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When the Gophers travel to play Oregon State of the Pac-12 on Saturday, it will be their last nonconference football game against a top-tier program until 2020.
For the time being, an upcoming slate against programs mostly from mid-major conferences seems just fine with first-year coach P.J. Fleck, who has yet to put his stamp on future Minnesota schedules.
Near the genesis of his first season at Minnesota, Fleck has been quick to mention his inherited roster is among the youngest in the nation, with 45 percent of players being freshmen or redshirt freshmen. He also routinely touches on the team’s lack of depth on the offensive and defensive lines and in the defensive backfield. A third leg of Fleck’s talking points is that his team probably will get even younger next year with a big class of coveted recruits.
So, the 2018 nonconference schedule featuring New Mexico State, Fresno State and Miami (Ohio) — all at TCF Bank Stadium — doesn’t seem so daunting for a team finding itself under Fleck.
In 2019, Minnesota’s slate starts with a home game against South Dakota State, followed by a game at Fresno State and a home game against Georgia Southern.
“First and foremost, we want to give ourselves the best chance to continue to develop our program the way we want to be able to,” Fleck said Tuesday of his scheduling philosophy.
http://www.twincities.com/2017/09/0...ime-football-foes-but-not-until-theyre-ready/
Go Gophers!!
When the Gophers travel to play Oregon State of the Pac-12 on Saturday, it will be their last nonconference football game against a top-tier program until 2020.
For the time being, an upcoming slate against programs mostly from mid-major conferences seems just fine with first-year coach P.J. Fleck, who has yet to put his stamp on future Minnesota schedules.
Near the genesis of his first season at Minnesota, Fleck has been quick to mention his inherited roster is among the youngest in the nation, with 45 percent of players being freshmen or redshirt freshmen. He also routinely touches on the team’s lack of depth on the offensive and defensive lines and in the defensive backfield. A third leg of Fleck’s talking points is that his team probably will get even younger next year with a big class of coveted recruits.
So, the 2018 nonconference schedule featuring New Mexico State, Fresno State and Miami (Ohio) — all at TCF Bank Stadium — doesn’t seem so daunting for a team finding itself under Fleck.
In 2019, Minnesota’s slate starts with a home game against South Dakota State, followed by a game at Fresno State and a home game against Georgia Southern.
“First and foremost, we want to give ourselves the best chance to continue to develop our program the way we want to be able to,” Fleck said Tuesday of his scheduling philosophy.
http://www.twincities.com/2017/09/0...ime-football-foes-but-not-until-theyre-ready/
Go Gophers!!
