mnsportsgeek
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I have a feeling we'll either keep it within 10 points or lose by 30+.
How did I do that? I simply said we were beat soundly last year and I think they could have scored more. I didn't even mention this year's game. Find someone else to accuse Killjoy - you are looking for things that aren't there.
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Our offense turned the ball over 5 times because TCU destroyed us. There's no shame in that, TCU destroyed a lot of good football teams last year. They may have been the best team in the country. Saying that the game would have been close without the 5 TOs is like San Jose St. saying their game with us would have been close if they would have contained the run better...
TCU will again be a tough match-up for us because their biggest weakness (if you can call it that) is their pass defense. They got exposed against Baylor and also lost of lot of their back 7. Unfortunately, a passing game also happens to be our biggest weakness. Along with running QBs, which they also have.
Hopefully this gem heads north to watch his team:
Elderly man punched in the face at football scrimmage Friday
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TCU's defense destroyed our offense. I have no problem saying that. I disagree with the opinion that they thoroughly dominated us in all phases though. I think our defense, given the situations they were put it, played TCU's offense very well. I was just disagreeing with the thought that they could've run it up even more if they wanted to. From what I remember they played their starters deep into the game and were still throwing the ball quite a bit in the 4th quarter.
Wow. Did folks even watch the game? A coach giving credit to the other team is not rare and certainly not definitive. Go back and watch the game. We got our butts kicked and TCU held back in the second half.
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If we keep it within 10, I'll be content - nationally it will be perceived that we gave them a good game. Obviously I want the Gophers to do more than that and win the game, but that's the 'fan' in me and not the person that lives in reality.
Offensively they didn't a whole lot. Boykin was in until the end and they continued to use their no huddle offense. They ran the ball a little bit more than the first half but it wasn't a ton more. If I remember correctly, they even threw a very deep pass with about 4 minutes left in the game. I'm not sure how TCU changed things on defense though.
I think it is a combination of us just playing better in the second half and them letting off the gas a little. But it isn't like they started running our offense or anything either.
Frogs were a money making machine ATS last year, so Vegas may really have to push it to force some bets to the other side. That's an awful lot of points to give a home dog in a revenge game on a Thursday night.