To Gophers everywhere:
You will have the most improved team in the Big 10 this year, book it. Your coaching staff has a process and it works. They've been together forever and know how to create a winner. They will always get criticized for poor recruiting classes by the pundits and yet always bring in good players. They may be the anti-Brewster in that way. Eric Klein is a special strength coach and you'll see tremendous strength gains across the entire roster this season now that he's been with them for over a year. Gray should run for 1,500 + yards this season. The team will be better across the board and actually look like a Big 10 team.
I say these things and I was as critical of them as anyone when they were at NIU. They definitely had their wacky moments with unusual personnel decisions and game management but they got better. I expect them to quickly get your program to the 7 to 8 win level and occasionally better.
You will have the most improved team in the Big 10 this year, book it. Your coaching staff has a process and it works. They've been together forever and know how to create a winner. They will always get criticized for poor recruiting classes by the pundits and yet always bring in good players. They may be the anti-Brewster in that way. Eric Klein is a special strength coach and you'll see tremendous strength gains across the entire roster this season now that he's been with them for over a year. Gray should run for 1,500 + yards this season. The team will be better across the board and actually look like a Big 10 team.
I say these things and I was as critical of them as anyone when they were at NIU. They definitely had their wacky moments with unusual personnel decisions and game management but they got better. I expect them to quickly get your program to the 7 to 8 win level and occasionally better.