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Message: [QUOTE="IndyGopher, post: 4474392, member: 8838"] Gophers fan coming in peace. As I said in the "Minnesota fans" thread, I'll post this here and then go away unless anyone has questions. Congrats on your season, and I look forward to what I think will be a good game. Here's a few very random tidbits about my favorite team if anyone is interested. [LIST=1] [*]For the 3rd time in 4 years, Minnesota missed out on winning the B1G West by one horrible loss that many fans think should've been a win -- this year against PU on homecoming. Miserable game played without our #1 WR and #1 RB. K missed a 27 yard FG and a WR with the dropsies let one bounce off his chest in the endzone when the game was tied, and it was then picked by PU. They scored a late TD after a breakaway run to make it 10. [*]For the second year in a row, MN has a top 10 defense in the country by most metrics. The secondary is really good and includes a sure fire NFL safety and a CB who was freshman All-American last year. Not much of a pass rush, but it came on a bit at the end of the year. Didn't play many dynamic offenses this year, but I do believe they're really good. Only two teams scored more than 20 on them this year. [*]Offense was super inconsistent and mostly unimpressive. As somebody already mentioned, for most of the year MN ran it more than anyone except the service academies. Lots of reasons for that, but #1 is MN has one of the top 5 backs in the country in Mo Ibrahim and #2 is PJ Fleck loves to play what we call "Tressel ball": totally risk averse, take no chances on O or STs, possess the ball as long as possible, keep doing something if it's working. Our 6th year QB suffered 2 concussions and was replaced midway through the season by a RSFrosh who's much more physically gifted, but obviously way less experienced. He had great showings against Nebraska and Wisconsin...and especially in that last game the offense opened up a TON. It'll be interesting to see what approach they use against Syracuse. [*]I promise Gophers fans aren't delusional, lol. We know we're not OSU, but Fleck has the program in a good place and expectations have been raised to the point that 8-4 was VERY disappointing both this year and last year. I agree the resume wasn't super impressive this year when you look behind the curtain, but I still believe MN is a really good team. Fleck is 3-0 in bowl games at MN, including a pretty impressive win against Auburn in 2019 a few weeks after they beat Alabama, so I do expect him to do everything he can to win this game -- including trying to convince players to participate who might othewise opt out. [/LIST] I look forward to learning more about Syracuse and watching our teams play one more time this season. CFB always goes by WAY too fast for me! [/QUOTE]

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