BleedGopher
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per Powers:
The Gophers are playing well. There's no question about that. They squared off against Penn State as equals Saturday, not as some ragtag outfit looking for an upset. The talent levels of the teams were very similar. But now there is a different element coming into play.
The team that supposedly never catches a break, the unluckiest program on the face of the earth, continues to benefit from happy circumstance here in 2013. One week after a stunning fumble by Indiana sealed a Minnesota victory in Bloomington, Ind., for example, the Gophers again came up roses when Penn State quarterback Christian Hackenberg dropped the snap 2 yards from the Minnesota end zone with 6:40 left.
They also were able to down a punt at the 1-yard line and another at the 2. Good job by the return team to get down there, but we all know that if this were any other season, those footballs would have found their way into the end zone for touchbacks.
"We're playing hard, and it is allowing some good things to happen," coach Jerry Kill said.
http://www.twincities.com/sports/ci_24491493/tom-powers-gophers-play-and-luck-have-taken
Go Gophers!!
The Gophers are playing well. There's no question about that. They squared off against Penn State as equals Saturday, not as some ragtag outfit looking for an upset. The talent levels of the teams were very similar. But now there is a different element coming into play.
The team that supposedly never catches a break, the unluckiest program on the face of the earth, continues to benefit from happy circumstance here in 2013. One week after a stunning fumble by Indiana sealed a Minnesota victory in Bloomington, Ind., for example, the Gophers again came up roses when Penn State quarterback Christian Hackenberg dropped the snap 2 yards from the Minnesota end zone with 6:40 left.
They also were able to down a punt at the 1-yard line and another at the 2. Good job by the return team to get down there, but we all know that if this were any other season, those footballs would have found their way into the end zone for touchbacks.
"We're playing hard, and it is allowing some good things to happen," coach Jerry Kill said.
http://www.twincities.com/sports/ci_24491493/tom-powers-gophers-play-and-luck-have-taken
Go Gophers!!
