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per Sid:
This is a big time for football in the state of Minnesota, and maybe as exciting a combined start for the Vikings and the Gophers as we have had in decades.
First we talk about the Gophers’ great nonconference run, and then we talk about new Vikings standout defensive lineman Sheldon Richardson and how far the Vikings can go this season.
The Gophers haven’t won a Big Ten championship in 51 years, so coach P.J. Fleck was asked, after a 3-0 start that has his team feeling good going into conference play on Saturday at Maryland, whether he can break that streak and win at Minnesota.
“I would not have come here if I didn’t think you could win at the University of Minnesota,” Fleck said. “You definitely can win at the University of Minnesota. All the reasons why we think we can’t, we can. That’s why we’re winning. There is a million reasons why we can.
“It’s going to take a lot of resolve, a lot of belief, a lot of vision, a lot of people to be able to change their own perceptions, thoughts, ideas, but it definitely can be done. We would not have come here if we didn’t believe we could do that. We have already started that process.”
Who would have thought that in the long history of the Gophers no coach — not Glen Mason or Jerry Kill or Lou Holtz or Murray Warmath or Bernie Bierman — had ever started his first two seasons 3-0 until Fleck did it this season.
But Fleck said while he was pleased with the news, it’s part of a bigger picture for him.
“I don’t think you get any awards for that, but it is something we’re building,” he said. “We’re looking forward to building this culture one game at a time. We have an incredible coaching staff, we have a plan, we have a vision, and you have to give our kids a ton of credit so far with the amount of adversity they have already faced.
“Whether it’s with [the injury to running back] Rodney [Smith] or with the youth, the ability of them to be able to look at it from one-game seasons and be able to play their best and play as good as they possibly can play, you have to give them credit. They deserve all the credit for the start, but we’re 0-0 this week and got to start over.”
http://www.startribune.com/with-vik...ood-time-for-football-in-minnesota/493906871/
Go Gophers!!
This is a big time for football in the state of Minnesota, and maybe as exciting a combined start for the Vikings and the Gophers as we have had in decades.
First we talk about the Gophers’ great nonconference run, and then we talk about new Vikings standout defensive lineman Sheldon Richardson and how far the Vikings can go this season.
The Gophers haven’t won a Big Ten championship in 51 years, so coach P.J. Fleck was asked, after a 3-0 start that has his team feeling good going into conference play on Saturday at Maryland, whether he can break that streak and win at Minnesota.
“I would not have come here if I didn’t think you could win at the University of Minnesota,” Fleck said. “You definitely can win at the University of Minnesota. All the reasons why we think we can’t, we can. That’s why we’re winning. There is a million reasons why we can.
“It’s going to take a lot of resolve, a lot of belief, a lot of vision, a lot of people to be able to change their own perceptions, thoughts, ideas, but it definitely can be done. We would not have come here if we didn’t believe we could do that. We have already started that process.”
Who would have thought that in the long history of the Gophers no coach — not Glen Mason or Jerry Kill or Lou Holtz or Murray Warmath or Bernie Bierman — had ever started his first two seasons 3-0 until Fleck did it this season.
But Fleck said while he was pleased with the news, it’s part of a bigger picture for him.
“I don’t think you get any awards for that, but it is something we’re building,” he said. “We’re looking forward to building this culture one game at a time. We have an incredible coaching staff, we have a plan, we have a vision, and you have to give our kids a ton of credit so far with the amount of adversity they have already faced.
“Whether it’s with [the injury to running back] Rodney [Smith] or with the youth, the ability of them to be able to look at it from one-game seasons and be able to play their best and play as good as they possibly can play, you have to give them credit. They deserve all the credit for the start, but we’re 0-0 this week and got to start over.”
http://www.startribune.com/with-vik...ood-time-for-football-in-minnesota/493906871/
Go Gophers!!
