BleedGopher
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per Sid:
Could it be that Jerry Kill was celebrating the University of Minnesota Board of Regents passing of the Athletes Village plan on Friday that inspired him and his Gophers football team to a 41-13 at Purdue on Saturday?
“We’ll run the ball, I’ll guarantee you that,” Kill told me as I sat in his office this past week, frustrated by the fact that the Gophers had been passing too much and not running it enough. The result was on one touchdown drive the Gophers ran the ball nine consecutive times, before finally scoring the touchdown on a play-action pass from Mitch Leidner to tight end Brandon Lingen.
Kill, who was very frustrated by last weekend’s 27-0 loss at Northwestern, must be impressed by the turnaround. The Gophers ran for 321 yards on 48 carries (6.8 per carry) Saturday, after running for 74 yards on 33 carries last week (2.2). Then on defense, the Gophers gave up an early touchdown to the Boilermakers before shutting them out almost the entire rest of the way. Purdue had only 275 yards of offense.
http://www.startribune.com/kill-celebrating-gophers-facilities-plan/331896671/
Go Gophers!!
Could it be that Jerry Kill was celebrating the University of Minnesota Board of Regents passing of the Athletes Village plan on Friday that inspired him and his Gophers football team to a 41-13 at Purdue on Saturday?
“We’ll run the ball, I’ll guarantee you that,” Kill told me as I sat in his office this past week, frustrated by the fact that the Gophers had been passing too much and not running it enough. The result was on one touchdown drive the Gophers ran the ball nine consecutive times, before finally scoring the touchdown on a play-action pass from Mitch Leidner to tight end Brandon Lingen.
Kill, who was very frustrated by last weekend’s 27-0 loss at Northwestern, must be impressed by the turnaround. The Gophers ran for 321 yards on 48 carries (6.8 per carry) Saturday, after running for 74 yards on 33 carries last week (2.2). Then on defense, the Gophers gave up an early touchdown to the Boilermakers before shutting them out almost the entire rest of the way. Purdue had only 275 yards of offense.
http://www.startribune.com/kill-celebrating-gophers-facilities-plan/331896671/
Go Gophers!!
