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Early Gophers ties
The Shanahans have a fondness for Minnesota. Kyle was born here when Mike was Gophers offensive coordinator under Joe Salem for the 1979 season.
The Gophers were only 4-6-1 (3-5-1 Big Ten), but they did have a tremendous offense that pushed Ohio State in a 21-17 loss that September at Memorial Stadium. The Buckeyes went 11-0 during that regular season before losing the Rose Bowl 17-16 to No. 2 USC.
“I remember having 350 yards in the first half [against Ohio State],” Shanahan recalled. “… We introduced the run-and-shoot offense, and they were not ready for it. And even though we didn’t have a great year that year, we did a lot of good things offensively.”
Shanahan was a 27-year-old offensive coordinator at Eastern Illinois when Salem hired him. Salem recalled last week that Shanahan did such a great job in that one season with the Gophers, several schools were after him because they wanted to use the run-and-shoot offense. Salem wanted to keep Shanahan here, he said, but there was no hope of that happening. Shanahan left to become offensive coordinator at the University of Florida in 1980.
http://www.startribune.com/mike-and-kyle-shanahan-kirk-cousins-have-lengthy-nfl-history/492556601/
Go Gophers!!
Early Gophers ties
The Shanahans have a fondness for Minnesota. Kyle was born here when Mike was Gophers offensive coordinator under Joe Salem for the 1979 season.
The Gophers were only 4-6-1 (3-5-1 Big Ten), but they did have a tremendous offense that pushed Ohio State in a 21-17 loss that September at Memorial Stadium. The Buckeyes went 11-0 during that regular season before losing the Rose Bowl 17-16 to No. 2 USC.
“I remember having 350 yards in the first half [against Ohio State],” Shanahan recalled. “… We introduced the run-and-shoot offense, and they were not ready for it. And even though we didn’t have a great year that year, we did a lot of good things offensively.”
Shanahan was a 27-year-old offensive coordinator at Eastern Illinois when Salem hired him. Salem recalled last week that Shanahan did such a great job in that one season with the Gophers, several schools were after him because they wanted to use the run-and-shoot offense. Salem wanted to keep Shanahan here, he said, but there was no hope of that happening. Shanahan left to become offensive coordinator at the University of Florida in 1980.
http://www.startribune.com/mike-and-kyle-shanahan-kirk-cousins-have-lengthy-nfl-history/492556601/
Go Gophers!!