Jeff Wald, Fox 9, really nice report; KSTP nice job

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Gophers football coach Fleck reviews first few days of training camp

The Gophers granted access for the first time this training camp, and KSTP Sports was there on Saturday afternoon. With weather concerns, practice was moved indoors at Athletes Village. 6th-year coach P.J. Fleck met with reporters afterwards and touched on a myriad of topics. He noted how much...
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From the Fox 9 report:

Here are a few highlights from Saturday’s practice, where Dylan Wright and Terell Smith stood out individually.

  • The Gophers have four starters, and 181 total starts, to replace on the offensive line. Saturday’s first unit featured Martes Lewis, Michigan transfer Chuck Filiaga, John Michael Schmitz, Axel Ruschmeyer and Airentae Ersery. J.J. Guedet is working his way back from surgery, and Quinn Carroll is also competing for a starting spot. Nathan Boe also got reps.
  • Minnesota’s first team defensive line featured Thomas Rush, Trill Carter, Lorenza Surgers, Kyler Baugh and Jalen Logan-Redding. Also rotating in were Logan Richter, Gage Keys, Danny Striggow and Jah Joyner.
  • Running backs Mo Ibrahim and Trey Potts are healthy and look like themselves again after season-ending injuries in 2021. Both got multiple carries on Saturday, and each took contact without any issues.
  • Dylan Wright had several athletic catches Saturday, and at least two worthy of a highlight reel. One was over the middle, contested through contact. The other was on the sideline, making an agile catch with one foot inbounds.
  • Wide receiver Daniel Jackson did not practice after working out on Friday. His injury was not disclosed, but Fleck said it was a decision made by team trainers.
  • Terell Smith was arguably the defensive star. The veteran cornerback had four pass break-ups on the day, and spent most of practice blanketing Chris Autman-Bell. Justin Walley was also impressive in pass coverage, with at least two break-ups.
"T-Time has been the best player he’s been since he’s been here. He’s been working every day since the spring, and playing against him every day, I love it," Autman-Bell said. "It’s competition, gets you better every day. He’s going to make a huge stride this year for this team."
 



I'm really excited for Dylan Wright this year. It was so frustrating to see him do so well to start the year against Ohio State and their future NFL corners and then disappear. I'm not sure if he was hurt, schemed out by Sanford, or what.

I think that he will have to be a big piece if the Gophers are to be better this year than last year.
 

Good to hear that Terell Smith is making plays. Lots of physical talent and if he puts it all together, he's going to be a big-time contributor. Was dynamite as a freshman.
 

Gophers7NatTitlesBadgers0 said:
Perhaps we finally have a local sports media guy who's not a dink!
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Hope so. I also have to give a shout out to Chip Scoggins...another total non-dink.

The younger guys in the local sports media seem to be less dinkish and more excited about covering Gopher football...and anything else in general. Guys like Reusse, Walters, Souhan, etc. were subject to years of terrible Minnesota football and now you can throw in glaucoma, shingles, getting up every 2 hours at night to pee, early onset dementia, and every other old guy ailment and you have a bunch of crusty old men that find cynicism in everything.
 



50PoundHead said:
Good to hear that Terell Smith is making plays. Lots of physical talent and if he puts it all together, he's going to be a big-time contributor. Was dynamite as a freshman.
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If Smith puts it all together for his final year that could truly make this secondary special and one of the best in the country.

Already know they are going to be solid with guys like Walley, Nubin, Bishop and Stapp in the mix but if Smith can lock down his side of the field look out.
 

FredCoxRocks said:
Hope so. I also have to give a shout out to Chip Scoggins...another total non-dink.

The younger guys in the local sports media seem to be less dinkish and more excited about covering Gopher football...and anything else in general. Guys like Reusse, Walters, Souhan, etc. were subject to years of terrible Minnesota football and now you can throw in glaucoma, shingles, getting up every 2 hours at night to pee, early onset dementia, and every other old guy ailment and you have a bunch of crusty old men that find cynicism in everything.
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One problem with the news is that people get attached to the old guard for nostalgia reasons. In the current digital age there's not room for very many bylines at the mainstream outlets. Those jobs are as hard to get as a major head coaching job, largely because the old guys never leave. MSP had the most durable of these men (and they are almost all men) in Sid Hartman. We all loved Sid, but another guy could have had an entire career in Sid's spot from age 65-100.

It's a lot like our Congress which is the oldest it has ever been in American history. Or how neither party has nominated a presidential candidate under age 70 since 2012. People get attached to the names they know, and systems are designed to keep the names people know in place, when they should be giving new voices a chance.
 


Reusse and Walters both need to gracefully retire. Soupcan should just be canned......
 



fmlizard said:
One problem with the news is that people get attached to the old guard for nostalgia reasons. In the current digital age there's not room for very many bylines at the mainstream outlets. Those jobs are as hard to get as a major head coaching job, largely because the old guys never leave. MSP had the most durable of these men (and they are almost all men) in Sid Hartman. We all loved Sid, but another guy could have had an entire career in Sid's spot from age 65-100.

It's a lot like our Congress which is the oldest it has ever been in American history. Or how neither party has nominated a presidential candidate under age 70 since 2012. People get attached to the names they know, and systems are designed to keep the names people know in place, when they should be giving new voices a chance.
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In defense of the younger generation, my son gets almost all of his Gopher sports news from short, quick posts on social media platforms. He doesn't even know what a Patrick Reusse is.
 


FredCoxRocks said:
Hope so. I also have to give a shout out to Chip Scoggins...another total non-dink.

The younger guys in the local sports media seem to be less dinkish and more excited about covering Gopher football...and anything else in general. Guys like Reusse, Walters, Souhan, etc. were subject to years of terrible Minnesota football and now you can throw in glaucoma, shingles, getting up every 2 hours at night to pee, early onset dementia, and every other old guy ailment and you have a bunch of crusty old men that find cynicism in everything.
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