They ran 70 total plays in 10 drives. 7 plays per drive is not a lot. We failed getting them off the field. 10-15 on third down conversions was rough. They were definitely the better team, and I’m not upset, but I really am not going to say the defense did well when they gave up a ton of points per possession.
I'm reminded of a play in my HS practice where the QB rolled out and the CB had flats with a receiver on an out route. He couldn't decide what to do and got stuck halfway between the two. Coach ripped him a new one, with the takeaway being that you can't cover anyone if you are covering no one. Attack the QB because it takes away the easiest path to a big gain. Force him to make the play.
We’ve got 4 winnable games ahead of us. No way we get skunked. We’ll win at least 1, maybe 2, possibly 3. Zero would be damn near impossible.
That team is 0-2 right now and just lost to Maryland. Besides, the year they dominated us, they were a low to mid tier team.You mean this mid to low tier B10 team
That then beat Auburn in their bowl.
Minnesota Golden Gophers Schedule 2019
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Regular Season DATE OPPONENT RESULT W-L (CONF) HI PASS HI RUSH HI REC Thu, Aug 29 vs South Dakota State
W28-21 1-0 (0-0) Morgan 176 Smith 92 Bateman 132 Sat, Sep 7 @ Fresno State
W38-35 2OT 2-0 (0-0) Morgan 234 Ibrahim 88 Bateman 105 Sat, Sep 14 vs Georgia Southern
W35-32 3-0 (0-0) Morgan 289 Smith 57 Johnson 140 Sat, Sep 28 @ Purdue
W38-31 4-0 (1-0) Morgan 396 Smith 115 Bateman 177 Sat, Oct 5 vs Illinois
W40-17 5-0 (2-0) Morgan 155 Smith 211 Bateman 71 Sat, Oct 12 vs Nebraska
W34-7 6-0 (3-0) Morgan 128 Smith 139 Johnson 109 Sat, Oct 19 @ Rutgers
W42-7 7-0 (4-0) Morgan 245 Smith 111 Johnson 130 Sat, Oct 26 vs Maryland
W52-10 8-0 (5-0) Morgan 138 Smith 103 Autman-Bell 56 Sat, Nov 9 vs 4 Penn State
W31-26 9-0 (6-0) Morgan 339 Smith 51 Bateman 203 Sat, Nov 16 @ 20 Iowa
L23-19 9-1 (6-1) Morgan 368 Smith 46 Johnson 170 Sat, Nov 23 @ Northwestern
W38-22 10-1 (7-1) Morgan 211 Smith 77 Johnson 125 Sat, Nov 30 vs 12 Wisconsin
L38-17 10-2 (7-2) Morgan 296 Ib
It is a rebuild. If it isn't a rebuild then there is no such thing as a rebuild because this is the definitive example of a rebuild.
Yeah, the takeaway is you better be within a yard of someone rather than 10 yards from anyone.
Not when you have a team that was specifically recruited and coached to play in the TO. Remember, we have a young team that is transitioning to a totally different scheme without the benefit of spring practice and a limited preseason practice to learn the system. Coupled w/ being undersized is a recipe for a difficult transion and season.
And if things continue like this it will cost TStan his job too
Or instead of moving to this vanilla offense, which will never succeed, you run something like Georgia Southern or Coastal Carolina a few years to transition. Or stay with that. I think the Coastal staff looks pretty good, maybe after next year we can get them here.
The fact that we were worse in other games does not make today better. Forcing a team to take 9 plays to score doesn’t matter when they score a touchdown on 50% of their non-garbage time drives.
Because..... recruiting is a fools errand. We will not ever (in modern college football) recruit the kind of DL size and length and we will never recruit the depth needed to be Elite (TM) or to compete At A High Level (TM). So you’ve got to be different. To do otherwise is to be stuck in the middle which means lots of 5-7 win years and you’ll need to out coach and compete to get anything beyond that. There is no evidence in 1.5 yr that this staff can pull that off.
