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per Megan:
Gophers coach P.J. Fleck held up a long notecard, filled with his scribbles.
He'd written down everything that went wrong for the Gophers in their 38-35 double-overtime victory at Fresno State this past weekend for a team meeting. Whether fumbles, penalties, muffed punts or dropped passes, the coach wanted the errors addressed before this Saturday's home game against Georgia Southern.
The Gophers defense, for example, held Fresno State to 57 rushing yards, but penalties nearly derailed that. Fleck said only one — senior defensive end Tai'yon Devers' facemask personal foul away from the ball on a third-and-22 play in the second quarter — was undisciplined. Others were unintentional, such as sophomore safety Jordan Howden's holding call on third-and-8 in the third quarter and freshman linebacker Braelen Oliver's roughing the passer penalty on third-and-goal in the first overtime.
Fleck said he'll take those "hustle" penalties if it means his players are playing assertively. But he also said if those three penalties that all allowed scores don't happen, it's a different game.
"It's heavy for us, and it came at the most influential times," Fleck said. "And there were so many times that we could have taken advantage of that game, taken over that game, that we didn't. … We've almost beat ourselves both weeks.
"Just small details that we've got to be able to clean up. But we can clean them up at 2-0. It's better than being clean and at 0-2."
http://www.startribune.com/p-j-flec...nst-fresno-state-was-undisciplined/559975802/
Go Gophers!!
Gophers coach P.J. Fleck held up a long notecard, filled with his scribbles.
He'd written down everything that went wrong for the Gophers in their 38-35 double-overtime victory at Fresno State this past weekend for a team meeting. Whether fumbles, penalties, muffed punts or dropped passes, the coach wanted the errors addressed before this Saturday's home game against Georgia Southern.
The Gophers defense, for example, held Fresno State to 57 rushing yards, but penalties nearly derailed that. Fleck said only one — senior defensive end Tai'yon Devers' facemask personal foul away from the ball on a third-and-22 play in the second quarter — was undisciplined. Others were unintentional, such as sophomore safety Jordan Howden's holding call on third-and-8 in the third quarter and freshman linebacker Braelen Oliver's roughing the passer penalty on third-and-goal in the first overtime.
Fleck said he'll take those "hustle" penalties if it means his players are playing assertively. But he also said if those three penalties that all allowed scores don't happen, it's a different game.
"It's heavy for us, and it came at the most influential times," Fleck said. "And there were so many times that we could have taken advantage of that game, taken over that game, that we didn't. … We've almost beat ourselves both weeks.
"Just small details that we've got to be able to clean up. But we can clean them up at 2-0. It's better than being clean and at 0-2."
http://www.startribune.com/p-j-flec...nst-fresno-state-was-undisciplined/559975802/
Go Gophers!!
