BleedGopher
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per Austin Ward:
Just in case the chip on the shoulders of two of the Big Ten’s best cornerbacks wasn’t already big enough, wide receivers across the league can thank the Thorpe Award committee for making it even bigger.
Preseason watch lists may not be worth anything more than stirring up debate and helping pass the time in a football-less summer, but that doesn’t mean they all go unnoticed by players -- particularly by those who would justifiably feel snubbed. And anybody that doesn’t believe Eric Murray and Briean Boddy-Calhoun have earned that right heading into this season hasn’t been paying attention.
Whether the Gophers use the oversight as fuel or simply brush it aside, it’s yet another reminder that the program still has work to do to shape its perception as a perpetual underdog. Coincidentally, there’s a massive opportunity collectively to bury it when the season opens in September with a primetime showdown against TCU that will have no shortage of attention. And individually it could turn into a showcase for a couple defenders who were bypassed in favor of four defensive backs from the Sun Belt and four more from the MAC.
http://espn.go.com/blog/bigten/post...nubs-could-add-to-chip-on-minnesotas-shoulder
Go Gophers!!
Just in case the chip on the shoulders of two of the Big Ten’s best cornerbacks wasn’t already big enough, wide receivers across the league can thank the Thorpe Award committee for making it even bigger.
Preseason watch lists may not be worth anything more than stirring up debate and helping pass the time in a football-less summer, but that doesn’t mean they all go unnoticed by players -- particularly by those who would justifiably feel snubbed. And anybody that doesn’t believe Eric Murray and Briean Boddy-Calhoun have earned that right heading into this season hasn’t been paying attention.
Whether the Gophers use the oversight as fuel or simply brush it aside, it’s yet another reminder that the program still has work to do to shape its perception as a perpetual underdog. Coincidentally, there’s a massive opportunity collectively to bury it when the season opens in September with a primetime showdown against TCU that will have no shortage of attention. And individually it could turn into a showcase for a couple defenders who were bypassed in favor of four defensive backs from the Sun Belt and four more from the MAC.
http://espn.go.com/blog/bigten/post...nubs-could-add-to-chip-on-minnesotas-shoulder
Go Gophers!!
