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Gophers football coach P.J. Fleck knows that the season opener against South Dakota State on Thursday at TCF Bank Stadium will not be an easy matchup, even if the Jackrabbits are an FCS team.
“They’re a really good football team. Some publications have them picked to win a national title — whether it’s North Dakota State or whether it’s them,” Fleck said. “They’re very talented. They have an All-American receiver [Cade Johnson] on offense, they have a linebacker [Christian Rozeboom] that’s All-American on defense. They’re really talented.
“They play really well together, they’re well-coached and they have had consistency in their program for a long time and they have a really good quarterback that they’re starting in his first start. … We just have to take care of us. We have to worry about us, play our best football that we possibly can, that we’re capable of playing and that’s what we’re going to focus on.”
In 2018, the Jackrabbits went 8-2 in the regular season and won two FCS playoff games before falling to North Dakota State at the Fargodome 44-21 in the national semifinals.
Las Vegas oddsmakers — at least, the ones that publish odds for FBS teams facing FCS teams — have made the Gophers only 13-point favorites heading into the contest.
“That’s for all of you guys to talk about, not me,” Fleck said.
http://www.startribune.com/gophers-are-prepared-for-and-aware-of-south-dakota-state/558618192/
Go Gophers!!
Gophers football coach P.J. Fleck knows that the season opener against South Dakota State on Thursday at TCF Bank Stadium will not be an easy matchup, even if the Jackrabbits are an FCS team.
“They’re a really good football team. Some publications have them picked to win a national title — whether it’s North Dakota State or whether it’s them,” Fleck said. “They’re very talented. They have an All-American receiver [Cade Johnson] on offense, they have a linebacker [Christian Rozeboom] that’s All-American on defense. They’re really talented.
“They play really well together, they’re well-coached and they have had consistency in their program for a long time and they have a really good quarterback that they’re starting in his first start. … We just have to take care of us. We have to worry about us, play our best football that we possibly can, that we’re capable of playing and that’s what we’re going to focus on.”
In 2018, the Jackrabbits went 8-2 in the regular season and won two FCS playoff games before falling to North Dakota State at the Fargodome 44-21 in the national semifinals.
Las Vegas oddsmakers — at least, the ones that publish odds for FBS teams facing FCS teams — have made the Gophers only 13-point favorites heading into the contest.
“That’s for all of you guys to talk about, not me,” Fleck said.
http://www.startribune.com/gophers-are-prepared-for-and-aware-of-south-dakota-state/558618192/
Go Gophers!!
