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After a 38-17 loss to Wisconsin on Saturday, the Gophers football team is not going to the Rose Bowl in January. However, the Gophers are 10-2 and will be going to one of the top bowl games they have played in since Murray Warmath coached the team.
Wisconsin played a tougher schedule the Gophers this season, and it showed in Saturday’s game. No doubt, Badgers players have been waiting for the chance to reclaim Paul Bunyan’s Axe back after losing it at home a year ago, and they played like it.
“Everybody was disappointed in the locker room,” Gophers coach P.J. Fleck said. “We did not play our best football today, and that 100 percent falls on me.”
The biggest difference was that the Gophers could not run the ball. The Badgers, who went into the game giving up only 98.5 yards rushing per game, limited the Gophers to 76 yards. Mohamed Ibrahim led the Gophers with just 39 yards rushing. Rodney Smith was held to 31 yards and Shannon Brooks 22.
“When you look at the total yards, 453-372, and that wasn’t necessarily so lopsided,” Fleck said. “But you look at the rushing yards and what Jonathan Taylor did, they really did a great job of mixing things up.”
www.startribune.com
Go Gophers!!
After a 38-17 loss to Wisconsin on Saturday, the Gophers football team is not going to the Rose Bowl in January. However, the Gophers are 10-2 and will be going to one of the top bowl games they have played in since Murray Warmath coached the team.
Wisconsin played a tougher schedule the Gophers this season, and it showed in Saturday’s game. No doubt, Badgers players have been waiting for the chance to reclaim Paul Bunyan’s Axe back after losing it at home a year ago, and they played like it.
“Everybody was disappointed in the locker room,” Gophers coach P.J. Fleck said. “We did not play our best football today, and that 100 percent falls on me.”
The biggest difference was that the Gophers could not run the ball. The Badgers, who went into the game giving up only 98.5 yards rushing per game, limited the Gophers to 76 yards. Mohamed Ibrahim led the Gophers with just 39 yards rushing. Rodney Smith was held to 31 yards and Shannon Brooks 22.
“When you look at the total yards, 453-372, and that wasn’t necessarily so lopsided,” Fleck said. “But you look at the rushing yards and what Jonathan Taylor did, they really did a great job of mixing things up.”
Wisconsin reclaims Axe from Gophers by stuffing the run
www.startribune.com
Go Gophers!!