BleedGopher
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per Sid:
What a difference a week makes when it comes to Big Ten football.
Last week, Michigan ran for 371 yards against the Gophers, with two Wolverines exceeding 190 yards. The Gophers rushed for 52 yards after the first half as Michigan ran at will.
Saturday, the shoe was on the other foot. The Gophers beat Nebraska 54-21, getting a 100-yard kickoff return from Rodney Smith to start the game and a 73-yard run from Demry Croft and featuring the Gophers running the ball like Michigan did against them last week.
“What you saw today was trust in the process. That’s what I saw today,” Gophers coach P.J. Fleck said. “We got better, last week to this week. Lot of adverse situations last week, like I said, we got whipped. That was the quote last week. This week, we got better. It’s very simple. We had a great practice Sunday and it got real. Monday had a day but hit academics harder than they ever have.
“Then the Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday practices, they practiced better than they have all year. For a team that was 4-5 overall and 1-5 in the Big Ten, everybody on them hard, tough, for them to come out and play the way they did today, that shows their courage, their strength. The process, the culture. I’m proud of them for that.”
http://www.startribune.com/gophers-improvement-shows-in-blowout-of-nebraska/456906653/
Go Gophers!!
What a difference a week makes when it comes to Big Ten football.
Last week, Michigan ran for 371 yards against the Gophers, with two Wolverines exceeding 190 yards. The Gophers rushed for 52 yards after the first half as Michigan ran at will.
Saturday, the shoe was on the other foot. The Gophers beat Nebraska 54-21, getting a 100-yard kickoff return from Rodney Smith to start the game and a 73-yard run from Demry Croft and featuring the Gophers running the ball like Michigan did against them last week.
“What you saw today was trust in the process. That’s what I saw today,” Gophers coach P.J. Fleck said. “We got better, last week to this week. Lot of adverse situations last week, like I said, we got whipped. That was the quote last week. This week, we got better. It’s very simple. We had a great practice Sunday and it got real. Monday had a day but hit academics harder than they ever have.
“Then the Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday practices, they practiced better than they have all year. For a team that was 4-5 overall and 1-5 in the Big Ten, everybody on them hard, tough, for them to come out and play the way they did today, that shows their courage, their strength. The process, the culture. I’m proud of them for that.”
http://www.startribune.com/gophers-improvement-shows-in-blowout-of-nebraska/456906653/
Go Gophers!!
