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Who will lead the 2016 Gophers in rushing yards?
Barring serious injuries, I hope it looks something like this:
Brooks - 1300 yds
Smith - 800 vds
Leidner - 300 yds.
McCrary, JJ, or Femi-Cole - 300 yds.
Yeah, that might be a bit optimistic for Brooks, as I also think he's going to miss at least 3-4 games. Not outside the realm of possibility, but unlikely this year.
The second part is certainly easily doable - rushing for 2700 team yards. We ran for 2800+ in 2014 and the really prolific offenses can rush for 4000+ yards. That might be a bit optimistic for us but if we can break 3000 rush yards I wouldn't be surprised at all.
If Brooks is out 3-4 games, which is very likely, you think he'll rack up 150 yd/gm? Gophs will gain 700 more gross yards than last year too?
More than a bit, would have put him #2 in the country last year in YPG. I'll give you the 2,700 rushing as a stretch goal...if Mitch still gets 2,700+ yards passing. Would make them a top 60 offense.
This team should be better than a middle of the road offense IMO.
If Brooks is out 3-4 games, which is very likely, you think he'll rack up 150 yd/gm? Gophs will gain 700 more gross yards than last year too?
Is there a possibility that if all the running backs produce that Brooks could be red shirted if he has to sit out 3 or 4 games. He is only a sophmore. The danger is that when his senior year comes he would opt for the NFL.
Getting top 60 would be a gigantic leap for them...to go up 50+ spots in the ranking. They've basically only cracked the top 100 (out of 120) once in the past 6 years. Definitely where they need to be. It's achievable, but absolutely a stretch goal this season.
Got to start somewhere. If an offense with a projected NFL draft pick at QB, a pair of talented RBs, an emerging receiving corp and an expected shored up OL can't be near the top third with such a favorable schedule, there is little hope that we'll ever see anything resembling a big time CFB offense with this coaching staff.