BleedGopher
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per Randy:
That was rain falling Sunday afternoon, not the sky.
A day after the Gophers suffered their first loss under first-year coach P.J. Fleck, a mistake-filled 31-24 setback against Maryland in the Big Ten opener, gloom and doom was the theme on social media.
That’s understandable after an undefeated team loses a game in which it was a double-digit favorite according to the Las Vegas number-crunchers. Remember, “fan” is short for “fanatic,” so measured responses after a frustrating loss shouldn’t be expected. The first “Fire PJ” mention even showed up in this beat writer’s Twitter feed.
But what was lost Saturday was a game, not the season — unless you were expecting an undefeated record and a run to the Rose Bowl. Instead, we saw what the Gophers are: a team with flaws, one that is transitioning under a new coach and a squad that must improve as its quality of competition does.
http://www.startribune.com/growing-pains-of-p-j-fleck-s-gophers-on-display-in-first-loss/448968793/
Go Gophers!!
That was rain falling Sunday afternoon, not the sky.
A day after the Gophers suffered their first loss under first-year coach P.J. Fleck, a mistake-filled 31-24 setback against Maryland in the Big Ten opener, gloom and doom was the theme on social media.
That’s understandable after an undefeated team loses a game in which it was a double-digit favorite according to the Las Vegas number-crunchers. Remember, “fan” is short for “fanatic,” so measured responses after a frustrating loss shouldn’t be expected. The first “Fire PJ” mention even showed up in this beat writer’s Twitter feed.
But what was lost Saturday was a game, not the season — unless you were expecting an undefeated record and a run to the Rose Bowl. Instead, we saw what the Gophers are: a team with flaws, one that is transitioning under a new coach and a squad that must improve as its quality of competition does.
http://www.startribune.com/growing-pains-of-p-j-fleck-s-gophers-on-display-in-first-loss/448968793/
Go Gophers!!