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per Jim:
The Gophers and Vikings have in common young, enthusiastic head coaches with an offensive background, copious skill-position talent and what currently appears to be an open road to the postseason.
Their schedules look far less daunting than they did even a week ago.
Wisconsin was widely thought to be the best team in the Big Ten West. Saturday, Wisconsin lost at home to Washington State, which has reached double-digit victories once since 2003.
As their rivals have withered, the Gophers have enjoyed two practice games against unworthy opponents. They have outscored their invited directional schools 100-10 and will face a lousy Colorado team on Saturday at Huntington Bank Stadium. They will be 3-0 entering Big Ten play, and they should become the new favorites in the Big Ten West.
Gophers coach P.J. Fleck is going to hate the previous paragraph.
"That's what this job is about," he said Monday. "It's about thinking, and thought. It's a job of being very proactive and looking around every single corner and it's a job of fighting human nature. That's the job, in my opinion, of a head coach.
"I don't think they [players] can block it out. Because it's a constant all around them, and it's on their phone, it's around all of you [media.] ... So you're gonna hear it, that's fine. But when you hear it, do you not listen to it? Because when you listen to it, then it becomes your own way of thinking."
www.startribune.com
Go Gophers!!
The Gophers and Vikings have in common young, enthusiastic head coaches with an offensive background, copious skill-position talent and what currently appears to be an open road to the postseason.
Their schedules look far less daunting than they did even a week ago.
Wisconsin was widely thought to be the best team in the Big Ten West. Saturday, Wisconsin lost at home to Washington State, which has reached double-digit victories once since 2003.
As their rivals have withered, the Gophers have enjoyed two practice games against unworthy opponents. They have outscored their invited directional schools 100-10 and will face a lousy Colorado team on Saturday at Huntington Bank Stadium. They will be 3-0 entering Big Ten play, and they should become the new favorites in the Big Ten West.
Gophers coach P.J. Fleck is going to hate the previous paragraph.
"That's what this job is about," he said Monday. "It's about thinking, and thought. It's a job of being very proactive and looking around every single corner and it's a job of fighting human nature. That's the job, in my opinion, of a head coach.
"I don't think they [players] can block it out. Because it's a constant all around them, and it's on their phone, it's around all of you [media.] ... So you're gonna hear it, that's fine. But when you hear it, do you not listen to it? Because when you listen to it, then it becomes your own way of thinking."
Gophers, Vikings raise fan expectations for success as rivals wither in the early going
Each football team is off to a fast start, and their divisions don't look as difficult today as they did a week ago.
www.startribune.com
Go Gophers!!
