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per Randy:
The suit coat still was plaid but dominated by a bluish-gray rather than the gold and maroon he wore a year earlier. His words came quickly but with less of the amplified fervor from 2017. And the talk of following a process still was there, though with acknowledgment that a year of experience has helped.
For the second time as Gophers coach, P.J. Fleck took his turn at the podium at Big Ten football media days. His message centered on a team that will be young but one he believes holds promise.
“We have a very youthful, very young, very inexperienced football team, which does not necessarily mean we can’t win,’’ said Fleck, whose Gophers were 5-7 overall and 2-7 in the Big Ten in his 2017 Minnesota debut. “We have a very talented football team, just incredibly young.’’
Fleck’s motto for the season is “Race to MAH-turity’’ — a nod to Ski-U-Mah — and just how quickly youth and talent develop will set the tone for Minnesota’s 2018 season. A panel of Big Ten sportswriters picked the Gophers to finish sixth in the Big Ten’s West Division, so expectations aren’t high. Patience, however, isn’t limitless in college football.
That youth will be especially apparent at quarterback, where redshirt freshman Tanner Morgan and true freshman Zack Annexstad will vie for the starting job. Though both displayed command of the offense in the spring game, they’ve yet to throw a collegiate pass.
“It comes down to how well our quarterback can play,’’ Fleck said of his team’s offense. “And I’m really excited to see, out of the two guys, who can win the team.’’
http://www.startribune.com/coach-p-...ll-team-is-young-but-has-potential/488952561/
Go Gophers!!
The suit coat still was plaid but dominated by a bluish-gray rather than the gold and maroon he wore a year earlier. His words came quickly but with less of the amplified fervor from 2017. And the talk of following a process still was there, though with acknowledgment that a year of experience has helped.
For the second time as Gophers coach, P.J. Fleck took his turn at the podium at Big Ten football media days. His message centered on a team that will be young but one he believes holds promise.
“We have a very youthful, very young, very inexperienced football team, which does not necessarily mean we can’t win,’’ said Fleck, whose Gophers were 5-7 overall and 2-7 in the Big Ten in his 2017 Minnesota debut. “We have a very talented football team, just incredibly young.’’
Fleck’s motto for the season is “Race to MAH-turity’’ — a nod to Ski-U-Mah — and just how quickly youth and talent develop will set the tone for Minnesota’s 2018 season. A panel of Big Ten sportswriters picked the Gophers to finish sixth in the Big Ten’s West Division, so expectations aren’t high. Patience, however, isn’t limitless in college football.
That youth will be especially apparent at quarterback, where redshirt freshman Tanner Morgan and true freshman Zack Annexstad will vie for the starting job. Though both displayed command of the offense in the spring game, they’ve yet to throw a collegiate pass.
“It comes down to how well our quarterback can play,’’ Fleck said of his team’s offense. “And I’m really excited to see, out of the two guys, who can win the team.’’
http://www.startribune.com/coach-p-...ll-team-is-young-but-has-potential/488952561/
Go Gophers!!