Rand: One has to wonder when the Gophers will win again?

[BleedGopher]

Per Rand:

UCLA the week after that should be a reprieve and the Gophers’ best chance for a Big Ten victory. But that’s still a road game, so let’s take nothing for granted.

The last five: home against Maryland, at No. 19 Illinois, at Rutgers, home against No. 9 Penn State and at Wisconsin. You might think Maryland and Rutgers are easy-ish games, but both are projected by ESPN to finish with around seven wins. The Gophers? Five.

P.J. Fleck’s Gophers have thrived in recent years focusing on one week at a time instead of letting the big picture consume them.

Without the benefit of the soft Big Ten schedule, and staring at a daunting stretch of games, that mindset will be of extra importance this season if they are to prove doubters wrong.

Optimism for Gophers football faded quickly in the second half of Saturday's loss to Iowa ... but now the bigger question remains: When will they win again?

Optimism for the Gophers faded quickly in the second half of a loss to Iowa on Saturday, and a look ahead at the schedule reveals the daunting task Minnesota faces this year.

www.startribune.com

Go Gophers!!

 

[Some Day...Maybe]

I predict MN will be a touchdown or more underdog when they play Rutgers.

 

[jonnyganas]

They could win on Saturday.

 

[restovich]

4-8. P.J. will come up with some new platitudes.

 

[60's Guy]

4-8. P.J. will come up with some new platitudes.

At some point the words sound hollow to the team...if we go 4 and 8...we seemingly do not have a lot of playmakers presently...some of the better players will move to the NFL draft or graduate. How many of the younger potential playmakers will hit the portal? We'd be 4 and 8 after keeping all our guys this past offseason. What will the future look like if we have a new trend and our promising younger players transfer?

 

[EasyThere Pilgrim]

We will never be successful. This is clear.

 

[Some guy]

I am surprised espn is predicting 5

This makes me feel better about my crazy optimistic prediction of 5 that I made the other day

 

[HitMeAgainIAmStillMoving]

They could win on Saturday.

I have a good feeling about it. Load the box, put extras in the box, then stack the box. Michigan has no QB, but Gophers do. I can see a blowout win for the Gophers 17-10.

 

[RogueGopher]

Let's play the games and see what happens.

 

[Great Plains Gopher]

Wolves will recreate the great Gopher routs of yesteryear - will be painful.

 

[BTChamp]

I have a good feeling about it. Load the box, put extras in the box, then stack the box. Michigan has no QB, but Gophers do. I can see a blowout win for the Gophers 17-10.

I'll take a 17-10 blowout. But only for the Gophs.