Yes hindsight is 20/20 so you dont have to say that. But I think we had one really bad call earlier this year and it cost us the New Mexico State game. Toward the end of the game--whether it either would have tied the game or made it very close--trying to remember--it looked as if Gray was over the line for a TD but they reviewed and said he was like two feet short. On the next play they gave it to Edwards from a few yards back and he got stuffed. Had Gray been given the QB sneak i bet we would have won the game and had one more victory. I bet Limegrover would like to have that play call over again. I truly think we would have prevailed had we scored there. That was my least favorite play call of the year.
The one play i would like to take back and give us another victory
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Here's another: the Marcus Williams fumble return for a touchdown at the end of the half vs. NDSU. Our defense only gave up 3 points in the 2nd half, and I bet we win that game if the ball bounced differently.
Football is a funny game. We could easily be 5-3 right now with 1-2 different plays in those games plus USC. We could also be 0-8 with a few different plays in the Miami and Iowa games.
Football is a funny game. We could easily be 5-3 right now with 1-2 different plays in those games plus USC. We could also be 0-8 with a few different plays in the Miami and Iowa games.
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There's been a couple of times this season that Limegrover has called a dive play near the goal line that was completely blown up. He did it on 2nd and goal from the one on our winning drive on Saturday. Don't know what he's thinking there, but I do know he knows more about football than I do.
No reason a BCS team with a powerful runningback like Edwards was supposed to be shouldn't score from the 1 on a team like NMSU.
A play is made/missed we have a different season. We're not special in that way, it's football that's why its fun.
We missed a field goal against USC that would've epically upset USC on Shortell's scoring drive to Green, run the clock out after that.
Too many to count in the NMSU game including Gray's run to the 1 inch line before the play you mention.
Miami's WR catches the ball at the end we lose.
iowa doesn't crap their pants at the sight of our squad we lose I guess
A play is made/missed we have a different season. We're not special in that way, it's football that's why its fun.
We missed a field goal against USC that would've epically upset USC on Shortell's scoring drive to Green, run the clock out after that.
Too many to count in the NMSU game including Gray's run to the 1 inch line before the play you mention.
Miami's WR catches the ball at the end we lose.
iowa doesn't crap their pants at the sight of our squad we lose I guess
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MV did a nice breakdown of the Gophers blocking against Purdue and Nebraska (http://www.fringebowlteamblog.com/?q=blog/gopher-xs-and-os-ol-blocking). After reading it, its hard not to wonder if maybe they execute this stuff well enough in practice but not all the times in games. In other words, the coaches have confidence they can execute the call and sometimes they just fail for one reason or another (e.g. player mistakes or simply beastly D). Because some of what MV highlights is pretty encouraging.