Try not to overthink this too much

The plan of attack for our opponents hasn't been complicated. Take their 310 pound red shirt senior tackle and pound them at our 240 pound true freshman defensive end. After doing that for awhile, start throwing at our linebackers and secondary, some of who played offense in the last year or even last week.
On offense, the line is simply too young.
No gameplan can overcome our limitations.
Unfortunately, we are in for a long rebuild. ********

When things are this bad, I don't know that any game plan on the part of the Gophers can be reverse engineered by looking at the results. Why would anyone plan to have as many as three freshman play on the O-line, and moving bodies to fill gaps does not make someone a HS Coach, but it does show how desparate the situation is currently.

Here's hoping for a full and talented recruiting class so that we can see the game plan on the field in coming years.

Great Plains Gopher said:

Okay, that is all a theory, but just a theory. Turner Gill took over a winning Kansas program and went into the dumpster. His second season is worse than the first. Apply that here and it may be just as true (next year will be as bad or worse). After the bye, we'll see if this team regroups, starts to fight, scrap, show some intelligence on offense or defense and maybe win a game or two. The proof is on the field.

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That might be the first reasonable place and time to look for improvement, but that will not reflect the program so much as the current character makeup of the team.

It is unlikely that it will get much worse than it currently is.

Sure the proof is on the field. That is why one previous coach is no longer with us, and neither is Brewster still on the sidelines. And speaking of proof getting to the field - look how great Brews recruiting was.

McGopherFan said:

The plan of attack for our opponents hasn't been complicated. Take their 310 pound red shirt senior tackle and pound them at our 240 pound true freshman defensive end. After doing that for awhile, start throwing at our linebackers and secondary, some of who played offense in the last year or even last week.
On offense, the line is simply too young.
No gameplan can overcome our limitations.
Unfortunately, we are in for a long rebuild. ********

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Was that the successful game plan for the New Mexico and North Dakota States also?