Gopher Defense in October: 1.5 points per game during meaningful minutes

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"I mentioned earlier how PJ Fleck's team allowed 41 points in four October Big Ten games. That's good. But it's even more impressive when you look even further behind the curtain.

- 14 points from Illinois came off of Tanner Morgan

- 14 points from Maryland and Rutgers came late in fourth quarter where Minnesota's starters were out

That puts you down to 13 points allowed by the defense in October. 3.25 points per game. Joe Rossi's defense in non-fourth quarters this past month allowed six total points in 12 quarters. Six. 1.5 ppg."


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A really nice recap and analysis of the Gophers' season to date:

https://247sports.com/college/minne...nner-Morgan-Ryan-Burns-137654115/#137654115_2
 

It's even more impressive than that too. A failed "icing" was the first 3 points. And other 3 Morgan throwing deep ball interception when could have easily milked clock and gone to half.
 

This is amazing...

Through their first four games, Tanner Morgan was sacked 15 times, and the Gophers have one of the worst sack rates in all of college football. A sack was the result on 16% of Morgan's drop backs in September. That's not elite. In October, thanks to Morgan improving his pocket movement and awareness, plus the offensive line coming together, Tanner Morgan was sacked once in four October games. That's a sack rate that dropped to 1.2% from 16% just the month previous.


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