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per Joe:
“I tell the kids all the time, ‘Offenses practice, too,’ ” Claeys said. “The good thing about it is, at one time here [with the Gophers], 17 points — I probably could have run for mayor. Now, everybody is frustrated.”
Claeys finished that thought with a big smile.
In 2010, the Gophers’ final year under Tim Brewster, they allowed 33 points per game. When Jerry Kill arrived with Claeys that December, they made defense the top priority. The unit has improved steadily ever since. Though it’s only a half-season, this is the best the defense has performed since the Gophers gave up 16.3 points per game under Glen Mason, in 1999.
“I think we’re playing with very good discipline right now,” Kill said. “We’re not having very many mental errors at all. Being unselfish, just doing their job. And we’ve very athletic. Our linebackers are long, and I think length and speed certainly helps you.”
http://www.startribune.com/sports/gophers/279373902.html
Go Gophers!!
“I tell the kids all the time, ‘Offenses practice, too,’ ” Claeys said. “The good thing about it is, at one time here [with the Gophers], 17 points — I probably could have run for mayor. Now, everybody is frustrated.”
Claeys finished that thought with a big smile.
In 2010, the Gophers’ final year under Tim Brewster, they allowed 33 points per game. When Jerry Kill arrived with Claeys that December, they made defense the top priority. The unit has improved steadily ever since. Though it’s only a half-season, this is the best the defense has performed since the Gophers gave up 16.3 points per game under Glen Mason, in 1999.
“I think we’re playing with very good discipline right now,” Kill said. “We’re not having very many mental errors at all. Being unselfish, just doing their job. And we’ve very athletic. Our linebackers are long, and I think length and speed certainly helps you.”
http://www.startribune.com/sports/gophers/279373902.html
Go Gophers!!