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per Randy:
So, how do the Gophers — who’ve been outscored 32-10 in the fourth quarter in Big Ten play — find a way to finish these close games?
“You just don’t go out there and say, ‘Hey, we got to finish,’ and then you go out there, ‘Wow, that was a great speech, Coach,’ ’’ Fleck said.
No, that’s not the way to do it. But the Gophers’ opponent Saturday night at TCF Bank Stadium, No. 21 Michigan State, might have a blueprint.
During the past two weeks, the Spartans held off Iowa 17-10 in East Lansing and then-No. 7 Michigan 14-10 in Ann Arbor. They limited the Hawkeyes to 19 rushing yards total and a field goal in the second half. The Wolverines committed five turnovers and scored only a TD in the second half.
“Our entire team played with grit,’’ Spartans coach Mark Dantonio said. “We played extremely hard and did not get overwhelmed by the environment.’’
For the Gophers, closing games will require a combination of experience, confidence, talent and depth, and they have those qualities in varying levels.
http://www.startribune.com/gophers-football-team-fails-to-navigate-game-s-final-minutes/450517513/
Go Gophers!!
So, how do the Gophers — who’ve been outscored 32-10 in the fourth quarter in Big Ten play — find a way to finish these close games?
“You just don’t go out there and say, ‘Hey, we got to finish,’ and then you go out there, ‘Wow, that was a great speech, Coach,’ ’’ Fleck said.
No, that’s not the way to do it. But the Gophers’ opponent Saturday night at TCF Bank Stadium, No. 21 Michigan State, might have a blueprint.
During the past two weeks, the Spartans held off Iowa 17-10 in East Lansing and then-No. 7 Michigan 14-10 in Ann Arbor. They limited the Hawkeyes to 19 rushing yards total and a field goal in the second half. The Wolverines committed five turnovers and scored only a TD in the second half.
“Our entire team played with grit,’’ Spartans coach Mark Dantonio said. “We played extremely hard and did not get overwhelmed by the environment.’’
For the Gophers, closing games will require a combination of experience, confidence, talent and depth, and they have those qualities in varying levels.
http://www.startribune.com/gophers-football-team-fails-to-navigate-game-s-final-minutes/450517513/
Go Gophers!!