stevedave23
09-27-2009, 09:37 PM
-Gopher run blocking was better this week. I wasn't very impressed with the NW front 7 but even taking that into account I thought the gopher OL looked better.
-Bennett and Eskridge need to run with their head's up. They missed some big cutbacks (particularly on a couple of short yardage plays).
-For the third time in three games the gophers outplayed their opponents on special teams.
-I wasn't as disappointed with the secondary as others have been. The gophers ran a lot of zone in the first 3 quarters and NW simply ran one or two receivers either underneath or in between the layers of the zone on each play.
-The gopher DL played very good and won the line of scrimage battle. After watching the other big ten games I feel like the gopher DL is playing as good as any in the conference.
-Weber looked very hit or miss (again). As the competition gets tougher the gophers will need him to be more consistant.
-I don't think anyone should discount this win. It might sound counter intuitive but IMHO winning on the road against a lesser opponent with dull crowd can be more difficult than beating a better team with a jacked up crowd on the road (see gophers record @Indiana the past 25 years).
-Bennett and Eskridge need to run with their head's up. They missed some big cutbacks (particularly on a couple of short yardage plays).
-For the third time in three games the gophers outplayed their opponents on special teams.
-I wasn't as disappointed with the secondary as others have been. The gophers ran a lot of zone in the first 3 quarters and NW simply ran one or two receivers either underneath or in between the layers of the zone on each play.
-The gopher DL played very good and won the line of scrimage battle. After watching the other big ten games I feel like the gopher DL is playing as good as any in the conference.
-Weber looked very hit or miss (again). As the competition gets tougher the gophers will need him to be more consistant.
-I don't think anyone should discount this win. It might sound counter intuitive but IMHO winning on the road against a lesser opponent with dull crowd can be more difficult than beating a better team with a jacked up crowd on the road (see gophers record @Indiana the past 25 years).