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Mason sees improvement
Former Gophers football coach Glen Mason was the analyst for the Big Ten Network’s coverage of the team’s 48-31 home loss to Iowa on Saturday, which dropped the Gophers to 3-2 on the season heading into an almost impossible matchup with Ohio State next weekend in Columbus.
Still, Mason said he saw a big positive in this game from the Gophers.
“Today if I took one thing away about [the Gophers] I would say it’s their attitude,” Mason said. “No matter what happened in that game, they kept playing, they kept playing hard, they never gave up and they fought right down to the final whistle.”
While the Hawkeyes were able to attack the Gophers defense, it was just as impressive the way a young Gophers offense put up 31 points and 320 yards against an Iowa squad that was giving up 13.0 points and 260.5 yards per game heading into Saturday.
“I thought Minnesota did a good job of trying to exploit some weaknesses that the Iowa defense had. Iowa played two freshman corners, and they did a good job with the wide receivers that they have. Minnesota has some very talented, young wide receivers,” Mason said. “The other thing I was really impressed with was that Gophers run defense. Iowa has an awful good offensive line. They totally shut that running game down.”
The Gophers’ season has been a struggle of late with back-to-back losses by a combined score of 90-44, but Mason has seen improvement.
“They’re young, P.J. Fleck keeps talking about that, and I would agree with that,” Mason said. “You have three [wins] under their belt and you like to show improvement, I think the minimal goal is you’d like to find three more victories to get to a bowl, which would be very important, and I think that is feasible.”
http://www.startribune.com/mike-zimmer-says-vikings-will-benefit-from-tough-schedule/495366081/
Go Gophers!!
Mason sees improvement
Former Gophers football coach Glen Mason was the analyst for the Big Ten Network’s coverage of the team’s 48-31 home loss to Iowa on Saturday, which dropped the Gophers to 3-2 on the season heading into an almost impossible matchup with Ohio State next weekend in Columbus.
Still, Mason said he saw a big positive in this game from the Gophers.
“Today if I took one thing away about [the Gophers] I would say it’s their attitude,” Mason said. “No matter what happened in that game, they kept playing, they kept playing hard, they never gave up and they fought right down to the final whistle.”
While the Hawkeyes were able to attack the Gophers defense, it was just as impressive the way a young Gophers offense put up 31 points and 320 yards against an Iowa squad that was giving up 13.0 points and 260.5 yards per game heading into Saturday.
“I thought Minnesota did a good job of trying to exploit some weaknesses that the Iowa defense had. Iowa played two freshman corners, and they did a good job with the wide receivers that they have. Minnesota has some very talented, young wide receivers,” Mason said. “The other thing I was really impressed with was that Gophers run defense. Iowa has an awful good offensive line. They totally shut that running game down.”
The Gophers’ season has been a struggle of late with back-to-back losses by a combined score of 90-44, but Mason has seen improvement.
“They’re young, P.J. Fleck keeps talking about that, and I would agree with that,” Mason said. “You have three [wins] under their belt and you like to show improvement, I think the minimal goal is you’d like to find three more victories to get to a bowl, which would be very important, and I think that is feasible.”
http://www.startribune.com/mike-zimmer-says-vikings-will-benefit-from-tough-schedule/495366081/
Go Gophers!!