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Per RandBall:
There is a certain amount of audacity in declaring you have “a really good football team,” as Gophers coach P.J. Fleck did shortly after a 39-point defeat.
But if we take him at his word and buy into the not-wrong idea that Ohio State is just a different class of program than Minnesota (and perhaps the rest of the Big Ten ... and perhaps the rest of college football), we can view Fleck’s declaration for what it is.
OK, you’re not going to compete with the Buckeyes. At least not this season and not in most.
But if the Gophers (3-2, 1-1 Big Ten) are a really good football team, they need to show it in the win column starting Saturday night against Purdue (2-3, 0-2).
Three of the next four games are at home, including the homecoming tilt against the Boilermakers in which Minnesota is favored by more than a touchdown.
A really good team would win at least three of these next four: home against Purdue, home against Nebraska, at Iowa, home against Michigan State.
www.startribune.com
Go Gophers!!
There is a certain amount of audacity in declaring you have “a really good football team,” as Gophers coach P.J. Fleck did shortly after a 39-point defeat.
But if we take him at his word and buy into the not-wrong idea that Ohio State is just a different class of program than Minnesota (and perhaps the rest of the Big Ten ... and perhaps the rest of college football), we can view Fleck’s declaration for what it is.
OK, you’re not going to compete with the Buckeyes. At least not this season and not in most.
But if the Gophers (3-2, 1-1 Big Ten) are a really good football team, they need to show it in the win column starting Saturday night against Purdue (2-3, 0-2).
Three of the next four games are at home, including the homecoming tilt against the Boilermakers in which Minnesota is favored by more than a touchdown.
A really good team would win at least three of these next four: home against Purdue, home against Nebraska, at Iowa, home against Michigan State.
RandBall: If Gophers are ‘really good,’ it's time to show it
Minnesota coach P.J. Fleck seems confident even after a lopsided loss at Ohio State. We’ll see whether he’s right, starting against Purdue.
www.startribune.com
Go Gophers!!
