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per the AP:
Michigan is in a much better place than it was the last time Minnesota played at the Big House.
The Golden Gophers beat the Wolverines 30-14 in 2014 and took the Brown Jug back home in what was coach Brady Hoke's fourth and final season.
"The whole year was just awkward and weird," senior linebacker Mike McCray recalled earlier this week. "That game was just one of those awkward things."
During that game, "Fire Bra-dy!" chants broke out, and the school parted ways with Hoke after he went 5-7 in 2014. The school lured Jim Harbaugh away from the NFL, and he won 10 games in each of his first two seasons.
The Wolverines (6-2, 3-2 Big Ten) have some work to do to reach double digits in wins again this year. They are expected to beat the Golden Gophers (4-4, 1-4) at home Saturday and Maryland on the road next week to get to eight victories.
Then it gets tough matchups at No. 4 Wisconsin and at home against No. 3 Ohio State.
Minnesota, meanwhile, may not earn a bowl bid for the first time since Jerry Kill went 3-9 in his debut season with the school six years ago. The Gophers need to win at least two of their last four games at Michigan, against Nebraska, at Northwestern and against the fourth-ranked Badgers to extend the season.
P.J. Fleck, though, isn't putting any public pressure on his team to get a signature victory in his first year with the program.
"I'm not sitting there saying we're in a dire need of some type of big, big, big win," Fleck said. "We have to keep getting better."
https://www.usatoday.com/story/spor...it-was-during-last-minnesota-visit/107291282/
Go Gophers!!
Michigan is in a much better place than it was the last time Minnesota played at the Big House.
The Golden Gophers beat the Wolverines 30-14 in 2014 and took the Brown Jug back home in what was coach Brady Hoke's fourth and final season.
"The whole year was just awkward and weird," senior linebacker Mike McCray recalled earlier this week. "That game was just one of those awkward things."
During that game, "Fire Bra-dy!" chants broke out, and the school parted ways with Hoke after he went 5-7 in 2014. The school lured Jim Harbaugh away from the NFL, and he won 10 games in each of his first two seasons.
The Wolverines (6-2, 3-2 Big Ten) have some work to do to reach double digits in wins again this year. They are expected to beat the Golden Gophers (4-4, 1-4) at home Saturday and Maryland on the road next week to get to eight victories.
Then it gets tough matchups at No. 4 Wisconsin and at home against No. 3 Ohio State.
Minnesota, meanwhile, may not earn a bowl bid for the first time since Jerry Kill went 3-9 in his debut season with the school six years ago. The Gophers need to win at least two of their last four games at Michigan, against Nebraska, at Northwestern and against the fourth-ranked Badgers to extend the season.
P.J. Fleck, though, isn't putting any public pressure on his team to get a signature victory in his first year with the program.
"I'm not sitting there saying we're in a dire need of some type of big, big, big win," Fleck said. "We have to keep getting better."
https://www.usatoday.com/story/spor...it-was-during-last-minnesota-visit/107291282/
Go Gophers!!
