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per Randy:
On the play, Morgan faked a handoff to Irving, who was running to the right. When Wildcats linebacker Peter McIntyre bit on the fake, Morgan sprinted to the left and found a clear lane to the end zone.
"The guy crashed, so I had to pull [the handoff]," Morgan said. "He kind of redirected, so I had to give him a little 'hesi' for a second.'"
On the run, LeCaptain showed a nose for contact, breaking three tackles on his way to paydirt. Linebacker Mariano Sori-Marin dubbed him, "the running 'backer."
"You just talk about a guy who does what he's asked to do," Sori-Marin said of LeCaptain, who rushed for 5,199 yards and 100 TDs in his career at Southern Door High School in Brussels, Wis. "He doesn't ask questions. He just puts his head down and works."
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Three takeaways
Morgan's mad dash
Gophers quarterback Tanner Morgan entered Saturday with two career TD runs. He now has three, after his career-long 18-yard TD run in the fourth quarter.On the play, Morgan faked a handoff to Irving, who was running to the right. When Wildcats linebacker Peter McIntyre bit on the fake, Morgan sprinted to the left and found a clear lane to the end zone.
"The guy crashed, so I had to pull [the handoff]," Morgan said. "He kind of redirected, so I had to give him a little 'hesi' for a second.'"
The running 'backer
Derik LeCaptain, who's spent most of his three-year Gophers career as a linebacker and special-teams player, has been working with the running backs, too, because of injuries and Cam Wiley's entry into the transfer portal. On Saturday, he got the call late in the fourth quarter and responded with a 24-yard TD run.On the run, LeCaptain showed a nose for contact, breaking three tackles on his way to paydirt. Linebacker Mariano Sori-Marin dubbed him, "the running 'backer."
"You just talk about a guy who does what he's asked to do," Sori-Marin said of LeCaptain, who rushed for 5,199 yards and 100 TDs in his career at Southern Door High School in Brussels, Wis. "He doesn't ask questions. He just puts his head down and works."
Getting closer
The Gophers continue to pay a poll tax for their 14-10 loss to Bowling Green in September, with both the Associated Press media poll and the AFCA coaches poll excluding Minnesota.Riding a four-game winning streak, however, they're getting closer to cracking the Top 25.
Three Gophers takeaways: A mad dash, a rushing linebacker and getting some national attention
A look back at Minnesota's victory over the Wildcats and a look ahead to Saturday's game vs. Illinois.
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