Minnesota @ Wisconsin - official game thread
by GopherNation on Nov 15, 2008 2:30 PM CST
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HALFTIME UPDATE:
Minnesota - 21
Wisconsin - 7
First of all the first half game ball has to go to the offensive line. They are giving Weber all kinds of time and he's been able to find his freshmen receivers to make some big plays. Watch for the Badgers to start blitzing to get through to Weber, we'll see how ready we are for that.
Defensively we have stopped the run and gotten great pressure on Sherer (who is terrible btw). When this game began with a Gopher fumble at the 10 things had a chance to get way out of hand in a hurry. But these guys are playing with some toughness and confidence that we haven't seen in several weeks.
Plenty of mistakes on both sides but plenty of big plays as well to make this an entertaining game. Second half should be a lot of fun as The Axe is on the line.
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The band is on the field, we are less than 20 min from kickoff. Here are some keys or questions to be answered today if the Gophers are to win.
1. Win special teams. Troy Stoudermire told me last week that he would house a kick off today. Getting a special team's TD, great coverage and no missed kicks (easy ones at least) will be vital if we are going to win in Madison for the first time since 1994.
2. How disciplined will our linebackers be. The weakside guy has to stay at home and not get beat on the cutback. Then the guys in the middle have to stuff anything between the tackles.
3. Three and Outs. We cannot have them on offense and we need to force several of them on defense.
4. Third and longs! Get them in third and long, make them pass, then let the secondary make a huge play.
We'll see how it plays out.
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can't have that happen
good hand off, just dropped by DE. That is bad news
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Come on Eskridge
The Exact reason he is a garbage Running back. Gotta Make sure you have the ball before you run you meat head.
Welcome back to the mid-90s
The sequel is always worse than the original.
ya
with that kind of start, this coudl get ugly in a hurry
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by GopherNation on Nov 15, 2008 2:45 PM CST up reply actions
well
defense was pretty good on that play. strung out sherer, But Sherels lost his man in the back.
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We are
going all out to stop the run. I’m afraid of play action
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Yup
I was there. It was a bit of an interesting night.
Since when
did Minneapolis become a bastion of college football?
They are making these guys sound like hall of famers. Last time I check neither the Badgers nor the Gophers were having a great season.
And we are also aware that it gets cold up here in the winter.
ABC does that all the time
You could Have Wofford vs Youngstown State on ABC and they would talk them up like they are are Hall of Famers…
Did the sconnie
just try to catch that punt?
odd.
Non-fatal, non-career threatening injuries
Are fine to wish on people. I am wishing many such injuries on anyone affiliated with ABC.
although
the discussion here is that big backs dont’ usually beat us. It is the quicker guys like Brown who will be playing now that should scare us.
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two batted passes
on third down. We need a GD first down
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Everyone here groaned on that play
MN guys cause he was so open
Wis guys cause QB missed him so badly
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YES
freaking offense, needs to get going. How about a first down
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PJ Hill is officially
listed at questionable for the rest of the games
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Eskridge get benched?
SS is getting the carries now
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the OL
is giving Weber time so far today. At least more than usual
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Thank you mister referee
for pointing out that the timeouts are due to the flailings players laying on the field.
3rd and one
And we don’t just punch it up the middle?
i still can't believe
one of our players got hit so hard that the logo on his helmet actually got knocked off. embarassing.
hockey lost to Mich Tech?
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by GopherNation on Nov 15, 2008 3:24 PM CST up reply actions
now is when Decker would be really nice to have
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we have a ball game folks
the offense isn’t pretty, but the D is playing well. 7-7 we are in this thing damn it
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good field position
hopefully we have some confidence now and can drive the bal
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Just got in. Looks like I didn't miss much
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haha
nice there is only one team worse than us, and we are playing them.
OFFENSIVE LINE
look what happens when Weber gets some time!!!!
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CORRECTION
SECOND all time in tackles for loss
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by GopherNation on Nov 15, 2008 3:42 PM CST up reply actions
DId anyone see Brewster pregame?
Last year against Wisconsin he talked about crawling off the field “And on our back will be an axe!” Anything fun this time?
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he said something about
breaking the TDG curse
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by GopherNation on Nov 15, 2008 3:41 PM CST up reply actions
Let's not get ahead of ourselves. There's 8:17 left in the 2nd.
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yeah it looks ugly down there, 21-0 already.
by plinytheelder on Nov 15, 2008 3:51 PM CST up reply actions
Bielema looks like a bum with his faded gray sweatshirt.
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are we playing a LOT more zone
than previous games? Seems like we aer always in zone and their guys are wide open
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wow
our JUCO transfers have been so tremendous this year!!! (sorry, i can’t use jug after last week)
That had to be deflating for those wearing red.
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I thought the special forces were playing well.
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lol
that has to be the best Brewster neologism of all
by plinytheelder on Nov 15, 2008 3:58 PM CST up reply actions
Hey Daily Gopher, just wanted to say hello from the press box at Sun Devil Stadium. The experience from the box is completely different, don’t you agree? The free food doesn’t hurt though! I see you are up 21-7 with 2:05 left in the 2nd. How seriously hurt is the Wisconsin player?
Thanks for stopping by, CW. My partner in crime is in the Madison press box.
Quite the lucky bastard.
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Odd that he didn't think it was a penalty
until the guy was hurt. It was much less violent than the de-logoing hit.
i just rewound it and watched it again
clearly a shoulder and not a helmet…i HATE it when announcers call players out like that when it is just plain wrong
On the second replay I thought it did look like the side of the helmets collided.
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How was that violent?
This is disgusting.
How dare they.
It looked like he tried to avoid hitting him with his helmet.
It wasn’t a dirty hit, that’s for sure.
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it wasn't a DANGEROUS hit
it’s football…and the pace is fast, you can go in with your shoulder but the player you are hitting turns or ducks and it the helmet may come in contact…it certainly wasn’t intentional, and I still think it was mostly shoulder…the side of the helmet wouldn’t have hurt him as much…the shoulder is much more forceful
Looks like Brewster learned from the Northwestern game.
Playing it safe.
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wow
i don’t get that at all…at least try something…maybe still gun shy from the NW game…but this was with the ball near midfield. i don’t like it…at least try to set up for a long FG
maybe
but just get to half time. You are up, don’t risk a NU type play
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by GopherNation on Nov 15, 2008 4:22 PM CST up reply actions
i just feel
like they were having success moving the ball in 7-10 yard chunks…wisconsin was completely deflated, i thought we could have done something. different situation than the NU game in my opinion
there is risk with any play, but no risk no reward
i don’t think it would have been overly risky…we’ll see how they come out. i just don’t want brewster to pull a mason. and that seemed mason-like
Does anyone know what Wisconsin and Minnesota played for before the axe?
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It looks like the item was stolen by Bucky.
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Based on the story, we should own the slab of bacon!
Why isn’t it in Minnesota!?!?
I’m outraged.
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Tossing a ball towards the back of the end zone
will not result in a pick-6, even if it is thrown by a Gopher quarterback
Last night in the basketball gamethread, we had a fight over whether to dip bacon in syrup or not.
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of course you do...
if the syrup is part of someother food such as pancakes or french toast…but you don’t get the syrup out specifically for the bacon.
uh oh
this is not the start that we wanted. They march down, we lose a starter every other play…not good
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Hightower
HAS to be discipline and stay backside.
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WE NEED TO ANSWER
at least get a couple first downs so their D doesnt’ get some confidence
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I wish we'd play Thomas and Salamon more often.
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blitz
incapable of protecting, another second and Smith would have had a big play
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underneath stuff is wide open today
I’m going to ask about zone vs. man defense this game.
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not a good 3rd qtr
but this is still a 2 score game.
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great play or read by Weber
OLBs both blitzed, keeper up the middle
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I feel like that keeper
was a designed run, and a great call by Dunbar
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btw
was anyone else extremely annoyed with the whole steve miller band thing right in the middle of an important drive???
Stupid ABC/ESPN always talking about everything but the game
I didn't like
his choice of receiver, both guys to his left were better options
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stat of the second half
Wis – 3/4 on third down
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HELP
the press box is shaking. If I die, someone tell my family I love them.
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you see the sidelines!!???
this quarter is going to be a blast
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that sak was all Sherels
his man was doing a hitch and go, he didn’t bite on the fake and Sherer had no where to go
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What has happened to the defense in the second half?
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that penalty
you are right rencito. stupid. 2nd and 19 and we give them a huge play + 15
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In case anyone was wondering
the axe is on Wisconsin’s sideline
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only 2 points
but that might be enough of a momentum thing to be over
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Jebus, why is he catching that punt at all?
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that may be why
you dont’ see Shady playing so much
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At least the basketball game thread will be up relatively soon!
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What a flipping second half meltdown. This is Mason like.
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this is a total collapse
this is Mason like. It is only a 4 point game but it feels like a 4 score game
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And GN was giving me grief about being bored with football season last week.
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The Loon would say hopefully.
Where has he been btw. ….
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28 second half points allowed
we’ve had one drive with positive yards right?
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no more running
get a back in there committed to blocking and let Weber throw it
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The announcer was right ....
… that option so close to the goalline was too risky at this point in the game. Especially w/Salamon in the game. He’s touched the ball, what 15 times this year since he got that one start?
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and Mike Dunbar deserves the blame for that.
Also our special teams coach needs to be asked why he allows his punt returners to catch the ball inside the 10.
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turning point
was the 2nd and 19 play. Make that first tackle it’s 3rd and 10, no penalty, we likely get the ball back with the lead.
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last in Big Ten
in penalties, we’ve added to it today
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3rd and 18 and we throw a 5 yard crossing route?
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he was the last option on that one
everyone else was covered
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by GopherNation on Nov 15, 2008 5:58 PM CST up reply actions
yes
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by GopherNation on Nov 15, 2008 6:00 PM CST up reply actions
see what happens when you block for Weber?
note: alford was not at LT that play
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with hindsight, I might agree. It might have taken the urgency away from the guys.
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stupid
either onside or kick it
if you are going to give it to them at the 35 then onside
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I turned my cap inside out. I'm a total dork.
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bored with football still?
lol
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by GopherNation on Nov 15, 2008 6:11 PM CST up reply actions
Weber leaves the pocket too early sometimes.
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that is just about 90 yards
of penalties we have given them
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Outcome would have been different if Decker would have played
But hes Too much of a pansy to play…..
Defense?
Poo.
At some point, our defense decided that “throwing a shoulder into somebody” and hoping they fall down was considered a “form tackle”. Is that what Roof is teaching? Is Brewster proud of that?
This game was over, and this might sound just ridiculous, but I’ll say it anyway…this game was over when Willie V. missed the QB sack, he scrambled on 3rd and long, and hit a receiver to get the ball down to our 10 yard line, instead of sacking the QB and forcing a punt at the 50. Wisconsin scored a touchdown a minute later.
I’ve said this all season….a team who has to have so many turnovers to win is not a good football team. My disappointment is that these guys show a lot of signs of not being well coached. The Gophers have had the worst penalties this season…the late hits….the cheap shots…they are not a disciplined and well coached team. That sucks.
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