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per the Lincoln Journal Star:
The central tenets of Big Ten West football, particularly once the November chill sets in, are not fancy.
Chief among them: Run the ball and stop the run.
Well, Nebraska hasn’t run it very well the past few weeks and Minnesota has struggled to stop the run.
That might read like weakness-on-weakness — not exactly a ringing endorsement for Saturday’s matchup of 4-5 teams — but whichever side is able to reverse its fortunes may well hold the upper hand at TCF Bank Stadium.
The Huskers have not rushed for more than 112 yards in any of their past four games and are averaging 76.5 per game and less than 3.1 per attempt in that span. They do not have a rushing touchdown since the second quarter of win over Illinois on Sept. 28, a span of more than 4½ games. The Gophers, meanwhile, are surrendering a league-worst 4.9 yards per carry on the season and saw Michigan rush for 371 yards (10 per carry) and four scores in last weekend’s 33-10 Wolverines victory.
“You can’t ever read too much into (one game) but it’s an indicator that they’ve had a little bit of trouble defending the runs at times,” NU offensive coordinator Danny Langsdorf said Monday. “It’s something that we want to make sure we’re geared up for.”
http://journalstar.com/sports/huske...cle_f73fc57b-a6ca-5dc9-a52a-aa3e93001c0d.html
Go Gophers!!
The central tenets of Big Ten West football, particularly once the November chill sets in, are not fancy.
Chief among them: Run the ball and stop the run.
Well, Nebraska hasn’t run it very well the past few weeks and Minnesota has struggled to stop the run.
That might read like weakness-on-weakness — not exactly a ringing endorsement for Saturday’s matchup of 4-5 teams — but whichever side is able to reverse its fortunes may well hold the upper hand at TCF Bank Stadium.
The Huskers have not rushed for more than 112 yards in any of their past four games and are averaging 76.5 per game and less than 3.1 per attempt in that span. They do not have a rushing touchdown since the second quarter of win over Illinois on Sept. 28, a span of more than 4½ games. The Gophers, meanwhile, are surrendering a league-worst 4.9 yards per carry on the season and saw Michigan rush for 371 yards (10 per carry) and four scores in last weekend’s 33-10 Wolverines victory.
“You can’t ever read too much into (one game) but it’s an indicator that they’ve had a little bit of trouble defending the runs at times,” NU offensive coordinator Danny Langsdorf said Monday. “It’s something that we want to make sure we’re geared up for.”
http://journalstar.com/sports/huske...cle_f73fc57b-a6ca-5dc9-a52a-aa3e93001c0d.html
Go Gophers!!