Complete Gopher Effort Defeats Iowa (again)
by GopherNation on Oct 29, 2011 11:49 PM CDT
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PrintFor the second consecutive season the Minnesota Golden Gophers have taken down the Iowa Hawkeyes keeping Floyd of Rosedale home. Looking at the stat sheet this was a game that we had absolutely no business winning. Iowa had Marcus Coker rush for 252 yards and two touchdowns. Their star receiver had 100+ yards and a touchdown. Through three quarters Iowa held an 11 point lead and dominated the Gophers gaining 20 first downs to our 5 and running 59 total plays to our 29.
But the fourth quarter was dominated by the Gophers. Contributions from likely and highly unlikely sources helped to seal this W and keep Floyd of Rosedale in Minnesota's borders for another year. As today's game recap, let's look at the sources of significant contribution that led to this win over Iowa (again).
The Team Leaders
MarQueis Gray - one would expect that if we were to win a game in the Big Ten, it would require a big game from MarQueis Gray and he came through. And he did come through by throwing a touchdown pass in the first half and rushing for the game-winner late in the fourth. Gray was 11/17 passing and rushed for 62, this was his most complete game as a Gopher QB. But he also took steps as a leader of the offense today leading the offense on two fourth quarter drives for touchdowns. And 11-play, 80 yard drive for a touchdown and then a 12-play, 59 yard drive for the game-winner. On those final drives he was 4/5 throwing the ball for 53 yards and he rushed for 31 yards and the game-winner. Did I mention he rushed for the game-winning touchdown?
Kim Royston - The 12th-year senior led the team in tackles with an impressive 16 and was the one who secured the on-side kick. After the game Royston did mention that he and Marcus Coker did meet several times today and he was a little sore from hitting the hard-running back. Our secondary have quite a few issues but Royston is reliable and has made some significant plays, particularly in our two wins.
Brandon Kirksey - Although he was unable to score it, Kirksey was the one who snatched the fumble and rumbled to the 50 yard line setting up the Gopher FG.
Duane Bennett - The senior running back got stronger as the game wore on and finished with over 100 yards rushing, a 5.1 yard average and a touchdown. Bennett carried the ball 12 times for 53 yards and a touchdown in the fourth quarter alone!
Unexpected Contributors
Kyle Henderson - A former walk-on getting extensive playing time this year. Henderson sacked Vandenberg for a 12-yard loss forcing a huge fumble in the third quarter.
Devin Crawford-Tufts - the 61-yard catch was on thing, he was wide open. But the 39-yard catch was actually pretty difficult and the true freshman hauled it in. He is getting better and getting more and more playing time. But nobody here expected this true freshman to have a 100-yard game today and be a key contributor on two Gopher scoring drives.
Caleb Bak - Coach Kill was pointing out how during spring practice he was particuzlarly hard on Bak. But Kill admired how he stuck in there when he could have quit and today he was desperately needed filling in at LG for most of the second half when Tommy Olson went out with an injury. Coach Limegrover told coach to put in Caleb because he had confidence that he knew what he was doing. I'm sure he won't grade out perfectly but he filled in quite well for a walk-on freshman getting his first action at the Big Ten level.
Offensive Line - Not one sack allowed and the Gophers managed a 100-yard rusher for the day. The OL is a MASH unit right now and kudos to them for playing as well as they did today.
Jordan Wettstein - Be honest, before today you had no idea that Jordan Wettstein was even on the Gopher roster. The kid didn't kick in high school, not on scholarship, nailed a 28-yard FG, did well on kick-offs and then kicked a perfectly executed on-side giving Minnesota the ball back and a chance to win the game (which they did).
"We'll practice it on Friday and if we don't execute it on Friday then I'm not kicking it on Saturday. I felt our defense had been out on the field too much and we needed to pick up an extra possession."
Defensive Line - So I know that the defense gave up 269 yards rushing but the defensive line racked up 3 sacks! I don't expect to see that again this year, or maybe things are looking up for the Gopher defensive line.
The Band - I was standing next to the band on Iowan's final four-and-out drive. Since the Hawkeyes were backed up near the end zone where the band was, the band was playing a bit louder than usual in between plays making the things harder to hear in the huddle for Iowa. Plays were still called but making things difficult on the offense is always a good thing. Way to go band.
The Fans - coach Kill said the fans were a significant aid in the victory. Typcially this is just coachspeak and trying to keep the fans behind the program but this time he went on to explain exactly how they helped. On Iowa's final four plays the Gopher defense would show one coverage then slide into another pre-snap. The stadium was too loud for Vandenberg to check out of the called play and he was forced to run a play that wasn't ideal in that situation. Way to go fans.
"We had to give the ball back to them they had plenty of time and that quarterback is a good player and they took four shots. They went empty and we were walking in then we walked out of a coverage and switched coverages on him but he couldn't check. reason he couldn't check was because of the stadium, that's our stadium and our fans had as much to do with winning that game at the end as anything."
What a great game, it is too bad that we have to carry this momentum into Michigan State and then Wisconsin. We have been playing better, it would be nice to get Illinois or Northwestern next week. But right now I'm not worried about any other opponents, I'm enjoying this win. We have been through a lot over the last couple years. But as bad as we have been and as much crappy football as we have had to watch, we have a two-game winning streak over Iowa. We have three Big Ten wins in our last 14 and two of those are over a significant rival. It isn't like we are going to the Rose Bowl but it is something.
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Again, where can we see
the BTN game highlights? I don’t have BTN so I wasn’t able to see this game. Can someone please make a youtube video?
Go to btn.com
They have a good package for highlights.
by Ski U Mah Gopher on Oct 30, 2011 12:58 AM CDT up reply actions
Not really
I had already checked it out, and they skip over most of the touchdowns, and then the rest of the “highlight video” is just pointless analysis.
I’m talking about a 6 to 12-min highlight video, instead of a 1:30-min highlight video with 4:30 analysis. That’s why I encouraged someone (maybe the admin of this blog?) to make a youtube video.
But then again, the Gopher Nation is notorious for their lack of highlight videos. Normal schools will use the game broadcast and cut together a highlight reel. The university itself doesn’t, instead opting to have their own “highlight video,” which is just some dude on the sidelines with a shaky camera. Absolute bullshit.
Minnesota fans don’t even bother to make highlight videos at all. Seriously, go to youtube and search “Minnesota gopher highlights” and you’ll find next to nothing. Then search any other BCS school highlights and you’ll understand what a highlight video is supposed to look like.
Seriously, is this the best Minnesota can come up with? For shame, people! USE THE BROADCAST!!!
by Meager Reader on Oct 30, 2011 1:18 AM CDT up reply actions
You're implying there's been highlights to show since YouTube was launched in Feb 2005
When we get the Pig, the Jug and the Axe, we'll have one hell of a picnic
There hasn't?
I think this game qualifies.
by Meager Reader on Oct 30, 2011 2:55 PM CDT up reply actions
I agree, this was a highlight-worthy game
but we’ve never had many back-to-back highlight-packed games, or at the very least, enough to make somebody think enough to compile one. Most of the highlights I can think of involve the Gophers snatching defeat from the jaws of victory (IE 2005 vs. Wisconsin at the Dome, or when I learned to love the meteor)
When we get the Pig, the Jug and the Axe, we'll have one hell of a picnic
1. Minnesota hasn’t had much in the form of highlights this year, so the idea that no ‘major’ highlight video surfaced within hours of the game is no surprise.
2. Minnesota itself has a smaller fan base. Why does this matter? I know my way around a variety of sources for football games (can get any NFL game, a lot of college and a variety of football shows, cfl, afl, ufl, etc.). Anyways, Minnesota games very rarely end up hitting these sites unless they happen to play a major program (and do you really want Minnesota v. Michigan highlights?). Bigger teams are almost guaranteed to get posted, but availability to Minnesota games is inconsistent at best. (and from looking the Minny games vs. USC, Michigan, Purdue and Nebraska are the only one easily available online, nothing’s surfaced for Iowa and you’d probably spend far too much time trying to track down any of their other games that really aren’t up anywhere)
3. Not that many people directly rip/record from TV, so it’d take a few hours for the game to even surface and a few more hours for the video to even download (unless you found a really fast source). Then however long to compile, cut down and make said video. So complaining why there’s no fan made video by 1 AM makes little sense
4. They don’t always get flagged, but those videos have a tradition of being taken down (albeit inconsistently) since they tend to flag copyright issues and Youtube can usually self-detect the copyright for a lot of video based material. I’ve had sports based videos removed, no point on spending time on something if it’s just going to get deleted
5. Fitting you linked Michigan, you’re going to be hard pressed to find consistent highlight videos of the sort for any other Big 10 team outside of Michigan. Michigan’s football program has a very strong online/blog presence and that’s really the sole reason for it. You don’t see many videos comparing to Michigan’s vids for other Big 10 teams unless they happened to play Michigan
http://theboilermaker.blogspot.com/
by Bryan Steedman on Oct 30, 2011 10:09 AM CDT up reply actions
How about you quit whining
And make an effort to see the game if you care so much. It’s not like BTN is hard to find.
Not to mention you can find the games streaming online on a variety of other sites or at least find a radio stream online if you want to check out the game
http://theboilermaker.blogspot.com/
by Bryan Steedman on Oct 30, 2011 1:25 PM CDT up reply actions
Good points, disagree on some of them.
First off, amiller92, WTF?
How about you quit whining and make an effort to see the game if you care so much. It’s not like BTN is hard to find.
You don’t think I tried to see the game? Where I am, BTN is hard to find. I live in California, and my cable provider doesn’t offer BTN, which means I can’t even stream the games on btn2go.com. They only let you do it if you’re already scribed to BTN. Kinda pointless.
The most I can do is listen to some stupid radio broadcast. What is this, 1975?
Bryan, on the other hand, you make some legitimate points. I shouldn’t get all upitty because Minnesota fans aren’t… well… highlight video fanatics. However, I will disagree with you that Michigan is the only Big Ten fan base that posts consistent highlight videos. Ohio State, Michigan State, and Nebraska all make a serious effort to post highlight videos consistently. Yeah, Michigan stands a notch above all the rest, but that doesn’t mean Minnesota should just say “f**k it we suck no highlight videos”—especially when they JUST BEAT IOWA!
by Meager Reader on Oct 30, 2011 2:51 PM CDT up reply actions
with all that internet knowledge, surely you should be able to find a stream?
I'm feverished, or the way you want to spell it
by plinytheelder on Oct 30, 2011 3:08 PM CDT up reply actions
It's a family site
So I’ll just point out that every sports bar in the country has BTN.
But feel free to keep whining that the world doesn’t serve your desires perfectly.
WOOOO RANDOM SIDELINE GUY WITH SHAKY CAMERA
/cough/ bullshit /cough/
(Apparently you didn’t read my earlier post where I asked that someone actually use the BTN broadcast like a normal school. The view from the press box is better—but that should be obvious.)
by Meager Reader on Oct 30, 2011 2:53 PM CDT up reply actions
Thanks but
I already addressed that video in an earlier post:
I had already checked it out, and they skip over most of the touchdowns, and then the rest of the "highlight video" is just pointless analysis.
I’m talking about a 6 to 12-min highlight video, instead of a 1:30-min highlight video with 4:30 analysis.
I also provided an example of what I’m looking for. Here’s another good example. Something like that would be nice.
by Meager Reader on Oct 30, 2011 5:13 PM CDT up reply actions
Then again, I could just be impossible to please.
Which I admitted:
I shouldn’t get all upitty because Minnesota fans aren’t… well… highlight video fanatics.
by Meager Reader on Oct 30, 2011 5:19 PM CDT up reply actions
ok
I looked at your link. It was posted in August of 2011 to you tube. thats 8 months from the end of the game. Not sure we want to wait that long for fancy videos.
by DallasGopher on Oct 31, 2011 3:18 PM CDT via iPhone app up reply actions
Definitely agree with the last two.
I was in the front row next to the band and my ears are still ringing.
We learned something today
We learned today that Jerry Kill can make kids believe. He has a reputation for having his teams play above their abilities and win. He showed that today.
And we saw what we always knew, that Marquies Gray, given the opportunity, is a true dual threat on the field. If the former idiot staff had used Gray at least half time last season we could have won at least three more games. Had not the former staff annointed Weber a 45-game starter and finisher, the program would be far advanced, not only in wins last year but in preparation for this season.
After six college starts, Gray is already as good a passer as Weber was after 30, 40, and 45 starts, but he is a far superior running threat. Limegrover still must improve the play calling and more often allow Gray to roll out and have the option to run or pass. But it is coming.
Agree on needing roll outs vs current pocket passing tendencies. Get him on the move.
by jimipig on Oct 30, 2011 8:53 AM CDT via mobile up reply actions
Absolutely
Was a little distracted for three quarters that they didn’t have him moving.
I don’t know, seems like people like Kill so they’re going to say whatever will benefit him the most.
He did beat Iowa, something people didn’t think would happen, but this is a relatively similar team talent wise than the squad that beat Iowa last year. Besides the fact that Iowa is worse this season. If Minnesota last year could beat Iowa and they could do the same again this year, makes the loses to teams like N. Dakota State and New Mexico State seem a lot worse. Maybe instead of publicly complaining about the talent at hand, he should of tried to get them to play up to their potential as this team did just beat Iowa and almost beat USC, so a lot of the problems go beyond the players.
Not to mention, my previous point on how I think the media will go out of their way to paint Kill in a good light:
Kill publicly complains about talent he inherited and how bad it is, media agrees and tries to blame Brewster for it. At Notre Dame, Kelly does nearly the same thing, media is all over it talking about how it could divide the locker room and attacks him for his comments.
That being said, Gray has been pretty decent this year. Really needs an actual running game to take some of the pressure off considering he’s relatively new to the quarterback position
http://theboilermaker.blogspot.com/
by Bryan Steedman on Oct 30, 2011 10:13 AM CDT up reply actions
well, I think we’ll have to see where they go from here. You say that Kill should have tried to get the team to play to their potential vs. NDSU and NMSU. But I think — well, I’m hoping — that what we saw yesterday was a team finally starting to execute concepts, rather than just understanding or memorizing them. By his own admission, Kill is trying to do something really radical: institute a new system based on honest, smart football fundamentals, which I’d argue these players haven’t seen for the last several years. So, I’m hoping yesterday was the turning point — that what we saw earlier this year wasn’t a lack of effort, but a team going through legit growing pains. We’ll see, I guess. Go Gophers!
I'm feverished, or the way you want to spell it
by plinytheelder on Oct 30, 2011 10:23 AM CDT up reply actions
My issue with it is there was a significant drop off from how they played at USC and the following games with a rebound versus Iowa. The USC game is proof enough that they could win or at least play competitively.
http://theboilermaker.blogspot.com/
by Bryan Steedman on Oct 30, 2011 1:27 PM CDT up reply actions
Maybe you should watch games
And then comment
Yeah wtf was that?
I fear all the comments alluding to “okay, we are finally playing better football” or “have turned a corner”.
Why? Because if Iowa put in two td’s as they could have on those early possessions, we aren’t having this discussion.
What do I mean? It seems to be an attitude of extremes with the fan base. We either suck and kill is failing to teach discipline, has lost the effort of his team….or he has gotten them to buy in and the kids are playing their guts out and we may be turning the corner. It is in my opinion none of that.
Gray had a good game where he made some key throws and first downs. I cant say he is any better of a qb than he was last week he had a good game! Iowa missed two simple field goals to help and in a game we were getting slaughtered on paper, we are tied at halftime. We executed at just the right time and squeezed out a victory. It was excellent. But it really doesn’t mean shit about the next few weeks, in the scheme of things, and doesn’t say shit about “where the program is” or anything dramatic like that. It was a good, albeit unlikely and a bit lucky win. It should be left at that and enjoyed at that and nothing more. It is being way over analyzed in my opinion.
by jimipig on Oct 30, 2011 3:08 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
If you think we didn't look better than several weeks ago, we must strongly disagree.
The execution and effort was absolutely night and day from even against Nebraska.
Maybe because
Kill inherited crap talent and Kelly didn’t. I know the first half is righ anyway.
My point is this win is being pinned all on Kill and his coaching. This squad of players was capable enough to beat Illinois/Iowa last year and with Brewster’s talent have been capable of playing at USC down to the wire and then beat Iowa.
If these players were ‘so bad’ that doesn’t explain how a team can start off so strong in the first week, play Iowa that strong and then lay goose eggs everything in between. The Iowa game shows the team is capable of playing on par with their USC performance, the fact that they didn’t anywhere in between is the problem.
At least seem to be a bit silent on Kill as a coach that ‘rebuilds’ programs, not like he took over an already capable N. Illinois team off of a down year and took off where Novak left off. Personally I just think the team slipped up several years back with the Mason fiasco
http://theboilermaker.blogspot.com/
by Bryan Steedman on Oct 30, 2011 1:31 PM CDT up reply actions
at least the media now seems*
http://theboilermaker.blogspot.com/
by Bryan Steedman on Oct 30, 2011 1:33 PM CDT up reply actions
Our talent doesn't match up
Andthere was a fair degree of luck in Iowa missing to make able FGs. We run a very limited offense. We just aren’t very good.
It was a fun win. But it wasn’t evidenc hat we don’t suck.
But yeah, firing Mason, who had built a respectable but not championship program to replace him with Jim Wacker’s more enthusiastic little brother who’d never coached before was beyond stupid. Hopefully the AD who made that call will soon be gone.
I was just trying to point out it seems if the team can at least compete at USC and beat Iowa they should be able to beat New Mexico State and North Dakota State, as well as show some life versus the Purdue squad I root for (which isn’t as bad as they were originally pinned to be, just not exactly there yet).
And it’s like your AD forgot that prior to Mason, Minnesota hadn’t won seven or more games since ‘77 and were on a six year streak of losing records (18-48). After Mason’s first two years, he went to seven bowls over a eight year span. It seemed like they almost got spoiled by his success and wanted more, forgetting that they weren’t exactly a powerhouse before Mason.
http://theboilermaker.blogspot.com/
by Bryan Steedman on Oct 31, 2011 12:42 AM CDT up reply actions
There's still a lot of holding back on account of the players
Both sides of the ball aren’t getting into the lanes or hitting hard. There was a play I remember on defense in particular, where the linebacker could’ve hit the slot and cut of a 20yd run by Coker, but instead went on the other side of the d-lineman and ran into the O-lineman that was stood up, leaving a nice gap in the line for Coker to run through.
When we get the Pig, the Jug and the Axe, we'll have one hell of a picnic
I agree that this one win isn’t any indication that things are going to be alright now. This is a process, things went well yesterday but it is no reason to think a corner has been turned. Just like people shouldn’t overreact to the multiple bad losses we have had this year.
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by GopherNation on Oct 30, 2011 12:51 PM CDT up reply actions
Lots
of good coaches struggle during their 1st year.
Kirk Ferentz (1-10 at Iowa)
Barry Alvarez (1-10 at Wisconsin)
Bill Snyder (1-10 at Kansas State)
Rich Brooks (2-9 at Oregon)
Mike Riley (3-8 at Oregon State)
Jim Harbaugh (4-8 at Stanford)
Pat Fitzgerald (4-8 at Northwestern)
That’s not to say that things are guaranteed to turn around (Tim Brewster 1-11 at Minnesota) but even guys that have subsequently dominated their leagues have struggled with transitions with new players in a new system.
Bob Stoops (7-5 at Oklahoma)
Jim Tressel (7-5 at Ohio State)
Nick Saban (7-6 at Alabama)
Pete Carroll (6-6 at USC)
These guys inherited more talent than the Gophers by a wide margin and still dropped 5 or 6 games, had embarrassing losses to teams like Louisiana Monroe but did figure out how to install a system and a culture that was conducive to future success.
Kill is starting in a big hole, but building a program takes time and games like USC and Iowa are at least hopeful that things are moving in the right direction.
note on Nick Saban...
…they lost to their equivalent of NMSU….Lousiana Monroe or somebody like that his first year. For Alabama…that is far worse than anything Kill’s done or not done at Minnesota….
Kelly
The guys on game day were discussing Kelly and how common it is for incoming coaches to deal with the upper classmen. How common it is for them to call them out. I felt like after watching it that it vindicated what kill was doing. I didn’t love it. I was okay with him doing it the first couple times, then I figured he was beating a dead horse. But I am perfectly okay with coaches calling guys out for being gutless. Just don’t drive it into the ground.
by jimipig on Oct 30, 2011 3:11 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
Do you mean the media outside mpls/stp?
Media in the twin cities had some little more than question every move kill has made.
by jimipig on Oct 31, 2011 7:26 AM CDT via mobile up reply actions
Kill publicly complains about talent he inherited and how bad it is, media agrees and tries to blame Brewster for it. At Notre Dame, Kelly does nearly the same thing, media is all over it talking about how it could divide the locker room and attacks him for his comments.
Perhaps you need to think this through and consider that while on the surface it may appear that they are doing the same thing that in reality they are actually probably going about it in completely different ways.
Kelly is getting blasted because what he said was enough to get some of his upperclassmen publicly tweeting their displeasure. This follows public meltdowns/scream fests towards his players like this one:
If that is how he is treating them publicly, then one can only imagine how they are treated on the practice field if he’s feeling pissy.
Contrast this to Kill. While Kill has made public comments about talent, mental toughness, etc, he’s never singled out the guys he recruited/young guys versus the upper classmen (as far as I can recall at least). His statements are always made broadly and are meant to encompass the whole team. While he’s tough on the players in practice, it’s done in a teaching way where he gets in their face for a mistake and then explains what they can do better. There was a great blog note from Phil Miller (from the NDSU week I think) where Kill stayed behind after practice to make Moulton do his Lopher running. When Moulton was done he was dead tired. Kill carried his shoulder pads and helmets for him as they walked to the locker room talking.
Kelly’s team has had a tough year but its is a season that pales in difficulty when compared to that of the Gophers. Kelly’s upperclassmen call him out on Twitter. Kill’s team never once called him out publicly called him out during this mess of a season and chanted JERRY! JERRY! JERRY! in the locker room following the Iowa game.
So perhaps the media painting Kill in a good light might have something to do with the fact that there are things worth painting in a good light?
My point...
…was that “calling out players” in transitional years is not uncommon. I didn’t go into the details or specificity of names vs general. I was saying what Kill is doing isn’t a sign of a bad coach or a classless move. He comes out flat out and says “we need to be tougher”. Or “we need to be stronger”. I agree with him. The guys on Gameday agreed with it. It happens. Hell…if I get into my car and try to drive to Minneapolis and it breaks down, am I not going to blame the car for breaking down? It’s a fact…so I’m good with Jerry thus far. My only follow-up was that I’d like him to stop it at this point because he’s done it after several games now. We get it. Kids aren’t tough enough. No reason to keep going on about it.
I have a feeling Jerry has become a bit of a hero to his team (hell, he’s my hero!). They see what he’s been through and how he keeps getting up and working harder than any of them (I wouldn’t be surprised if he works 18 hours a day), and they wanted this win for their coach as much as he wanted it for them.
I know this, I enjoy when the wheels fall off Notre Dame.
I wasn't replying to you jimipig...
…it was a reply to Steedman (though it’s hard to tell sometimes when the reply gets pushed down because I’m slow getting a comment in). =)
No worries...
….I say some stupid shit that needs to be destroyed….so I take no offense.
From now on, when I get angry I’ll watch clips of #3 getting steamrolled on that onside kick. That shit is classic.
Iowa missed two chip shots too. Let’s not get crazy.
by jimipig on Oct 30, 2011 8:33 AM CDT via mobile reply actions
True but the Gophs were due to catch some breaks
They had nothing go right in the 1st Q against Purdue and it was game over. Against Nebraska on their first drive they had Taylor Martinez sacked on 3rd and long but was negated by a penalty. Next drive they had Rex Burkhead stopped on 4th down but he “fumbles” the ball forward for a first down. Not saying the beat Nebraska or Purdue if those bounces go a different way, but it keeps Minnesota in the game.
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I’m stoked and not crapping on the effort at all. But a spade is a spade, and we capitalized in some incredible fortuitous gifts!
Nothing wrong with that!
by jimipig on Oct 30, 2011 8:54 AM CDT via mobile up reply actions
That onside kick was the most beautifully executed play I have seen in a long time. Almost seemed too easy! I presume the same coaches who can’t teach fundamentals or call plays designed and practiced that play.
Reminds me, I need to scour the star tribune and pioneer press to see what kind of crow those pieces of shit are eating this fine fall morning!
by jimipig on Oct 30, 2011 9:16 AM CDT via mobile reply actions
Really?
Iowa missed “two chip shots” and what ??? It wasn’t a legitimate win? Check the scoreboard again.
A big part of why we won the game was the fact we had a better kicker on the field than they did. Our guy made his field goal and put points on the board. Their guy missed both his and they go no points. Our guy executed an onside kick that the greatest coaches in the game can only dream about. He gave us the ball for the winning drive.
I didn't say it wasn't legitimate.
Just that we got help and jumped on it. Things finally went our way. Then Iowa panicked when our defense put the clamps down at the end.
My point was we gave up insane rushing yards and had no real business being in that game but we hung around long enough thanks to some nice stops and their missed field goals to put ourselves in a position to make a play. Then we made several huge plays. It was an awesome win.
I know this, if Kill’s team wasn’t prepared for that onside kick the way Iowa wasn’t people would be calling for his head.
by jimipig on Oct 30, 2011 10:07 AM CDT via mobile up reply actions
We also got screwed by refs that don't know what a chop block is
Point being the breaks go both ways.
Horrible!!!!
Guy falls while blocking…15 yard chop block? Twice??? Terrible calls. Almost killed us.
by jimipig on Oct 30, 2011 3:14 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
Hogeye Tears
The tears from our porcine neighbors to the South, are delicious to me. I’ll take any B1G wins we can get this year. Hopefully this will be the start of “the process” and we will continue to improve. Didn’t say win, said improve because that is the litmus test for me for this season.
love the use of (again) in last 2 posts, hehe
this has to become a meme for at least the next 12 months — every time beating Iowa is mentioned, it should be followed by the word again, in parentheses ;)
By the by, this makes, what, 5 straight wins over Iowa in the 2 main sports? 6?
I'm feverished, or the way you want to spell it
Love it
But beating Iowa in basketball isn’t nearly as exciting. I’ll take 2 straight wins over Iowa in football than 50 straight wins over their basketball team.
What’s the line on Wrestling? Seems like football and wrassslin’ are the two things they actually follow, so if we’re going to eat their lunch, we should bring the pain in that too
When we get the Pig, the Jug and the Axe, we'll have one hell of a picnic
Its funny
My Iowa friends are all up in my business on where we are going to watch the Iowa/MN football games year after year. They do it up big, are decked out in Iowa gear and are all cocky. They are true Iowa fans they claim. But when basketball season rolls around they disappear. Nobody can seem to find the time to watch MN play Iowa then…I find it funny that they dont want to even acknowledge their school. Some went so far as to start claiming Northern Iowa when they beat KU in march madness. I tried to explain thats like me claiming UMD in hockey last year. Just because they were a MN school didnt mean I just flip flop to them….I dislike UMD hockey so no way in hell. I was happy they beat Michigan though, I can say that much, but I wasnt claiming that title like my own. I was pissed the Gophers didnt make the tourney.
by DallasGopher on Oct 30, 2011 11:36 AM CDT up reply actions
yes, already been discussed with the other authors
what you say here can, and will, be used against you The Daily Gopher
by GopherNation on Oct 30, 2011 12:53 PM CDT up reply actions
Greatest splash-screen!
So good to see
When we get the Pig, the Jug and the Axe, we'll have one hell of a picnic
My desktop background
Was last year with the players carrying off the pig. I just updated to this photo. Its great!!
by DallasGopher on Oct 30, 2011 11:37 AM CDT up reply actions
Great excuse to go dual-screen!
Put last year’s on one, and this year’s on the other!
When we get the Pig, the Jug and the Axe, we'll have one hell of a picnic
Hey Iowa
Our pig, our goal post, our Bank, and your soul belongs to us!
McKnight contributed too
d has actually been pretty good, in a bend but don’t break kind of way, in both of the last two games. If only we could have payed offense like the fourth quarter for the whole time.
Speaking of which, it felt like we only have about 10 plays on O. We need to be able to do more than that.
I can't fully agree. Coker is good, very good, but we were pretty bad defending the run.
The defense successfully did not lose the game, and certainly made some hawkeye-heartbreaking plays. I don’t know if I could say they were ‘pretty good’.
You missed "bend but don't break"?
They kept them out of the end zone repeatedly. That counts as pretty good for this team.
I lost my internet feed early
but the one line I have liked reading the best so far is the one by GN above, “But he also took steps as a leader of the offense today.” Sounds like Gray took a significant step forward agst. Iowa. Glad to hear about it. Now, to build upon it.
That’s really nice tutorial!! It’s all about complete Gopher effort defeats Iowa. I’m so pleased to read that news from your post. It’s always interesting matter. Keep it up!
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