Helwagen: Let’s see where Minnesota is in five years. We might be surprised.

MNVCGUY said:

Agree with that take. One of the most impressive things that has come from Fleck's first 2 years is the lack of penalties called against us. In 2017 we led the nation in fewest penalties and last year we were 5th.

https://www.teamrankings.com/college-football/stat/penalties-per-game?date=2019-01-08

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Robb Smith was great for reducing defensive penalties. He coached the players to be so far out of position that they couldn't reach a receiver to interfere with or a face mask to grasp.

Sarcasm aside, eliminating self inflicted wounds goes a long way. Kudos for what we've done in the past two years in that department, hopefully the trend continues.