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What grade would you give the 2023 Gophers football season?
Agree with pretty much everything you said with the exception of the bit about needing a controversial to some penalty to win the Iowa game. The only reason there is a controversy is because there are people that either don't understand or refuse to accept the rule.I am a big Gopher booster, but I went with D. Reasons: Inexcusable, coaching-failure giveaway to NW. Perplexing player+coaching failures in Illinois's final drive. Iowa win--Yay--but we needed a penalty (controversial for some) to win it when just a smidgen of offensive competence could have sealed it without controversy. Don't mind losing to Ohio State, but this wasn't the best OSU team yet we looked like we didn't belong on the field with them. Couldn't find a way to stop a certain single receiver on UNC from catching about 15 balls wide open. Got steamrolled by a not very good Purdue team--almost looked like we quit. Didn't look competitive against an OK but not great Badger squad. Somehow this collection bad games moves me south of a "C" which I equate with an average season. This season had too many games that simply were well below average for PJ's Gophers.
I expect next year to produce better game day play. Our record might not change much, as the New B1G will be very tough. But how we feel after each game--were the Gophers competitive, did they play up to their ability?--likely will change for the positive, if only because we could have an offense with a functional passing game to match our very good running game. A functional passing game, one the coaches could trust at key junctures in the game, could have won us at least two and maybe more games in 2023. The gap between a 5-7 record and an 8-4 record in 2023 wasn't very big; it can be bridged. Many parts of the Gopher team are up to snuff and will be there in 2024. The running game will be there. The defense could be pretty decent. Our record, and our feelings about the 2024 season, are likely to turn on whether we have a competent, passing game ... something the coaches can turn to rather than shun at key junctures in the game.
More than likely a troll. We seem to have a lot of them at times. Apparently they find happiness on our board as opposed to daily activities in life.D. I don’t get how beating Iowa brings it to a C. If they lost to Iowa I’d say it was an F.
Who the hell voted A?
5-7 in year seven is not a C IMO. 6-6 would be.
How does special teams get a b+Special Teams-- B+
Offense-D
Defense-C-
Overall-C-
Thank God they won the Bowl game
C- for me as well. Would have been a D without the bowl win.I went C. (Definite C-)
Why,
We beat Nebraska to start the year. We FINALLY beat iowa. We won the bowl game.
Northwestern and Illinois collapses were straight F's.
Everything else was a D- .