The Golden Gophers had a week off last week as well. They are currently 4-3 and haven't played as well as expected this year. They opened against a good TCU team and played well but then things started to go down hill.
They have a close win over CSU, beat Kent State 10-7, beat Ohio 27-24, got shutout by Northwestern 27-0, beat lowly Purdue 41-13 and lost to Nebraska 48-25. Minnesota is still looking for a win over a good team and they will have their sights on the #15 ranked Wolverines on Halloween night.
The Golden Gophers throw for just under 200 yards a game and rush for 156. The funny stat of the day is that they give up 23 points a game and score 23 points a game.
ESPN Power Ranking has the Golden Gophers as #10 in the Big Ten.
Minnesota currently has custody of the "Little Brown Jug" after the Shane Morris concussion gate game last year. If Michigan doesn't have "Punt Lag" they should be motivated to play the Golden Gophers and are currently a 13.5 point favorite on the road.
- Michigan Basketball got a 4 star combo guard commit in Jordan Poole on Friday. Check out UMhoops for the write up!
- The State of Florida lost two high profile coaches today: First UCF's George O'Leary is retiring effective immediately after 12 years.. His resume will say that he coached for the last 12 years as the head coach at Oregon. Al Golden got fired after Miami got embarrassed my Clemson on Saturday afternoon. Al's was always expected to be the next coach at Penn State, that never happened. He couldn't get Miami turned around and it was only a matter of time before they let him go.
- Houston 4 star DT Jordan Elliott currently has Michigan as his leader and will take his official for the Rutgers game. Jordan is also playing the Army All American game.
- Kareem Walker says he is 100% committed to Ohio State. Lots of time before signing day.
- 2016 WR Simeon Smith will be walking on to Michigan next year. He is 6'6 and 208 pounds. Yes, folks 6'6! Add some weight a be a DE!
- RIP Flip Saunders - Didn't know him but had a friend once tell me he ran into Flip at an airport bar and he talked basketball with a complete stranger for an hour. Seemed like a great guy.
