What grade would you give the Gophers coaches and players in the win over Nebraska?

[GopherHole Staff]

What grade would you give the Gophers coaches and players in the win over Nebraska?

 

[kix4kix]

Not many teams we lose to in the country playing and coaching like we did tonight

 

[Gophergrandpa]

First “A” this year. Great game. Complete game. Running game back alive. Defense was outstanding. The 98 yard drive to snuff out Nebraska was a thing of beauty.

 

[MNVCGUY]

If that game isn’t an A then your grading scale is ridiculous.

 

[upnorthkid]

A-/B+
First half was not pretty but that second half was an A+

 

[GopherHole Staff]

Huge credit to the staff at halftime, especially offensively. Clear adjustments made, Nebraska couldn't stop us offensively in the 2nd half.

 

[GopherVotary]

Hard to understand why we are handing the ball off, when we demonstrated last week that we have no running game. And a 3-man rush? And not going for it on 4th and inches? Another lucky win.

 

[Harrymannback77]

Who voted the C, sweet Jesus. Tell us you have banana fingers and meant to hit the A.

 

[Torres9]

A. I’ve cast a few Fs and Ds in here. So gotta give credit when it’s due. O Line and defense looked reincarnated.

 

[ergopher]

A. This is the team we can be. Everything came together. Now that we’ve done it once, let’s do it again and wipe the smiles off some hawkeye faces!

 

[#2Gopher]

Hard to understand why we are handing the ball off, when we demonstrated last week that we have no running game. And a 3-man rush? And not going for it on 4th and inches? Another lucky win.

Lucky?????

 

[MNVCGUY]

Who voted the C, sweet Jesus. Tell us you have banana fingers and meant to hit the A.

Trolls gonna troll. No way they will comment and try to justify a grade that dumb.

 

[Panthadad2]

Nebraska's strength was passing D and its weakness was running D. So what do the Gopher coaches do? They go to an old school tough lead blocking running game and attack the weakness, and patiently stick with quick short play action passes against a good passing D. It worked like a charm on offense.

On defense...I don't even know what to say. Granted Raiola and the Nebby O Line are overrated, but the defense totally ate them up. It was brutal. The D was about as prepared as prepared can be. Kudos to the coaching staff and players.

 

[everybody knows my name]

An A for the defense and a C for the offense averages to a B.

 

[mkAz]

A, best overall game of the season.

 

[MNVCGUY]

An A for the defense and a C for the offense averages to a B.

C for first half offense maybe. Second half offense is an easy A. So that would be a B based on your formula which would bump up final grade as well.

 

[Raindog4]

A. Fun to watch.

 

[WindyCityGopher]

Who voted the C, sweet Jesus. Tell us you have banana fingers and meant to hit the A.

It was Reusse’s 80th birthday present to himself.

 

[GoGophersUMN]

Easy A. Still don't like the occasional 3-man rush, giving up on drives, and missed tackles but overall that was a dominant win. If they played the full season at that level they'd be 10-2 and probably be in the playoff.

 

[Ewert86PC]

A. We managed to control the line of scrimmage, more often than not, and that gave us the psychological edge we needed to flip that into a dominating performance and emotionally defeat the Nebraska offense.

 

[everybody knows my name]

C for first half offense maybe. Second half offense is an easy A. So that would be a B based on your formula which would bump up final grade as well.

I know you're being funny, and I am smiling.

But imagine a defense sacking the opposing QB nine times and absolutely dominating the opponent, and with that advantage, the offense only manages 24 points.

Oh yeah, you don't have to imagine it.

 

[Hotrod56425]

A. Maybe it took the 1st half of the season for the lads to learn how to play together, and it all came together tonight. Now, prove it wasn’t a fluke. I want some pork.

 

[Gopher_In_NYC]

Hard to understand why we are handing the ball off, when we demonstrated last week that we have no running game. And a 3-man rush? And not going for it on 4th and inches? Another lucky win.

The sad part, is I think you might be semi-serious sunshine

 

[Dave H]

Hard to understand why we are handing the ball off, when we demonstrated last week that we have no running game. And a 3-man rush? And not going for it on 4th and inches? Another lucky win.

 

[Gopher_In_NYC]

C for first half offense maybe. Second half offense is an easy A. So that would be a B based on your formula which would bump up final grade as well.

He’s apparently smarter than the average Gopher

 

[BilldGopher]

A, which is particularly nice as we were surrounded by Nebbie fans who ended up having a pretty quiet night. It was fun.

 

[Sparlimb]

Hard to understand why we are handing the ball off, when we demonstrated last week that we have no running game. And a 3-man rush? And not going for it on 4th and inches? Another lucky win.

I don't like PJ's proclivity to punt on 4th and short at midfield. That said, it wasn't a lucky win, it was a dominate win. The defense balled all game, didn't give up a touchdown and held Nebraska to a season low in running.

 

[El Amin Fan]

Coaches, players, us GopherHoler's all deserve an A+ tonight.

 

[Swaggerson]

Hard to understand why we are handing the ball off, when we demonstrated last week that we have no running game. And a 3-man rush? And not going for it on 4th and inches? Another lucky win.

This was a dominate win…not luck.

 

[gopherdudepart2]

Some Iowa or Wisconsin dink voted C.