Sid: Gophers defense to be better

[BleedGopher]

per Sid:

Gophers defense to be better

Gophers defensive coordinator Tracy Claeys is convinced he will be coaching a much improved defense. He has a lot of good things to say about Thieren Cockran, a redshirt freshman from Homestead, Fla., believing that paired at defensive end with former Minneapolis Washburn standout Ra'Shede Hageman, they will give the Gophers the strong pass rush they didn't have last year.

"He's extremely athletic," Claeys said of Cockran. "He has the length to be an All-American-type player. He has to gain a little bit more weight, but at least we've got him into the mid-[2]30s [up from 205 pounds] and he's kept his athletic ability. He will provide some more pass rush for us so we don't have to put those secondary people on an island so much."

http://www.startribune.com/sports/vikings/163295316.html

Go Gophers!!

 

[Rosemountian]

While I think the defense will be a bit better, they are really thin.

Hasn't Sid written this same article like 17 years in a row?

 

[diehard]

For the last 17 years it has seems like it would be impossible for the D not to improve. Who coached that English guy? Claeys has cred in my Gopher world.