Shama: Anonymous analysis said the offensive play-calling was “creative and fun,” while speculating the Gophers used more trick plays last night.

[BleedGopher]

Per Shama:

The Gophers entered the game about a 10-point betting favorite. With superior talent, a savvy college football authority told Sports Headliners he thought Minnesota might “play not to lose.”

But rather than take a conservative approach, the Gophers were aggressive on both sides of the ball. The authority, a former Big Ten and NFL player who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the offensive play-calling was “creative and fun,” while speculating the Gophers used more trick plays last night than in Fleck’s previous eight years leading the program. Defensively, the Gophers were aggressive with blitzes and sacked Tech quarterbacks five times.

“This was a really good football team,” the source said about a program he follows closely.

Even More Success Could Be Next for Gophers Football – David Shama's Minnesota Sports Headliners

Go Gophers!!

 

[Word]

Is he trying to be funny? I don't get the anonymous source bit.

 

[Breakin' The Plane]

This is low, even for a rinky-dink "journalist" trying to appear legitimate.

Has Shama never seen a Bowl Game?

 

[Holy Man]

Is he trying to be funny? I don't get the anonymous source bit.

Voicemail from Daryl Thompson.

 

[Clairemont Gopher]

I had the feeling they reprised that tight end lob from late in the Auburn game because Brosmer did not want his last collegiate pass to have been that interception! Mission accomplished.

 

[Gophers7NatTitlesBadgers0]

Is he trying to be funny? I don't get the anonymous source bit.

I bet it's Shooter's little birdie.

 

[SeaBee_Gopher]

Excellent article! I'm going to start a second thread based on the main topic of this article - "Even more success could be next for Gophers Football"

 

[short ornery norwegian]

once again, the people on Gopher Hole know more about the Gopher program than 99% of the media.

We watch the games, so we know that Fleck typically uses multiple trick plays in Bowl Games.

but the media is amazed!! because they ignore the Gophers most of the time while they spend most of their time and energy drooling over the Vikings.

 

[SeaBee_Gopher]

Thanks for making me aware of this article, BleedGopher, this was my favorite part:​

"Being the head coach at Minnesota is far from a cushy assignment. With limited Big Ten prospects among the high school ranks, and no adjacency to states with hotbeds of talent to recruit from, attracting elite personnel has long been a challenge for Gopher head coaches. In reality, his assignment probably is more difficult than any other coach at the U or professional coach in this town.

Fleck has established success despite the challenge, too, of more limited Name, Image and Likeness money than much of his competition. Not so long ago, Fleck could only wish a transferring player from his program good luck as he capitalized on NIL.

But through the efforts of Minnesota’s official collective, Dinkytown Athletes, that situation is improving. It’s believed the football program now has a few million dollars in NIL money with which to compete.

Revenue sharing with college athletes is expected to begin this year, and the Gophers will have similar money to their rivals with which to pay players. Power Four athletic departments are expected to devote about $20.5 million to revenue sharing with athletes in several sports. Minnesota will divide its money among football, men’s and women’s basketball, men’s hockey and women’s volleyball. Speculation is athletic departments, including Minnesota’s, could allocate $12 million or more annually to football players.

The revenue share model is a very positive development for programs like Minnesota. Fleck acknowledged as much recently when he expressed gratitude to the U administration and indicated the money will be a difference maker when recruiting against non-Power Four programs who don’t have the money to share revenue like the big boys.

'The SEC and the Big Ten have major TV contracts that allow that money to be real, allow that money to be there,' Fleck said. 'Our NIL and collective with Dinkytown Athletes, that money is there. It’s real. I can’t say that for everybody around the country, you know?'”

https://shamasportsheadliners.com/even-more-success-could-be-next-for-gophers-football/​

 

[alaska]

Why not use trick plays as a normal part of the offense?

 

[Word]

Why not use trick plays as a normal part of the offense?

Because then they just become "plays"?

I wouldn't mind seeing one every couple of games, especially if the coaches think they found something they can exploit. But they are often high risk plays so you don't want to depend on them.