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per Randy:
Through the season's first five games, the Gophers football team relied heavily on the run game, rushing the ball 71.7% of the time vs. passing on 28.3% of its plays.
The approach resulted in a 3-2 record but yielded a passing attack that ranked 124th of 130 FBS teams and last in the Big Ten at 141.8 yards per game.
The bye week offered coach P.J. Fleck and offensive coordinator Mike Sanford Jr. a chance for review and reflection. On Saturday against Nebraska, the Gophers embraced the forward pass — at least for most of three quarters — and the result was a 30-23 victory over the Cornhuskers that pushed Minnesota's record to 4-2 overall and 2-1 in the Big Ten.
"Good balance back and forth,'' Fleck said Monday during his weekly news conference, "and when your players are making plays, that's when offenses are pretty efficient.''
www.startribune.com
Go Gophers!!
Through the season's first five games, the Gophers football team relied heavily on the run game, rushing the ball 71.7% of the time vs. passing on 28.3% of its plays.
The approach resulted in a 3-2 record but yielded a passing attack that ranked 124th of 130 FBS teams and last in the Big Ten at 141.8 yards per game.
The bye week offered coach P.J. Fleck and offensive coordinator Mike Sanford Jr. a chance for review and reflection. On Saturday against Nebraska, the Gophers embraced the forward pass — at least for most of three quarters — and the result was a 30-23 victory over the Cornhuskers that pushed Minnesota's record to 4-2 overall and 2-1 in the Big Ten.
"Good balance back and forth,'' Fleck said Monday during his weekly news conference, "and when your players are making plays, that's when offenses are pretty efficient.''
Gophers tweak run-pass balance, and success follows
Behind Tanner Morgan and Chris Autman-Bell, Minnesota's passing game got more chances and more productivity in the victory over Nebraska.
www.startribune.com
Go Gophers!!
