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It’s important in life to have the ability to believe two contrasting things can be true at the same time. When reflecting on the Gophers football program’s 2022 season, that mindset is necessary. Minnesota’s season was both a success and a failure.
Minnesota went 8-4 overall and 5-4 in the Big Ten. They kept Paul Bunyan’s Axe with a 23-16 win over Wisconsin in the regular-season finale Saturday. After winning two of 23 games against the Badgers from 1995-2017, Minnesota has won three of the past five against a huge border rival.
But the Gophers lost crucial intra-division games to Purdue, Illinois and Iowa, and it cost them a Big Ten West championship. Minnesota had aspirations to reach the Big Ten title game. The Gophers had the veteran-laden team to do it but couldn’t overcome three primary injuries, and didn’t have a strong enough run-pass balance on offense to win the wide-open division race.
www.twincities.com
Go Gophers!!
It’s important in life to have the ability to believe two contrasting things can be true at the same time. When reflecting on the Gophers football program’s 2022 season, that mindset is necessary. Minnesota’s season was both a success and a failure.
Minnesota went 8-4 overall and 5-4 in the Big Ten. They kept Paul Bunyan’s Axe with a 23-16 win over Wisconsin in the regular-season finale Saturday. After winning two of 23 games against the Badgers from 1995-2017, Minnesota has won three of the past five against a huge border rival.
But the Gophers lost crucial intra-division games to Purdue, Illinois and Iowa, and it cost them a Big Ten West championship. Minnesota had aspirations to reach the Big Ten title game. The Gophers had the veteran-laden team to do it but couldn’t overcome three primary injuries, and didn’t have a strong enough run-pass balance on offense to win the wide-open division race.
Was this a good year for Gophers football? Well, yes and no
The numbers say Minnesota is in ascendance, but the 2022 team lost a prime opportunity to win the Big Ten West.
www.twincities.com
Go Gophers!!