Official Minnesota Golden Gophers Thread

disaacs · Joined: 13 Dec 2005 Posts: 20094 Location: Brownbackistan

I'm going to be in and out of here over the next couple of weeks, due to a wedding and honeymoon, so I'm putting this up now...

Game 1

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When: 10:00 PM CT August 30th
Where: Sam Boyd Stadium (Las Vegas, NV)
TV/Radio: CBS Sports Network (TV), KFAN 100.3 (Radio)

Analysis: TBD
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Vikefan79 · Joined: 05 Apr 2005 Posts: 25462 Location: Atlanta

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minnesota_Golden_Gophers_football

Hard to believe with all the losing the Gophers have done over the years we still have a very respectable win/loss record.
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Vikefan79 · Joined: 05 Apr 2005 Posts: 25462 Location: Atlanta

Game was so much closer than it should have been but it's nice to come away with the first win of the season.

I love the new uniforms
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disaacs · Joined: 13 Dec 2005 Posts: 20094 Location: Brownbackistan

Vikefan79 · Joined: 05 Apr 2005 Posts: 25462 Location: Atlanta

Supersuavesky · Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2012 3:53 am Post subject:

The faster you bench Gray the better you'll be.
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Vikefan79 · Joined: 05 Apr 2005 Posts: 25462 Location: Atlanta

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disaacs · Joined: 13 Dec 2005 Posts: 20094 Location: Brownbackistan

disaacs · Joined: 13 Dec 2005 Posts: 20094 Location: Brownbackistan

Game 2 GOPHERS (1-0) vs. UNH Wildcats (1-0)

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When: 11:00 AM CT September 8th
Where: TCF Bank Stadium (Minneapolis, MN)
TV/Radio: Big Ten Network (TV), KFAN 100.3 (Radio)

Analysis: Gophers' Home Opener. The key, as it will be every week, will be Marqueis Gray. He needs to play significantly better than he did last week, otherwise the Wildcats could certainly surprise...I mean, it's not like the Gophers haven't lost to a FCS school before. In fact, they've lost 2 consecutive games to FCS schools (South Dakota in 2010 and NDSU in 2011). The Gophers are 93-28-7 all-time in home openers. Gray is #28 all-time in rushing yards for the Gophers, after totaling 68 yds last week and is #2 all-time amongst Gophers' QBs (about 700 yds behind Rickey Foggie...who was the first Gophers' QB I recall watching). KR Troy Stoudermire is only 415 yds shy of holding the NCAA record for return yds.
New Hampshire comes from the FCS Colonial Athletic Association conference. They are 1-0 after recording a 38-17 win over Holy Cross last week. They are starting a redshirt freshman, Sean Goldrich, at QB, who threw for 193 yds and 2 TDs, as well as ran for 71 yds. The Wildcats have currently the longest streak of playoff appearances by any FCS school with 8 and have been ranked in the top-25 continuously since September of '04.
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disaacs · Joined: 13 Dec 2005 Posts: 20094 Location: Brownbackistan

They played much better today. While they still have tremendous room for improvement, I did like how they actually did what they were supposed to do in beating up a team with inferior talent. While Marqueis still needs to work on his passing (although he did pass for 75%), I think the bigger need is to work on their running, because they were very inconsistent. Defensively, they did rather well.

And on another note, I am looking forward to seeing Shortell start next year. I was tremendously impressed with his passing skill.
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Vikefan79 · Joined: 05 Apr 2005 Posts: 25462 Location: Atlanta

That was a good confidence builder for this team.
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MSURacerDT55 · Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2012 11:06 am Post subject:

Is the Real U back? good start fellas
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disaacs · Joined: 13 Dec 2005 Posts: 20094 Location: Brownbackistan