STrib: Gophers' P.J. Fleck and his team have answer for any critics

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Per Randy:

The past week for the Gophers was circle-the-wagons time. They endured an emotional, 13-10 loss to Iowa on Nov. 19, a defeat that ended their chances of advancing to the Big Ten Championship Game and left them with a 7-4 record before a trip to rival Wisconsin to finish the regular season.

Coach P.J. Fleck wanted his football team focused on its task at hand and to ignore any outside noise. There was much of that, most of the critical nature, following the Gophers' eighth consecutive loss to the Hawkeyes.


On Saturday, when Wisconsin's final pass fell incomplete from the Minnesota 25-yard line as time expired, the Gophers emerged from Camp Randall Stadium with Paul Bunyan's Axe for the second consecutive year, thanks to a 23-16 comeback victory.

"The internal message stayed the internal message,'' Fleck said, crediting his players.

Gophers' P.J. Fleck and his team have answer for any critics

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Go Gophers!!