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

[denguegopher]

Id consider 8-4 (5-4) to be successful in as much as it wouldnt be a disappointment. For it to be successful in the sense that I am really pleased with the outcome, id say 10 wins (including postseason).

I also think that 8-4 would be successful. But it we somehow start out 8-0, I would be very frustrated with 8-4.

 

[GoGophersUMN]

Assuming Oregon and OSU are in the loss column at 8-4, who are the other two losses if Gophs beat Iowa and Bucky?

Could be any of the conference opponents on a bad day, although Purdue would take a really bad day.

 

[PMWinSTP]

Nebraska
Cal
Rutgers
Michigan state

All power 5 teams that will be between 5-8 wins I think.

Buffalo
Northwestern
Northwestern state
Purdue
I see those 4 as wins

Ohio state and Oregon I see as losses

The 6 games:
Wisconsin
Iowa
Nebraska
Michigan state
Rutgers
Cal

Make or break the season
And I listed them in order of importance

So who do you think are the other two losses?

 

[Hates Monikers]

Seasons at or above .500 (conference records):

FLECK (8 total seasons): 2-7, 3-6, 7-2, 3-4, 6-3, 5-4, 3-6, 5-4 (4 of 8 seasons, 50%)

KILL/CLAEYS (6 total seasons): 2-6, 2-6, 4-4, 5-3, 2-6, 5-4 (3 of 6 seasons, 50%)

MASON (10 total seasons) 1-7, 2-6, 5-3, 4-4, 2-6, 3-5, 5-3, 3-5, 4-4, 3-5 (4 of 10 seasons, 40%)

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if you change the qualifier/cutoff from "at and above .500" to "above .500", you get...

FLECK: 4 of 8 (50% of his seasons)

KILL/CLAEYS: 2 of 6 (33% of their seasons)

MASON: 2 of 10 (20%of his seasons)

Correct. Keep in mind I started with 1999 as the cutoff, which eliminates two Mason seasons.

 

[Some guy]

So who do you think are the other two losses?

I think the team is going 10-2!
But if they’re 8-4 with wins against Wisconsin and Iowa the other two losses in my opinion would be Cal on the road with a freshmen QB and Nebraska

But I don’t know.

Those games against Rutgers and Michigan state are 60-40 games
Would definitely pick gophers to win but definitely wouldn’t be shocked by a loss

 

[PMWinSTP]

I think the team is going 10-2!
But if they’re 8-4 with wins against Wisconsin and Iowa the other two losses in my opinion would be Cal on the road with a freshmen QB and Nebraska

But I don’t know.

Those games against Rutgers and Michigan state are 60-40 games
Would definitely pick gophers to win but definitely wouldn’t be shocked by a loss

Cal is my road trip game so selfishly want a win. Agree that 10-2 is achievable. Nebby concerns me only because of the Gophs current win streak against them.

 

[Some guy]

Cal is my road trip game so selfishly want a win. Agree that 10-2 is achievable. Nebby concerns me only because of the Gophs current win streak against them.

My road game is wrigley this year

Enjoy!

 

[PMWinSTP]

My road game is wrigley this year

Enjoy!

Might do that one as a day trip as well.

 

[mcrow47]

I think they have to win 8 games and have Floyd and the Axe. The Jug would be a bonus. Plus win a bowl game.

They only play two teams that are currently ranked going into the season. That's 10 games you should have a chance to win and probably will be favored in 8 of them.

 

[Gophers7NatTitlesBadgers0]

I think they have to win 8 games and have Floyd and the Axe. The Jug would be a bonus. Plus win a bowl game.

They only play two teams that are currently ranked going into the season. That's 10 games you should have a chance to win and probably will be favored in 8 of them.

Michigan isn't on the schedule this year.

 

[mcrow47]

Michigan isn't on the schedule this year.

Yeah just saw that. But 2 for 2 onTrophies would be good.

 

[GopherVotary]

Success would be possession of both the Pig and the Axe at season’s end. Hasn’t happened since 1990.

 

[Unregistered User]

...if I survive until the end of the season.