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“Basically, you change one thing, some small thing, and it can change something drastically,” Wolitarsky said.
The Gophers made enough plays to go 8-4. A lot went their way, including Emmit Carpenter’s 28-yard, last-minute field goal in their 34-32 squeaker over Rutgers.
But if four other plays had gone differently, the California-bound Gophers might be headed to Pasadena instead of San Diego.
Oct. 1, State College, Pa.
With the Gophers leading 13-3, Penn State’s entire season seemed to be teetering. The Nittany Lions had a 2-2 record and were 0-for-8 on third down against a Gophers defense that could seem to do no wrong.
Facing third-and-10 in the third quarter, Penn State’s Trace McSorley hit receiver Irvin Charles over the middle at midfield. The play then turned to disaster, when Charles slipped a tackle from Gophers safety Adekunle Ayinde and sprinted the rest of the way for an 80-yard touchdown.
“You’ve got to keep the ball in front of you,” coach Tracy Claeys said.
Penn State won 29-26 in overtime and used it as a springboard for a Big Ten title and trip to the Rose Bowl.
http://www.startribune.com/for-goph...-san-diego-is-actually-quite-small/406139256/
The Gophers made enough plays to go 8-4. A lot went their way, including Emmit Carpenter’s 28-yard, last-minute field goal in their 34-32 squeaker over Rutgers.
But if four other plays had gone differently, the California-bound Gophers might be headed to Pasadena instead of San Diego.
Oct. 1, State College, Pa.
With the Gophers leading 13-3, Penn State’s entire season seemed to be teetering. The Nittany Lions had a 2-2 record and were 0-for-8 on third down against a Gophers defense that could seem to do no wrong.
Facing third-and-10 in the third quarter, Penn State’s Trace McSorley hit receiver Irvin Charles over the middle at midfield. The play then turned to disaster, when Charles slipped a tackle from Gophers safety Adekunle Ayinde and sprinted the rest of the way for an 80-yard touchdown.
“You’ve got to keep the ball in front of you,” coach Tracy Claeys said.
Penn State won 29-26 in overtime and used it as a springboard for a Big Ten title and trip to the Rose Bowl.
http://www.startribune.com/for-goph...-san-diego-is-actually-quite-small/406139256/