STrib: Gophers picked to finish near bottom of Big Ten West by media

per STrib:

Even with a lighter Big Ten schedule this year, the Gophers are listed as heavy underdogs to win the Big Ten West.

Minnesota was picked fifth in the division — behind Iowa, Nebraska, Wisconsin and Northwestern — in the annual preseason media poll released Friday by Cleveland.com.

The Gophers also were picked fifth two years ago, when they went 5-3 in conference play, losing a decisive game to Wisconsin for the division title.

Last year, the media picked the Gophers third in the West, and they went 2-6 in conference play, tying for fifth place.

http://www.startribune.com/gophers-picked-to-finish-near-bottom-of-big-ten-west-by-media/387945312/

Go Gophers!!

Not really surprising. If you don't know the team all that well, saw they made a coaching change... not a spectacular history.

Yeah a lot of folks will pick that. And hey Iowa, Neb, Wisc, Northwestern games aren't gimmies so it's possible to drop all those.

It would be hard to pick us any where else other than 5th, but I'm confident we finish higher. (But Leidner and the O-Line gotta be healthy too)

In other news, Sid is losing his hearing and Gopher fans are split over Mitch Leidner.