Who is your Gophers MVP in the big win at Illinois?

[GopherHole Staff]

Who is your Gophers MVP in the big win at Illinois?

 

[Gopher_In_NYC]

Who is your Gophers MVP in the big win at Illinois?

D

 

[TwistingMyMelon]

D of course but Taylor's 189 total yards from scrimmage deserves special mention.

 

[Sparlimb]

DT's best game of the year. He did it both running and receiving. Kesich was a close second to me. Every field goal was needed and he did it.

 

[RogueGopher]

The Serbian Hammer was a perfect 4 for 4, huge 46 yard boot from the RIGHT HASH!
HES ALL THE WAY BACK!

 

[JZABR]

D. Fitting that they clinched the game with forced fumble. Tough to win on the road in the Big 10 especially against a ranked team that has had our number recently

 

[akgo4]

The D - Max and the D are the biggest reasons they are 6 and 3 right now.

 

[DelawareGopher]

This is tough. I’d split it between Dragon, the D, and Taylor/the offensive line today. Real team win.

 

[mngg11]

Kesich with a huge pressure FG that didn't matter in the end, but totally altered the urgency level for Illinois' offense on their last drive.

 

[GopherGold01]

Kesich with a huge pressure FG that didn't matter in the end, but totally altered the urgency level for Illinois' offense on their last drive.

Didn't matter in the end, but I felt a hell a lot better after it!

 

[Gilthorp57]

Kesich needed this, feel better about him being back to his old, reliable self.

 

[stocker08]

Defense. But you could make the case for anyone on that list. Not a dominating effort like last week.....but that was a well played game all around. Team is clicking.

 

[Vandy]

The Serbian Hammer was a perfect 4 for 4, huge 46 yard boot from the RIGHT HASH!
HES ALL THE WAY BACK!

I agree. Give it to Dagon OR the program as a whole. This was as complete a team win as you can hope for.

 

[MNVCGUY]

I gave it to DT because he carried the offense even though he clearly wasn't playing at 100% but there isn't a wrong answer on that list.

Fleck preaches complementary football.....this game was the definition of that. All 3 phases came up big today.

Offense protected the ball and put points on the board
Defense forced turnovers and made things tough on Illinois all game
Special Teams made all the kicks and avoided any disasters in the return game.

 

[WAGopher]

Tough vote this week. I went with DT because without some of his rushing or passing plays, I don’t think we win.

 

[STPGopher]

The Team, The Team, The Team...
Add Jah Joyner as the Closer!

 

[JZABR]

Kesich needed this, feel better about him being back to his old, reliable self.

Kesich needed this, feel better about him being back to his old, reliable self.

Completely agree. Each kick he made, i was SLIGHTLY less nervous

 

[mngolf]

This is tough. I’d split it between Dragon, the D, and Taylor/the offensive line today. Real team win.

It is tough. Could give it to alot of people. But can't remove Max from any of this and expect same results.

 

[mkAz]

DT was the best player on the field today

 

[everybody knows my name]

On offense, Darius Taylor
On defense, Danny Striggow

But a lot of players excelled today.

 

[Tech Machine]

I voted for Kesich, had to be a confidence builder for him after a sketchy season.

 

[Slim Tubby]

I'd go with Dragan but Kerry Brown should also be a stand-alone option IMO.

 

[Dakota2]

I agree. Give it to Dagon OR the program as a whole. This was as complete a team win as you can hope for.

It's not an award for offense, defense, or special teams. What individual player made the biggest impact on the win?

Today it was without question DT.

 

[gopherbadgerman]

I voted kicker. He was big time today

 

[everybody knows my name]

It's not an award for offense, defense, or special teams. What individual player made the biggest impact on the win?

Today it was without question DT.

Well, it's a sports board. So there's going to be discussion.

 

[GopherGold01]

On offense, Darius Taylor
On defense, Danny Striggow

But a lot of players excelled today.

On special teams, Dragan Kesich

Big D energy today

 

[everybody knows my name]

Big D energy today

That's kind of personal, but thanks for noticing.

 

[Vandy]

It's not an award for offense, defense, or special teams. What individual player made the biggest impact on the win?

Today it was without question DT.

Well, I see this one as more of a victory of the whole…. Really solid play by all. Player of the game? The whole program.

 

[TwistingMyMelon]

It is tough. Could give it to alot of people. But can't remove Max from any of this and expect same results.

So true. You know that things are going well when you have a plethora of MVP candidates.

 

[Go4]

i'm going dragan, dude was clutch