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Fleck sees growth in Gophers
Gophers coach P.J. Fleck recently said one positive he witnessed during spring football was that he saw a lot of talent both in upperclassmen and in some surprising freshmen.
“I thought [defensive lineman] Boye Mafe had a tremendous spring,” Fleck said. I thought [linebacker] Thomas Rush had a tremendous spring. [Linebacker] Mariano Sori-Marin. The next guys.
“Everybody expects [linebacker] Kamal Martin to play well and [linebacker] Carter Coughlin and [defensive back] Antoine Winfield Jr., and you know those types of guys. But it’s the guys that are going to be the backups to those guys — the third-down roles or certain roles with the football team that we need to continue to grow and raise to the level of starters. I was really proud of a lot of their progress.”
The season is still three months away, but several national projections believe the Gophers will finish second in the Big Ten West behind only Nebraska. CBS Sports’ Dennis Dodd placed the Gophers at No. 23 in his post-spring practice rankings.
Fleck said that one of the benefits of having low expectations last season means the team understands why they are picked where they are and how they can go about proving experts either right or wrong.
“People are expecting things, we’re the second-youngest team in America, but what we are is experienced,” Fleck said. “Now we can fall back on those experiences, educate them about the pressures and expectations that they’re going to have from the outside. No one is sitting there saying that this team is going to win the national championship from the outside, but there are expectations rising.”
http://www.startribune.com/anthony-barr-will-remain-at-linebacker-for-vikings-this-season/510432352/
Go Gophers!!
Fleck sees growth in Gophers
Gophers coach P.J. Fleck recently said one positive he witnessed during spring football was that he saw a lot of talent both in upperclassmen and in some surprising freshmen.
“I thought [defensive lineman] Boye Mafe had a tremendous spring,” Fleck said. I thought [linebacker] Thomas Rush had a tremendous spring. [Linebacker] Mariano Sori-Marin. The next guys.
“Everybody expects [linebacker] Kamal Martin to play well and [linebacker] Carter Coughlin and [defensive back] Antoine Winfield Jr., and you know those types of guys. But it’s the guys that are going to be the backups to those guys — the third-down roles or certain roles with the football team that we need to continue to grow and raise to the level of starters. I was really proud of a lot of their progress.”
The season is still three months away, but several national projections believe the Gophers will finish second in the Big Ten West behind only Nebraska. CBS Sports’ Dennis Dodd placed the Gophers at No. 23 in his post-spring practice rankings.
Fleck said that one of the benefits of having low expectations last season means the team understands why they are picked where they are and how they can go about proving experts either right or wrong.
“People are expecting things, we’re the second-youngest team in America, but what we are is experienced,” Fleck said. “Now we can fall back on those experiences, educate them about the pressures and expectations that they’re going to have from the outside. No one is sitting there saying that this team is going to win the national championship from the outside, but there are expectations rising.”
http://www.startribune.com/anthony-barr-will-remain-at-linebacker-for-vikings-this-season/510432352/
Go Gophers!!
