Even healthy top teams lose on the road...

GopherinPhilly · Feb 19, 2011

Today again has shown that even the healthy, rolling, no issues top teams lose on the road.

Lets take a look:

Pitt, Texas and Notre Dame already today...Kansas, Duke, tOSU and uConn within the last week or so...and many many more.

Take any one of those teams and remove thier starting and back up PGs and any bench 6'10 guy and see how many games they win.

All Im saying is for all the trolls and haters that blow up this board after every lose and post over and over about whatever idiotic thing that pops into their head...please go away.

Good and great teams lose on the road...teams with the troubles that we have had lose a lot more...stop sharing your insight with us like you just discovered that we have issues and might not win a National Title this year.

CP Gopher · Feb 19, 2011

Yes, they do lose on the road...but not to Indiana and Penn St.

EG#9 · Feb 19, 2011

Ok, then you can't lose to Illinois and Virginia at home. I am all for the "winning on the road is tough" mantra if we beat teams we shouldn't beat at home. We have one such win this year against Purdue. If the Gophers simply split these 4 games: Virginia, Illinois, at Indiana, and at Penn State we'd be in fine shape.

fryguy22 · Feb 19, 2011

CP Gopher said:
Yes, they do lose on the road...but not to Indiana and Penn St.

Penn State is a decent squad this year capable of beating anyone at home - they have upset a number of good teams and just about took down Ohio State.

The loss at Indiana is inexcusable, we have to find a way to win that game.

CrocShots · Feb 19, 2011

CP Gopher said:
Yes, they do lose on the road...but not to Indiana and Penn St.

Texas lost to Nebraska (I know they're playing well) future doormat of the Big Ten.

Friend Of Tubby · Feb 19, 2011

EG#9 said:
Ok, then you can't lose to Illinois and Virginia at home. I am all for the "winning on the road is tough" mantra if we beat teams we shouldn't beat at home. We have one such win this year against Purdue. If the Gophers simply split these 4 games: Virginia, Illinois, at Indiana, and at Penn State we'd be in fine shape.

Gophers have 3 unexpected W - over UNC, WVU, and Purdue.

Gophers have 4 unexpected L - UVa, Illinois, at IU, at Penn St.

GopherinPhilly · Feb 19, 2011

Welcome trolls! (FOT excluded)

BarnBurner · Feb 19, 2011

Friend Of Tubby said:
Gophers have 3 unexpected W - over UNC, WVU, and Purdue.

Gophers have 4 unexpected L - UVa, Illinois, at IU, at Penn St.

Unexpected?

When, exactly, should Gopher fans expect Tubby's teams to beat a these types of teams?

Year 10?

Art Vandelay · Feb 19, 2011

BarnBurner said:
Unexpected?

When, exactly, should Gopher fans expect Tubby's teams to beat a these types of teams?

Year 10?

+ 1,000,000

Unexpected wins at home? Huh? The Gophers should expect to win every single home game. Will they win em' all? Probably not, but it shouldn't too much to ask of a program led by the Lord Tubby the Great to expect to win every home game.

Friend Of Tubby · Feb 20, 2011

BarnBurner said:
Unexpected?

When, exactly, should Gopher fans expect Tubby's teams to beat a these types of teams?

Year 10?

Unexpected W meaning those teams were rated higher than Gophers at the time.

Friend Of Tubby · Feb 20, 2011

Art Vandelay said:
+ 1,000,000

Unexpected wins at home? Huh? The Gophers should expect to win every single home game. Will they win em' all? Probably not, but it shouldn't too much to ask of a program led by the Lord Tubby the Great to expect to win every home game.

How long has it been since Gophers "won every game at home" if you know?

BarnBurner · Feb 20, 2011

Friend Of Tubby said:
Unexpected W meaning those teams were rated higher than Gophers at the time.

So MN should not expect to win against teams rated higher than them at the time the game is played? Nice excuse.

Any shred of credibility you had is now gone.

Good teams and coaches expect to beat their opponents.

Friend Of Tubby · Feb 20, 2011

BarnBurner said:
So MN should not expect to win against teams rated higher than them at the time the game is played? Nice excuse.

Any shred of credibility you had is now gone.

Good teams and coaches expect to beat their opponents.

Point was that Gophers have W a few games that might have been L and L a few that might have been W.

Some of you people are so INCREDIBLY dense that it's hard to imagine.

BarnBurner · Feb 20, 2011

Friend Of Tubby said:
Point was that Gophers have W a few games that might have been L and L a few that might have been W.Some of you people are so INCREDIBLY dense that it's hard to imagine.

You dont say?

The point is that you said "expected" to lose. Now you twist it.

Nice try.

Year 4.

When should MN expect to win against Purdue, and WVU FoT? Year 10?

Good teams and coaches expect to beat their opponents.

Friend Of Tubby · Feb 20, 2011

BarnBurner said:
You dont say?

The point is that you said "expected" to lose. Now you twist it.

Nice try.

Year 4.

When should MN expect to win against Purdue, and WVU FoT? Year 10?

Good teams and coaches expect to beat their opponents.

I defined the words "expected" and "unexpected" because some failed to comprehend.

The Boilers and Mountaineers were favored to W those games but Minnesota did.

brooski · Feb 20, 2011

CrocShots said:
Texas lost to Nebraska (I know they're playing well) future doormat of the Big Ten.

'be careful what you wish for'..............just sayin'

BarnBurner · Feb 20, 2011

Friend Of Tubby said:
I defined the words "expected" and "unexpected" because some failed to comprehend.

The Boilers and Mountaineers were favored to W those games but Minnesota did.

Favored? Please.

Just win FoT. Just win.

Year 4, not so much.

When can MN expect to win?

Friend Of Tubby · Feb 20, 2011

BarnBurner said:
Favored? Please.

Just win FoT. Just win.

Year 4, not so much.

When can MN expect to win?

Not in a year where starting PG goes down with injuries, back-up PG quits, and key reserve C also goes down with injury.

YES the Gophers were underdogs against those 3 teams.

BarnBurner · Feb 20, 2011

Friend Of Tubby said:
Not in a year where starting PG goes down with injuries, back-up PG quits, and key reserve C also goes down with injury.

YES the Gophers were underdogs against those 3 teams.

If MN is an underdog, should we expect them to lose?

If MN favored, we should expect them to win - right?

WIN Fot. Just WIN.

Friend Of Tubby · Feb 20, 2011

BarnBurner said:
If MN is an underdog, should we expect them to lose?

If MN favored, we should expect them to win - right?

WIN Fot. Just WIN.

Yes to both. They have W 3 times where L was projected. And L 4 times where W as projected.

Please link to last Gopher undefeated season.

underground629 · Feb 21, 2011

Only one of those games listed was a home game... Regardless, I actually expected to win all of those games (and no, I don't always expect us to win).

Art Vandelay said:
+ 1,000,000

Unexpected wins at home? Huh? The Gophers should expect to win every single home game. Will they win em' all? Probably not, but it shouldn't too much to ask of a program led by the Lord Tubby the Great to expect to win every home game.

Even healthy top teams lose on the road...

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