Reusse: Gophers score their best regular-season victory under Richard Pitino with stunner vs. Buckeyes

[BleedGopher]

per Pat:

The Gophers entered the game at 4-5, they had played miserably in the Big Ten opener six days earlier in Iowa City, and even outlets populated by zealous Goph-heads were speculating as to whether Pitino would survive the conference disaster that was looming in his seventh season.

Five minutes into Sunday’s second half, the answer was beginning to look a lot like “yes” on Pitino; in fact, maybe he’d earned himself another extension.

The Gophers managed to throw a defense at Ohio State with such terrific court coverage that it looked as much like a zone as man-to-man at times. They challenged the Buckeyes at the three-point line and made things tough for 6-9 senior Kaleb Wesson inside.

Gophers score their best regular-season victory under Richard Pitino with stunner vs. Buckeyes

It was hard to fathom this was the same team that was a noncompetitive 20-point loser to Iowa in the Big Ten opener. But the Gophers kept Ohio State off balance from start to finish.

www.startribune.com

Go Gophers!!

 

[CPTMidnight]

High Praise from Pat.

 

[ltf]

Read this and then looked up to see if the sky was falling or the moon had turned to cheese. Nice from Mr. Reusse. Though am wondering if the extension part was written with some sarcasm.

 

[CoMn]

Read this and then looked up to see if the sky was falling or the moon had turned to cheese. Nice from Mr. Reusse. Though am wondering if the extension part was written with some sarcasm.

Reusse is probably needing an extension himself. People are sick of negativity and perhaps Fleck's culture change is happening at the Trib. Perhaps someone told him he'd have to be more positive or write somewhere else?

 

[Gopherfan1000]

Reusse has always been my favorite Trib writer. He's a realist. He'll give praise when praise is due, but he's brutally honest kind of like Simon Cowell. I find his sarcasm funny and usually his writing isn't too far off from the truth.

 

[MennoSota]

per Pat:

The Gophers entered the game at 4-5, they had played miserably in the Big Ten opener six days earlier in Iowa City, and even outlets populated by zealous Goph-heads were speculating as to whether Pitino would survive the conference disaster that was looming in his seventh season.

Five minutes into Sunday’s second half, the answer was beginning to look a lot like “yes” on Pitino; in fact, maybe he’d earned himself another extension.

The Gophers managed to throw a defense at Ohio State with such terrific court coverage that it looked as much like a zone as man-to-man at times. They challenged the Buckeyes at the three-point line and made things tough for 6-9 senior Kaleb Wesson inside.

Gophers score their best regular-season victory under Richard Pitino with stunner vs. Buckeyes

It was hard to fathom this was the same team that was a noncompetitive 20-point loser to Iowa in the Big Ten opener. But the Gophers kept Ohio State off balance from start to finish.

www.startribune.com

Go Gophers!!

Gotta be a ghost writer. Pat has to be on vacation. This can't be Pat.

 

[Block M]

Gotta be a ghost writer. Pat has to be on vacation. This can't be Pat.

Pat is an incredible talent but he gives in to his worst tendencies more often than not. Probably an emotional defense mechanism...Minnesota sports can cause this.

Be a Gopher homer Pat...there's little downside.