Minnesota Has ‘A Shot’ At Big Ten West Crown Says CBS Sports Analyst Randy Cross

per CBS:

The second year of the P.J. Fleck regime yielded a return to a bowl game (Quick Lane) and the continuation of the program’s bowl winning streak. Now, entering Year 3, Fleck’s squad is hoping to make another leap, but the Big Ten media has lowered expectations.

In Cleveland.com’s annual Big Ten preseason media poll, the Gophers were picked to finish sixth in the Big Ten West ahead of only Illinois in the division. Granted, the writers did admit that the West division appears to be wide open, but the hype heading into the year is all about Scott Frost and the Nebraska Cornhuskers or the expectations for a bounce back season from Wisconsin.

Still, optimism isn’t hard to find for Fleck and Gophers fans. For one, the team was extremely young last season with freshman and sophomores playing key roles particularly on the offensive side of the ball. All of that talent is back. Secondly, the West, by all accounts is wide open. And with the star potential that the Gophers have back on offense, they have a shot at making moves in the division.

“Minnesota has a shot. [Tanner] Morgan at quarterback and the running backs that they have led by Mohamed Ibrahim, they can be a factor,” said CBS Sports college football analyst Randy Cross. “But, part of it is going to be the coaching, part of it is the culture and part of it is just going to be the part that you’re supposed to do the most about in recruiting and that is athleticism.”

https://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2019...nesota-gophers-football-big-ten-west-preview/

Go Gophers!!

It’s easy to distinguish the analysts who actually research the teams from the ones who just look at the helmets and wing it. Randy Cross —-> Smart


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Of course we have a shot. That should be beyond dispute.

If this staff is as good as I think it is, then 2019 will be a very, very good season.

Mo Ibrahim is NOT leading the RBs. Everyone in the media seems to have forgotten Rodney Smith. By the time B1G season rolls around, Smith and Brooks will be leading the RBs as the "pair" and Ibrahim will be the "spare"