The Week That Will Be

[ncgo4]

The two games on the road this upcoming week will really tell us a story about just how far this young team has come and/or has to go. A week from now we will either be licking our wounds with a dose of reality or the over stated optimism will be off the chart completely. Wisconsin and Northwestern are both winnable games and each is a losable game.

Go Gophers!

[gopherbadgerman]

A 1-1 split would not be the end of the world, but an 0-2 trip could start a bit of a tumble...

[Dr.Don]

And a 2-0 trip would be awesome. Why not? Whiskey first.

[sec105]

Wisconsin and Northwestern are both winnable games and each is a losable game.

So true ncgo4

[cncmin]

I'd be happy with a 1-1 road trip...the Gophers canNOT play like they did against Iowa and expect to beat either of these teams, though. They better be ready to go this time.

[GopherCrazy]

I would love a 1-1 if that meant we won at Wisconsin. Getting a W out of madison is pretty huge accomplishment.

[MNSnowman]

I would love a 1-1 if that meant we won at Wisconsin. Getting a W out of madison is pretty huge accomplishment.I agree a win at Madison would be a great accomplishment. But if we go 1-1 with a win vs the Badgers, that means we lose to NU.

Ugh.

(NU is one venue where I don't think there's much of a home-court advantage -- well, maybe PSU's "home advantage" is as negligible. But a loss there after a win at Madison would take the gloss off the road trip for me.)

[Blizzard]

The Wisconsin game is what I'm considering to be the first real true road game of the year. Yeah, I know, it's not of course. But a seriously hostile, sold out crowd versus an empty arena in Iowa, will really give the guys that true road experience they haven't had yet in the Big 10.