Well said. Athan had a horrible game against North Carolina and it looks even worse because the guy on the other side is one of the best in all of college football and soon to be making millions in the NFL.
I get that trolls are gonna troll but our last year's class wasn't the lowest rated in the conference and already has an offensive lineman and RB contributing.
Just not factual. Curious, why start posting out here again now?
I regret that you're right. Maybe that would overcome the negatives. That would eliminate all the differences between the esprit de corps of college ball and the field-full-of-mercenaries of the NFL. But I guess that's already happened. Alas.
Weber was no ace. He wasn't exactly a passing god in his time at the U. Neither was Morgan. Also, how do we know they'd be good coaches? Why is this seen as some sort of fix for Athan's accuracy problems? Grab a former player who was OK and hope (although they're completely unproven as a coach) that they can work magic on a young QB?
This! This was the biggest problem we had on Saturday. It was chaos out there and the Gophers looked completely unprepared. On both sides of the ball. I like Fleck. He's coached better & recruited better than anyone else we've had since Holtz. BUT...on gamedays, he's not exactly Bill Belicheck.
We are at least competitive. The team is more relevant then the past. We will see how AK progresses. I did think he would me faster. Does he have a bad knee? That brace seems to slow him down. That play where he ran and then landed on his belly, then took himself out?
Speed kills and we have none of that, offense or defense, no burners except maybe Le'Make. Need a couple of 6'3, 6'4 receivers. Was looking at Syracuse's receivers vs Purdue as an example. They had tall receivers who ran great routes and achieved separation. PJ is a former wide receiver, so this is perplexing to me. I am not ready to give up on Athan, but the coaching has to call plays to play to his strengths as he continues learn the nuances of being a B1G quarterback and further his development.
The schedule is very tough but we were lucky in one important respect. We played Nebraska Game One and got Ruhle in his first game. We have the win in the books and now can watch Nebbie improve over the season. They will win some West games and help us.
Fleck’s portal recruiting has been outstanding. Henderson, Baugh, Jones, Collins led D Saturday. Vrooms has been good.
Kramer deep on first down was a good call. Our receiver was wide open if ball is thrown five yards to the right. Don’t know if Kramer just threw a terrible pass or if rush in his face caused him to turn his body while throwing. Call was made because Taylor was nursing cramps.
It's tough to recruit top-end WR here when you're committed to running as much as we do. The perplexing thing is, why is Taylor our only playable RB? I know we lost Bucky Irving, Potts, others....the question is, why? We run all the time and have used multiple backs most seasons. Tyler is a MAC player, at best. Williams...why he was ever recruited here i'll never know. Our RB room should be stocked.
Yes, the pass play was open for a TD if we had Patrick Mahomes, Joe Burrow, or even Drake Maye holding the ball for us. Instead, we had Cole Kramer. I can rip the play call because you tailor your scheme and play calls to your personnel, not the other way around.
AK showed good awareness of when to tuck and run but then started cramping up. Training staff may have cost us the game which explains Fleck’s ugly mood after the game.
This. A guy off the bench that is more known for his running ability than his deep ball.
This is not anywhere close to correct. A receiver cant be wide open on a deep ball when the defensive back is behind him.
It’s an easy throw. Any QB can make it. Replay did not show release, only interception and our receiver trying to turn 180 to get to the ball. I suspect pressure in his face caused him to turn his body a little and altering direction.
We lost Irving because Oregon opened the wallet for him in a big way that Minnesota could/would not.
worst in the big ten is a cherry picking way to display the facts
It’s a throw Kramer and half the wide receiver corps can make.
It's been that way for decades. It's just out in the open now. It shocks me that there are people here who pretend that big time college sports haven't been a dirty, ugly big money business going back who-knows-how-many years.
It's correct. The receiver was running a post. Had the ball been thrown to the correct spot in the field (i.e. the middle) he would have caught the ball without being touched. But instead the ball as thrown to the A in tar heels vs the ee's in heels
