STrib: Gophers football schedule analysis (The Boat Floats If...The Boat Sinks If...)

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per STrib:

Sept. 9 at Oregon State, 9 p.m.

The skinny: Though the Beavers closed 2016 with back-to-back wins over Arizona and Oregon, they still finished 4-8. They should be better in coach Gary Andersen’s third year.

The boat floats if: The Gophers, who rallied to beat OSU 30-23 in Minneapolis last year, hold Beavers running back Ryan Nall in check and put sufficient pressure on JUCO QB transfer Jake Luton.

The boat sinks if: Playing in front of a hostile crowd is too big of a moment for Rhoda and Croft.

Nov. 25 vs. Wisconsin

The skinny: For 13 consecutive years, Wisconsin has walked away with Paul Bunyan’s Axe. If Fleck ends this trend, Gophers fans just might give him a pass on wearing that Badgers T-shirt as a youngster.

The boat floats if: The Gophers do what they couldn’t in the past three meetings: hold on to a first-half lead.

The boat sinks if: The streak reaches 14 in dominant fashion.

http://www.startribune.com/gophers-football-season-forecast-from-the-bulls-to-the-badgers/441669953/

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The average user in this forum has a better understanding of the Gophers football team than any of our beat writers. Let that sink in.

Not sure what the big unit's previous gigs were, but I thought Joe Christiansen did a really good job before he was promoted.