The 2025 Gophers football season will be a sucsss if?…




…if we beat Iowa, Nebraska and wisconsin all in the same season. It’s time. If we do this, I am confident most of our other goals will be achieved as well.

Go Gophers!!
Has this been accomplished before? Feel like it hasn’t since Nebraska joined but maybe way back when.
 





1904, 1905, 1931, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1938, 1940, 1941, 1943, 1944, 1946, 1948, 1949, 1960


Its been a prerequisite that we beat those three teams to win a national title.
Following up on that if you look for seasons where we beat Michigan as well you almost get all the national title seasons -- didn't play Michigan in 1904. Having just looked it up in 1938 gophers went 6-2 losing to jNW and Notre Dame (du Lac)

1934, 1935, 1936, 1938, 1940, 1941, 1960.
 




Showing we belong as a top team in the league by"

1.) Both of our coordinators demonstrate they belong as B1G 10 coordinators.
2.) our QB showing he is in teh top half of B1G QB's
3.) Our OL shows it can gel together and be a top half B1G OL.

I believe we have the potential talent to have a special year - but coaching, OL and QB play will determine it.
 



If we can throw the ball again and mix running and passing as we did much of last season. If we are throwing at 50%, we'll struggle to make a bowl.
 






9+ wins
Beat WIS and Iowa
Win at Ohio State (where I'll be for my son's family weekend. I demand bragging rights in return for funding his college)
 


Success today would be a bowl game and being competitive against everyone on our schedule considering we are breaking in a new QB with very little experience.

But to me, the definition of a successful season is always in flux because things change over the course of the year and expectations shift due to those changes....(injuries, teams being better or worse then expected.....).

So what looks like it would be a success in August might look very different in October.
 

Success today would be a bowl game and being competitive against everyone on our schedule considering we are breaking in a new QB with very little experience.

But to me, the definition of a successful season is always in flux because things change over the course of the year and expectations shift due to those changes....(injuries, teams being better or worse then expected.....).

So what looks like it would be a success in August might look very different in October.
True.

My old definition of success pre expansion was 7+ wins
My new definition is 5+ conference wins.

5-4 or better could seem a little disappointing due to circumstances but it will never be seen as a failure.
 

I feel like the team is talented enough to win 8+ regular season with just average QB play. Now if QB is below average, 8+ is probably going to be tough.

I'll say 8 regular season wins or more.
 

With this schedule, and a team that now should expect a moderately high baseline each season, 8 wins and up is a success. 7 is a meh. 6 or lower is a disappointment and result of something going wrong via injury or low QB output.
 

True.

My old definition of success pre expansion was 7+ wins
My new definition is 5+ conference wins.

5-4 or better could seem a little disappointing due to circumstances but it will never be seen as a failure.
Above .500 in conference is a good baseline. 5 conference wins essentially guarantees a bowl game as well and a 7-8 win season at minimum.
 




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