BleedGopher
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Joe has a column with early predictions on the Big Ten West and includes "football fever temperature" for each program:
GOPHERS
Coach: P.J. Fleck (first year).
2016 record: 9-4, 5-4.
Key returnee: RB Rodney Smith.
Spring story lines: Players quickly adjusted to Fleck’s high-energy approach. The Gophers were a skeleton crew, with 22 players recovering from offseason surgery. Demry Croft pulled even with Conor Rhoda in a quarterback battle that will linger into training camp.
Football fever temperature: 65. It’s a crowded sports market, but Fleck is an entertaining coach with a big personality and knows how to draw attention. Can he handle the Big Ten? Time will tell, but with a recruiting class ranked in the top 15 nationally, he’s off to a good start.
http://www.startribune.com/wisconsi...y-predictions-from-joe-christensen/419909653/
Go Gophers!!
GOPHERS
Coach: P.J. Fleck (first year).
2016 record: 9-4, 5-4.
Key returnee: RB Rodney Smith.
Spring story lines: Players quickly adjusted to Fleck’s high-energy approach. The Gophers were a skeleton crew, with 22 players recovering from offseason surgery. Demry Croft pulled even with Conor Rhoda in a quarterback battle that will linger into training camp.
Football fever temperature: 65. It’s a crowded sports market, but Fleck is an entertaining coach with a big personality and knows how to draw attention. Can he handle the Big Ten? Time will tell, but with a recruiting class ranked in the top 15 nationally, he’s off to a good start.
http://www.startribune.com/wisconsi...y-predictions-from-joe-christensen/419909653/
Go Gophers!!
