Gold Rush
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I would be pretty upset. I thought Purdue did a horrible job at in game management and adjustments. You can't just let someone run the same slant play over and over again and not do something to take it away. If the game had not been on the verge of a blowout, Morgan could/would have thrown for 500 yards easily. (Unless of course Purdue made adjustments which they refused to do.) If the Gophers had stuck to the same game plan they probably could have hung 60 points on them.
Purdue had better work on defending the slant routes because you can be sure other Big Ten teams are watching film and they will see that play again. And again........
With all that said, I give them credit for battling back from the adversity of their two star offensive players going down and making a game of it. But you have got to be aware of what the other team is doing and take it away if you can. You can't just let them carve you up with the same play all day long. That's just dumb coaching.
And, on the Gophers side, Fleck needs to work on better tackling and probably his on side kick unit too. They need to wrap up a lot better. Winfield tackles a lot like his dad, but the rest of the secondary in particular looked very sloppy. I liked Fleck's offensive game plan, they were prepared and they executed it very well.
I kind of like how the Gophers are not getting much credit for being 4-0. I would rather have them go into next week hungry and working on improving rather than hear about how great they are all week. They kind of owe Illinois for their worst game of the year last year and you can bet coaches will be reminding them of that all week. Stay hungry!!!
Purdue had better work on defending the slant routes because you can be sure other Big Ten teams are watching film and they will see that play again. And again........
With all that said, I give them credit for battling back from the adversity of their two star offensive players going down and making a game of it. But you have got to be aware of what the other team is doing and take it away if you can. You can't just let them carve you up with the same play all day long. That's just dumb coaching.
And, on the Gophers side, Fleck needs to work on better tackling and probably his on side kick unit too. They need to wrap up a lot better. Winfield tackles a lot like his dad, but the rest of the secondary in particular looked very sloppy. I liked Fleck's offensive game plan, they were prepared and they executed it very well.
I kind of like how the Gophers are not getting much credit for being 4-0. I would rather have them go into next week hungry and working on improving rather than hear about how great they are all week. They kind of owe Illinois for their worst game of the year last year and you can bet coaches will be reminding them of that all week. Stay hungry!!!