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per Shipley:
P.J. Fleck was in Tampa, Fla., Thursday, Dec. 12, to whip up some local enthusiasm for the Outback Bowl game between Minnesota and Auburn on Jan. 1. The Gophers coach did not disappoint.
As Tigers coach Gus Malzahn noted, “Their coach is one of the more energetic guys.”
In a brief meeting with local reporters, Fleck recounted with amiable ardor his season as a wide receivers coach with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and put the Gophers’ 10-2 season into some perspective that boggles the mind.
We all remember Minnesota vaulting into the College Football Playoff top 10 after improving to 9-0 with a victory over then-No. 4 Penn State on Nov. 9, and then beating Northwestern for its first 10-win regular season since 1904. And, Fleck said Thursday, “This is the first time in the history of our program — 137 years — that we’ve won seven conference games.”
Another impressive achievement, for sure, but wait, there’s more.
“There were 97 firsts and ‘nevers’ that we’ve accumulated this year,” the Gophers coach quickly added, “and close to 60 that we call ‘restorations.’ ”
Wait, what?
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P.J. Fleck was in Tampa, Fla., Thursday, Dec. 12, to whip up some local enthusiasm for the Outback Bowl game between Minnesota and Auburn on Jan. 1. The Gophers coach did not disappoint.
As Tigers coach Gus Malzahn noted, “Their coach is one of the more energetic guys.”
In a brief meeting with local reporters, Fleck recounted with amiable ardor his season as a wide receivers coach with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and put the Gophers’ 10-2 season into some perspective that boggles the mind.
We all remember Minnesota vaulting into the College Football Playoff top 10 after improving to 9-0 with a victory over then-No. 4 Penn State on Nov. 9, and then beating Northwestern for its first 10-win regular season since 1904. And, Fleck said Thursday, “This is the first time in the history of our program — 137 years — that we’ve won seven conference games.”
Another impressive achievement, for sure, but wait, there’s more.
“There were 97 firsts and ‘nevers’ that we’ve accumulated this year,” the Gophers coach quickly added, “and close to 60 that we call ‘restorations.’ ”
Wait, what?
Shipley: 97 firsts? Forget it, P.J. Fleck is rolling
Gophers coach whips up enthusiasm for Gophers in Tampa
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Go Gophers!!
