What grade would you give the Gophers coaches in the big win over Illinois?

[GopherHole Staff]

What grade would you give the Gophers coaches in the big win over Illinois?

 

[BTChamp]

1st win against the fat blueberry gives an A

 

[btowngopher]

Felt like we missed executing a handful of plays that would’ve made for a comfortable win. Coaches called a good game.

 

[topos]

I was pulling my hair out as we continued to rush 3 as Altmyer picked us apart. Great win. I also loved the fake punt attempt.

B+

 

[Gopher_In_NYC]

Not perfect, but how could not beating Bret, in his house, and slaying the Big Blueberry for the first time, be anything but an Easy A?

 

[Sparlimb]

We were solid on all sides of the ball. More penalties then I like, but that's just quibbling. Big Ten road wins are never easy. We played very well.

 

[BilldGopher]

Quality win.

 

[mngg11]

I'd still be defending the fake punt call if we lost. It's a B for me because of the stupid penalties, that was one of the more poorly disciplined games I've seen under Fleck. I was pretty happy with the playcalling and apparent game prep, can you realistically give anything less than a B for a road win against a ranked conference opponent with a coach who's had your number???

 

[GoGophersUMN]

I went with A but on the edge of B+/A-. I didn't like the fake punt given the situation or the defense playing so soft on the last drive but we got the W and we could have won a lot more with better execution on some missed tackles and bad throws.

 

[Gilthorp57]

A, the hex has been expunged.

 

[McGopherFan]

I was pulling my hair out as we continued to rush 3 as Altmyer picked us apart. Great win. I also loved the fake punt attempt.

B+

Rounding up ro an A or down to B?

 

[Vandy]

Road win against Burt and a ranked team? The entire program gets an "A".

 

[Ski-UT-Mah]

PJ not misusing his timeouts is huge for me personally.

The end of the first half he should have used them but I’ll take what I can get

 

[WAGopher]

Went with an A. The play I really disliked was going for it on our last touchdown. Really no reason for it and it gave Illinois life at the end when we could have been up 9.

I liked the fake punt call and if Crawford had any speed at all, it was an easy first down.

 

[Tech Machine]

I'd still be defending the fake punt call if we lost. It's a B for me because of the stupid penalties, that was one of the more poorly disciplined games I've seen under Fleck. I was pretty happy with the playcalling and apparent game prep, can you realistically give anything less than a B for a road win against a ranked conference opponent with a coach who's had your number???

If Crawford had hesitated just another moment he would have made it easily. The defender really hustled his ass of to get him by a shoelace.

 

[Gopher_In_NYC]

Went with an A. The play I really disliked was going for it on our last touchdown. Really no reason for it and it gave Illinois life at the end when we could have been up 9.

I liked the fake punt call and if Crawford had any speed at all, it was an easy first down.

Although, it’s nice to know that there’s at least one 31 year old on the planet, slower than my 58 year old self

 

[Scott R Fisher]

I'm loving the way the passing game has evolved. No longer one dimensional bully ball. Darius Taylor is probably loving not running the ball 30 X and getting beaten up every week. I was just thinking with a few breaks we could easily be 8-1. Oh well, I give the coaches a well deserved "A" with a gold star to boot.

 

[watertown 1987 guy n]

On the road, quality opponent, continues huge moment, exercise many demons from past A+

 

[btowngopher]

Went with an A. The play I really disliked was going for it on our last touchdown. Really no reason for it and it gave Illinois life at the end when we could have been up 9.

I liked the fake punt call and if Crawford had any speed at all, it was an easy first down.

You mean when we went for two after scoring a td to go up by 5? Isn’t it standard there to go for two to try to make it a 7 point lead? There was only five minutes left in the game.

 

[Dave H]

You mean when we went for two after scoring a td to go up by 5? Isn’t it standard there to go for two to try to make it a 7 point lead? There was only five minutes left in the game.

Yes you make it 7. There is no point in making it 6 a TD still beats you with an extra point.

 

[tikited]

You mean when we went for two after scoring a td to go up by 5? Isn’t it standard there to go for two to try to make it a 7 point lead? There was only five minutes left in the game.

Yep. No idea what WA is talking about.

 

[Gopherchase]

I'd still be defending the fake punt call if we lost. It's a B for me because of the stupid penalties, that was one of the more poorly disciplined games I've seen under Fleck. I was pretty happy with the playcalling and apparent game prep, can you realistically give anything less than a B for a road win against a ranked conference opponent with a coach who's had your number???

Gotta be an a. I thought the drive before the end of the first half was ridiculous, but other than that the fellas were ready to play in the game plan was solid.

 

[Gopher Ally]

A for beating a tough coach and team in their house. Illini needed a win after the Oregon beat down

 

[Go4]

a, great win