get a hard fought 1 point home loss.

 

[MZBKA1]

Fleck still has not recruited the talent to compete against real Big 10 teams. Our guys gave it their all, but as long as Fleck is at the helm, this is our ceiling.

 

[btowngopher]

Correct. Calla timeout before that punt to tell the puntvteam to watch the fake

They were probably already aware a fake was possible, you don’t blow a timeout there.

 

[btowngopher]

Fleck still has not recruited the talent to compete against real Big 10 teams. Our guys gave it their all, but as long as Fleck is at the helm, this is our ceiling.

As long as the university is in Minnesota the talent gap will exist.

 

[mnsportsgeek]

Brosmer's turnovers were the difference.

 

[tipper333]

When you play teams like Penn state you have to play almost perfect as you won't get calls and I hate to say it but as usual certain teams get special treatment as the big 18 needs penn st to win

 

[tipper333]

As long as the university is in Minnesota the talent gap will exist.

Agree and I am sure penn st pays better

 

[MZBKA1]

As long as the university is in Minnesota the talent gap will exist.

Why? Iowa competes. Wisconsin competes. We should be able to recruit at Iowa or Wisconsin levels.

Instead, we have a empty trophy room.

 

[BarnBurner]

Outcoached.

Did you see any difference in talent between the two teams?

 

[DEGopherfan]

It was the two turnovers!

 

[tipper333]

As long as the university is in Minnesota the talent gap will exist.

The gophers will never be any more then a 7- 8 game wins in the big 18

 

[BarnBurner]

Brosmer's turnovers were the difference.

Refs gifted them 6. That's the difference.

 

[Stuff]

Everyone gets a participation trophy.

 

[Ski-UT-Mah]

Outcoached.

By James Franklin. That’s a new low

 

[Section 100]

2nd and goal, throw it to the LT. Brilliant.

Add this to the list. Right up there with the 2015 Michigan goal line debacle with :20 left.

 

[kix4kix]

Love the effort and what an entertaining game. Fleck and the offense looked great all game tbh

Looking forward to what we bring to the table next year. Brosmer is the first QB I have ever seen here that looked NFL caliber, shame we couldn't capitalize on some of the closer games this year but I have faith in his ability to return next year to 9/10 wins!

 

[btowngopher]

Why? Iowa competes. Wisconsin competes. We should be able to recruit at Iowa or Wisconsin levels.

Instead, we have an empty trophy room.

No, they don’t. We do recruit at their level, and compete just fine with them.

 

[tipper333]

Why? Iowa competes. Wisconsin competes. We should be able to recruit at Iowa or Wisconsin levels.

Instead, we have a empty trophy room.

Iowa is not a good team they had an easy schedule plus qb problems