Last night's Gopher preview on the B10 network was very interesting. Generally positive. One thing Gerry DiNardo said which got me thinking was “Jerry Kill will win every matchup game”. He defined a matchup as a team that has the same talent level or a little more or a little less as the Gophers. If this is true, who are our matchup games? Here is my list
4 non conference games - All wins, we have more talent
Iowa – Win, they have no running backs and the Gopher D is built to defend against passing teams
Northwestern – win, About the same level of talent but again no running game and average D
Wisconsin – Loss, more talent. Only hope is if the all the new coaches really screw things up and/or rent-a-QB is bad
Purdue – Win. About the same level of talent
Michigan – Loss, better talent
Illinois – Tossup, slightly better talent but have not realized it last few years. New coaching staff.
Nebraska and Michigan State – Both losses, more talent.
Is DiNardo right? And if he is, who do we match up against?
4 non conference games - All wins, we have more talent
Iowa – Win, they have no running backs and the Gopher D is built to defend against passing teams
Northwestern – win, About the same level of talent but again no running game and average D
Wisconsin – Loss, more talent. Only hope is if the all the new coaches really screw things up and/or rent-a-QB is bad
Purdue – Win. About the same level of talent
Michigan – Loss, better talent
Illinois – Tossup, slightly better talent but have not realized it last few years. New coaching staff.
Nebraska and Michigan State – Both losses, more talent.
Is DiNardo right? And if he is, who do we match up against?