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

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

  • A

    Votes: 59 63.4%

  • B

    Votes: 33 35.5%

  • C

    Votes: 1 1.1%
  • Total voters
    93
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What grade would you give the Gophers coaches in the big win over Illinois?
 








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???
 

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.
 




topos said:
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+
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Rounding up ro an A or down to B?
 





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.
 

mngg11 said:
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???
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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.
 

WAGopher said:
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.
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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😃
 

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.
 


WAGopher said:
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.
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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.
 

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

btowngopher said:
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.
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Yep. No idea what WA is talking about.
 

mngg11 said:
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???
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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.
 

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