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per Sid:
U football mystery
The big mystery about the Gophers football team is how it could play well against Ohio State and Iowa and yet play so poorly against Maryland, Nebraska, Indiana and Illinois.
Ohio State, which is 8-1 and No. 10 in the county, gained only 92 yards rushing against the Gophers in a 30-14 victory. Iowa, which is ranked No. 21 in the country, had only 106 yards rushing in a 48-31 victory.
But Maryland, which is 5-4 overall, rushed for 315 yards vs. the Gophers. Nebraska, which is 2-7, rushed for 383 yards. And Illinois, which is 4-5, rushed for 430 yards, the most the Gophers have given up this season.
“That’s a lack of consistency that we have. That is credited to a lot of different things, but it’s just a lack of consistency in all areas,” coach P.J. Fleck said while pointing out the Gophers have to tackle better. “There is a lot of issues with that. We have to get that corrected. We worked on that again [Wednesday]. We’ll continue to work on that. Part of that we have to be able to catch up on that in the offseason, as well.”
Does Fleck think that changing defensive coordinators from Robb Smith to Joe Rossi will make a difference against Purdue this weekend?
“This isn’t about instant results,” Fleck said. “This is about a long-term-type decision. This isn’t about just now, it’s about long-term, as well. We want to get our guys confident and playing really fast and playing a lot better, and that is what we’re going to do.”
Unfortunately the Gophers’ remaining schedule is against teams with winning records in Purdue, Northwestern and Wisconsin. Purdue is a 12-point favorite, and with one of the best passers in college football in David Blough it figures to be awfully tough for the Gophers to defend against the Boilermakers.
http://www.startribune.com/lindsay-whalen-breaking-records-for-gophers-again/500096131/
Go Gophers!!
U football mystery
The big mystery about the Gophers football team is how it could play well against Ohio State and Iowa and yet play so poorly against Maryland, Nebraska, Indiana and Illinois.
Ohio State, which is 8-1 and No. 10 in the county, gained only 92 yards rushing against the Gophers in a 30-14 victory. Iowa, which is ranked No. 21 in the country, had only 106 yards rushing in a 48-31 victory.
But Maryland, which is 5-4 overall, rushed for 315 yards vs. the Gophers. Nebraska, which is 2-7, rushed for 383 yards. And Illinois, which is 4-5, rushed for 430 yards, the most the Gophers have given up this season.
“That’s a lack of consistency that we have. That is credited to a lot of different things, but it’s just a lack of consistency in all areas,” coach P.J. Fleck said while pointing out the Gophers have to tackle better. “There is a lot of issues with that. We have to get that corrected. We worked on that again [Wednesday]. We’ll continue to work on that. Part of that we have to be able to catch up on that in the offseason, as well.”
Does Fleck think that changing defensive coordinators from Robb Smith to Joe Rossi will make a difference against Purdue this weekend?
“This isn’t about instant results,” Fleck said. “This is about a long-term-type decision. This isn’t about just now, it’s about long-term, as well. We want to get our guys confident and playing really fast and playing a lot better, and that is what we’re going to do.”
Unfortunately the Gophers’ remaining schedule is against teams with winning records in Purdue, Northwestern and Wisconsin. Purdue is a 12-point favorite, and with one of the best passers in college football in David Blough it figures to be awfully tough for the Gophers to defend against the Boilermakers.
http://www.startribune.com/lindsay-whalen-breaking-records-for-gophers-again/500096131/
Go Gophers!!