Gopher Football 2014

[Big Dave2]

It means your wrong.

Wrong about what? You really think the Gophers are going to the Rose Bowl this year?

[Hester]

Of course not.

[CaptainMusky]

Back on the grid. Beautiful weekend of fishing in crane lake area and I missed this game. Sounds like they played well. Regardless of how bad Michigan is this year you still have to win in their house with 100000 plus fans. Tough place to play even considering the choke jobs the gophers have had over the last 20 years. Good win but bigger yet an important one. A signature win? Not really considering that Michigan is bad but one that should help them build confidence.

[CodyDawg]

a very nice win for the Gophs. I like how this team is progressing. Despite what some Negative Nellies here say, this program is trending up. There may be some stumbles along the way, but the trend is up.

[SkunkedAgain]

No need to downplay the victory, but also no need to hype it. It was a road-win against against a traditional Big Ten powerhouse. We could have gone in and lost. RRR, Limit, and others would have said 'same old Gophers.' That didn't happen. What did happen is the Gophers won. I'm proud of them and looking forward to more wins. They have a pretty good defense even with all of the injuries along the Dline and a very good running game. We'll see what the coaches can do with a non-existent WR corps and marginal QBs. Obviously those are top recruiting priorities.

[Huskie]

The 3 "glass empty guys" on this thread are only happy when the Gophers lose,they probably have not slept since the Gophers grabbed the Jug!!! Any Big Ten win is a good one!!! And I see TCU is ranked 25th in the country now and moving up!!

[corncob]

Gotta agree!

[RumRiverRat]

A meaningless win against a garbage team.

Nothing to be proud about.

[JBMasterAngler]

BLAH BLAH BLAH! This is far from a meaningless win! The brown jug is the oldest trophy in all of college football! Winning it (no matter how bad Michigan may be) is a huge deal!

[Big Dave2]

Even I wouldn't go so far as to say the win was "meaningless". It would be a lot more impressive if Michigan didn't seem to be so terrible this year but I agree that a win is a win, especially against an historical powerhouse.

[swampman]

Geez Dave that's the nicest thing you've ever said on a gophers thread...got a lump in my throat LOL

[Hester]

Big Dave is starting to get soft.

[Huskie]

Need to get his address and send him a Jerrrysota T shirt!!!!

[SkunkedAgain]

Still a long way to go. We've got winnable games against Northwestern, Purdue, and Illinois before the tough stretch starts. Without parsing through the finer points, if we win those three and are 4-0 in the Big Ten and then drop the final four against Iowa, Ohio State, Nebraska, and Wisconsin we're still at a respectable 7-4. My guess is that we'll lose one of three winnable games and win one of the four tough games.

[YiGGiN4SLoBS]

Big Dave is starting to get soft.

I always!

[YiGGiN4SLoBS]

I don't care how bad Michigan is, thats a HUGE win. AND Leidner actually looked half way competent!!! IF they can beat Northwestern with 2 weeks to prepare they could build some real momentum with some junk teams coming on the schedule and finish in the upper tier of the big ten. Things are looking surprisingly positive for once, at the moment!

[certified jumbo]

TCU beat number 4 Oklahoma today. That loss isn't looking so bad after all.

[LMITOUT]

Rutgers beat Michigan today. That win isn't looking so good after all.

[zepman]

Gophs make the top 20/25 by attrition....I'm ok with that.

Not great but it is was what it is...

[LMITOUT]

Can't get any more homer than that.

Good grief.

[JBMasterAngler]

Gophers are ranked 40th right now...North Dakota State is 39th

Northwestern is looking good now, 2 big wins in a row over Penn State and Wisconsin. I honestly hope Northwestern is favored in this game, might give the gophers a little more incentive to play their best.

[JBMasterAngler]

Gophers are 4 point favorites Not good.

[TR21HP]

Really nice win for the Gophers. Kill is getting better athletes out there and the coaches are doing a good job in placing them in the right positions to make plays, especially on defense.

[harvey lee]

Glad to see the Gophers in a winning way. Maybe the opposition has not been the toughest in the Big ten but we did win those games and we typically don't, at least in the past years.

Nice to see them at a minimum competitive.

Who knows what will happen when they hit the tough games for for now, at least they are winning.

RRR would not be happy even if they won the Big Ten and the Rose Bowl, he would say they got lucky or some lame excuse.

[mrklean]

Was at the game today couldn't ask for a better day the weather was awesome and got to see a good game, some of the calls were horrid but it was good to see them win

[CaptainMusky]

That roughing the passer call was terrible.

[JBMasterAngler]

I don't know if Leidner had therapy, was hypnotized, or had an exorcism performed, but whatever it was, it has worked! He's playing good, leading the offense! How refreshing it is to see the gophers make big plays on a weekly basis on both sides of the ball (and special teams)!

Can't sleep on Purdue though. That's going to be a tough game. Glad it's at home. Illinois won't be a gimme either. We get through those games, let's face it, Iowa, Wisconsin, and Ohio State are not juggernauts! Things are looking very good for the gophers to play on new years day!

[Big Dave2]

At the very least it is nice for once to see the Gophers take advantage of an almost historically terrible Big 10.

[CaptainMusky]

Its possible the gophers bring home the jug, the axe and Floyd all in the same year. I'm not predicting it but its a decent chance all these teams are terrible. The gophers have a good defense which should keep them in most games.

[RumRiverRat]

The Gophers are just the best of a mediocre to terrible group of teams.

Do not print your Rose Bowl tickets yet.