Morgan to Geary ... TD
42-0
Not bad for the worst player on the offense.
Not that good either. He has zero pressure on him when the team is ahead by five scores! Easy to play at that point.
I want to see how this team plays when they are down two scores in the 4th quarter to a quality opponent. I'm sure most fans are thinking that after the first few games. Can they rush the ball three out of every four plays then?
Why don't we see more creativity in the play calling? Is it unnecessary? Is it because the coaches have to stay within the limits of the qb and receivers?
The 3 point standard is not just for college football. It's for all of football.
I have read what's that is not really true anymore...
Hmmm. Good to know. Thank you. 😉
When you tell somebody somethin', it depends on what part of the United States you're standin' in... as to just how dumb you are.
The 3 point standard is not just for college football. It's for all of football.
I have read what's that is not really true anymore...
NFL is more like 2-2.5 points for the home team. It’s not the full 3 anymore. College is all over the place honestly. Spreads in the NFL are very consistent. The 3, 7, and 10 point spreads are key numbers that the books have a hard time moving off of. In college, they are way more willing to move off any number.
Not that good either. He has zero pressure on him when the team is ahead by five scores! Easy to play at that point.
I want to see how this team plays when they are down two scores in the 4th quarter to a quality opponent. I'm sure most fans are thinking that after the first few games. Can they rush the ball three out of every four plays then?
Why don't we see more creativity in the play calling? Is it unnecessary? Is it because the coaches have to stay within the limits of the qb and receivers?
By that definition it was impossible for him to look good... We didn't have a quality opponent, and if we were down 2 scores in the 4th in any of those games it would've been a major disappointment.
I have wanted us to obliterate inferior teams for awhile. Instead of always squeaking out a win late with our starters. We actually had chances to give the backups some playing time, which is great.
I think creativity in the play calling wasn't necessary. We were ahead in every game pretty early, and if we start pulling out "creative" plays it probably pisses some people off and shows some of your cards for future games. Keep creative plays for when we need it.
I don't think that the results and performance on the non-conference schedule means we automatically win the West, but I am okay with their body of work so far. You can only play who is on your schedule, and Colorado wasn't this bad when they were scheduled. (We've got Mississippi State in 26 and 27...)
Pretty excited for this weekends game against Mich St. Ski-U-Mah!!
NFL is more like 2-2.5 points for the home team. It’s not the full 3 anymore. College is all over the place honestly. Spreads in the NFL are very consistent. The 3, 7, and 10 point spreads are key numbers that the books have a hard time moving off of. In college, they are way more willing to move off any number.
The NFL is closer to 2.8 and rounded up to 3 or down to 2.5. Though the NFL is very consistent compared to NCAA, which makes sense. College football is more difficult to bet on compared to the NFL.
Keep your stick on the ice...
The 3 point standard is not just for college football. It's for all of football.
I have read what's that is not really true anymore...
I've been told this for years.
Keep your stick on the ice...
Could be eligible for a 7th year if he wants. Hoping MBS/Jackson/Ford can step up. Sad to see it!
Just brutal. Against f-ing Colorado.
Feel for CrAB. That's just an awful scenario. Non-contact, pre-conference, last season.
Ugh.
Morgan to Geary ... TD
42-0
Not bad for the worst player on the offense.
Not that good either. He has zero pressure on him when the team is ahead by five scores! Easy to play at that point.
I want to see how this team plays when they are down two scores in the 4th quarter to a quality opponent. I'm sure most fans are thinking that after the first few games. Can they rush the ball three out of every four plays then?
Why don't we see more creativity in the play calling? Is it unnecessary? Is it because the coaches have to stay within the limits of the qb and receivers?
Do you have some weird dislike of Morgan? Worst player on the offense? Please...he is not a star but he is hardly as bad as you pretend he is. His statline could be better but they also choose to run in the Red Zone. He completes 60% of his passes, has accounted for 7 touchdowns (same amount as Mo) and overall is solid.
I highly doubt any fans are thinking "I want this team to be down 2 scores in the 4th quarter so we can see what they really do!". I get what you are hinting at but that is a completely bizarre take. Sure we would like to have seen tougher games but you can only play the teams on your schedule and we throttled them and I will go out on a limb and say no one is upset we boat-raced all of them.
What type of creativity do you want in the play-calling exactly? Follow up, how creative should a team get when they can run bread and butter plays and get 7-8 yards a clip and score 50 points? The whole point of our offense is to call plays to attack the weakness of the D. (its why we shift them at the line) If a team is going to play 5/6/7 in the box like Colorado and NMSU did then we just run in the gaps and pile up yardage. (and it wasn't just RUTM either we called lots of counters, even a few short passes to the flats which are basically runs not to mention letting Morgan run which they never used to let happen) If they are going to single cover to stop the run we call lots of slants and medium yardage stuff (with the occasional chance deep) to exploit the open spaces. If what you are doing works keep doing it until they stop it. Most of the good teams in the Big Ten aren't super creative, they run pretty basic stuff that works because they have talent and strong fundamentals. Highlights make things look more creative than they are. Crappy teams get creative because they need to stay in the game. And FWIW I think you are shortchanging the creativity of the team anyways, we have already run more forms, sets and little variations of the offense in 3 games than we did in 2 years under the previous OC.
Its weird, all we have heard since like 1993 is "why can't we have a team like Wisconsin that is solid on D and will run the ball down your throat and win way more often than lose?!?!". Now we have it, and a better version than they do, and people complain about it.
On another note:
Sucks about CAB but we can replace him. I wish him a speedy recovery that is a crappy way for this all to potentially end.
Just brutal. Against f-ing Colorado.
I mean, and injury like that can happen anytime. Likely would have happened in practice this week since I would guess it is something that has been building up for a while ya know? I would rather it now than halfway through the Michigan State game.
Wish him a speedy recovery.
Morgan to Geary ... TD
42-0
Not bad for the worst player on the offense.
Not that good either. He has zero pressure on him when the team is ahead by five scores! Easy to play at that point.
I want to see how this team plays when they are down two scores in the 4th quarter to a quality opponent. I'm sure most fans are thinking that after the first few games. Can they rush the ball three out of every four plays then?
Why don't we see more creativity in the play calling? Is it unnecessary? Is it because the coaches have to stay within the limits of the qb and receivers?
Do you have some weird dislike of Morgan? Worst player on the offense? Please...he is not a star but he is hardly as bad as you pretend he is. His statline could be better but they also choose to run in the Red Zone. He completes 60% of his passes, has accounted for 7 touchdowns (same amount as Mo) and overall is solid.
I highly doubt any fans are thinking "I want this team to be down 2 scores in the 4th quarter so we can see what they really do!". I get what you are hinting at but that is a completely bizarre take. Sure we would like to have seen tougher games but you can only play the teams on your schedule and we throttled them and I will go out on a limb and say no one is upset we boat-raced all of them.
What type of creativity do you want in the play-calling exactly? Follow up, how creative should a team get when they can run bread and butter plays and get 7-8 yards a clip and score 50 points? The whole point of our offense is to call plays to attack the weakness of the D. (its why we shift them at the line) If a team is going to play 5/6/7 in the box like Colorado and NMSU did then we just run in the gaps and pile up yardage. (and it wasn't just RUTM either we called lots of counters, even a few short passes to the flats which are basically runs not to mention letting Morgan run which they never used to let happen) If they are going to single cover to stop the run we call lots of slants and medium yardage stuff (with the occasional chance deep) to exploit the open spaces. If what you are doing works keep doing it until they stop it. Most of the good teams in the Big Ten aren't super creative, they run pretty basic stuff that works because they have talent and strong fundamentals. Highlights make things look more creative than they are. Crappy teams get creative because they need to stay in the game. And FWIW I think you are shortchanging the creativity of the team anyways, we have already run more forms, sets and little variations of the offense in 3 games than we did in 2 years under the previous OC.
Its weird, all we have heard since like 1993 is "why can't we have a team like Wisconsin that is solid on D and will run the ball down your throat and win way more often than lose?!?!". Now we have it, and a better version than they do, and people complain about it.
On another note:
Sucks about CAB but we can replace him. I wish him a speedy recovery that is a crappy way for this all to potentially end.
Not bizare. I don't look up stats, I have eyeballs. I've been watching for years, used to be a season ticket holder.
Someday the Gophs will have a good qb, someone that can do more than manage, be asked not lose game. Maybe Gophs can run against every team on the schedule, that remains to be seen.
Morgan to Geary ... TD
42-0
Not bad for the worst player on the offense.
Not that good either. He has zero pressure on him when the team is ahead by five scores! Easy to play at that point.
I want to see how this team plays when they are down two scores in the 4th quarter to a quality opponent. I'm sure most fans are thinking that after the first few games. Can they rush the ball three out of every four plays then?
Why don't we see more creativity in the play calling? Is it unnecessary? Is it because the coaches have to stay within the limits of the qb and receivers?
Do you have some weird dislike of Morgan? Worst player on the offense? Please...he is not a star but he is hardly as bad as you pretend he is. His statline could be better but they also choose to run in the Red Zone. He completes 60% of his passes, has accounted for 7 touchdowns (same amount as Mo) and overall is solid.
I highly doubt any fans are thinking "I want this team to be down 2 scores in the 4th quarter so we can see what they really do!". I get what you are hinting at but that is a completely bizarre take. Sure we would like to have seen tougher games but you can only play the teams on your schedule and we throttled them and I will go out on a limb and say no one is upset we boat-raced all of them.
What type of creativity do you want in the play-calling exactly? Follow up, how creative should a team get when they can run bread and butter plays and get 7-8 yards a clip and score 50 points? The whole point of our offense is to call plays to attack the weakness of the D. (its why we shift them at the line) If a team is going to play 5/6/7 in the box like Colorado and NMSU did then we just run in the gaps and pile up yardage. (and it wasn't just RUTM either we called lots of counters, even a few short passes to the flats which are basically runs not to mention letting Morgan run which they never used to let happen) If they are going to single cover to stop the run we call lots of slants and medium yardage stuff (with the occasional chance deep) to exploit the open spaces. If what you are doing works keep doing it until they stop it. Most of the good teams in the Big Ten aren't super creative, they run pretty basic stuff that works because they have talent and strong fundamentals. Highlights make things look more creative than they are. Crappy teams get creative because they need to stay in the game. And FWIW I think you are shortchanging the creativity of the team anyways, we have already run more forms, sets and little variations of the offense in 3 games than we did in 2 years under the previous OC.
Its weird, all we have heard since like 1993 is "why can't we have a team like Wisconsin that is solid on D and will run the ball down your throat and win way more often than lose?!?!". Now we have it, and a better version than they do, and people complain about it.
On another note:
Sucks about CAB but we can replace him. I wish him a speedy recovery that is a crappy way for this all to potentially end.
Not bizare. I don't look up stats, I have eyeballs. I've been watching for years, used to be a season ticket holder.
Someday the Gophs will have a good qb, someone that can do more than manage, be asked not lose game. Maybe Gophs can run against every team on the schedule, that remains to be seen.
What a bizarre take. Tanner is not the most talented QB of all time but he has lead the Gophers to a lot of big wins. Been a big part of the upswing of the program. He beat Wisconsin twice. The Gophers took care of business against 3 bad teams to start the season and somehow in your mind that is a negative? Just weird to me.
Morgan to Geary ... TD
42-0
Not bad for the worst player on the offense.
Not that good either. He has zero pressure on him when the team is ahead by five scores! Easy to play at that point.
I want to see how this team plays when they are down two scores in the 4th quarter to a quality opponent. I'm sure most fans are thinking that after the first few games. Can they rush the ball three out of every four plays then?
Why don't we see more creativity in the play calling? Is it unnecessary? Is it because the coaches have to stay within the limits of the qb and receivers?
Do you have some weird dislike of Morgan? Worst player on the offense? Please...he is not a star but he is hardly as bad as you pretend he is. His statline could be better but they also choose to run in the Red Zone. He completes 60% of his passes, has accounted for 7 touchdowns (same amount as Mo) and overall is solid.
I highly doubt any fans are thinking "I want this team to be down 2 scores in the 4th quarter so we can see what they really do!". I get what you are hinting at but that is a completely bizarre take. Sure we would like to have seen tougher games but you can only play the teams on your schedule and we throttled them and I will go out on a limb and say no one is upset we boat-raced all of them.
What type of creativity do you want in the play-calling exactly? Follow up, how creative should a team get when they can run bread and butter plays and get 7-8 yards a clip and score 50 points? The whole point of our offense is to call plays to attack the weakness of the D. (its why we shift them at the line) If a team is going to play 5/6/7 in the box like Colorado and NMSU did then we just run in the gaps and pile up yardage. (and it wasn't just RUTM either we called lots of counters, even a few short passes to the flats which are basically runs not to mention letting Morgan run which they never used to let happen) If they are going to single cover to stop the run we call lots of slants and medium yardage stuff (with the occasional chance deep) to exploit the open spaces. If what you are doing works keep doing it until they stop it. Most of the good teams in the Big Ten aren't super creative, they run pretty basic stuff that works because they have talent and strong fundamentals. Highlights make things look more creative than they are. Crappy teams get creative because they need to stay in the game. And FWIW I think you are shortchanging the creativity of the team anyways, we have already run more forms, sets and little variations of the offense in 3 games than we did in 2 years under the previous OC.
Its weird, all we have heard since like 1993 is "why can't we have a team like Wisconsin that is solid on D and will run the ball down your throat and win way more often than lose?!?!". Now we have it, and a better version than they do, and people complain about it.
On another note:
Sucks about CAB but we can replace him. I wish him a speedy recovery that is a crappy way for this all to potentially end.
Not bizare. I don't look up stats, I have eyeballs. I've been watching for years, used to be a season ticket holder.
Someday the Gophs will have a good qb, someone that can do more than manage, be asked not lose game. Maybe Gophs can run against every team on the schedule, that remains to be seen.
Ah yes, the "I know more than the coaches because I watch games and have season tickets" argument. I know I am convinced!
Tanner is an above average QB who can manage a game, typically makes smart decisions that are not a detriment to the team, and is a clearly important piece of the team's success. In a run heavy, clock management, offense he's not going to put up crazy stats. But, through 3 games and notably the last two I think he's done a nice job with some nice throws. With Mo, if you can pass enough to keep the CBs and safeties honest, you should be good.
Tanner is an above average QB who can manage a game, typically makes smart decisions that are not a detriment to the team, and is a clearly important piece of the team's success. In a run heavy, clock management, offense he's not going to put up crazy stats. But, through 3 games and notably the last two I think he's done a nice job with some nice throws. With Mo, if you can pass enough to keep the CBs and safeties honest, you should be good.
This. And with KC back calling plays, we're seeing more passing routes that Tanner thrives in - quick slants off the RPO, double moves off the RPO, the WR bubble screens, etc.
He was not very good with Sanford's playcalling, and I think we all know the playcalling that Sanford had was below average at best. Sanford seemed insistent on having Tanner try to throw straight vertical routes which are not his strong suit.
Heard this morning the Gophers are now 3 point favorites @ MSU.
That's what ESPN is showing on it's Daily Lines:
| 3:30 PM | REC (ATS) | LINE | ML | FPI |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3-0 (3-0-0) | -3.0 | -150 | 39.2% | |
| 2-1 (2-1-0) | 51.0 | +126 | 60.8% |
B1G refs... corrupt, or just incompetent?
Heard this morning the Gophers are now 3 point favorites @ MSU.
Some faithful money coming in on the Gophers to move the opening line at -1 to -1.5 to -3 in 2-3 days.
Keep your stick on the ice...
People putting the cash down on the Gophs.
I think the MSU loss to Washington has freaked out some of the betters. Their defensive weaknesses have been exposed Penix torched them. Cameron Davis didn't run much but he averaged 4 yards a clip. Imagine what Mo could do if the Dline doesn't step up. My guess is they load the box and pray Morgan can't throw because they cant cover at all.
As for Tanner, regressing under Sanford is what Sanford does. Every QB he touches gets worse under his tutelage. He also has zero ability to change his gameplan on the fly. He might be good before the game setting up the offense but he cannot change it to save his life. The Bowling Green Game last year was 100% on him. A MAC team was begging us to throw the ball by stacking the box and he just ran vanilla up the middle plays into the teeth of it. Never even misdirection just straight runs. They used every second on the play clock every play (partially because they were disorganized cause again...he sucks and bot did that lead to burned TOs) and never used that to take advantage of the obvious weakness the D was showing. If a turnover happened early he panicked and never recovered and if his gameplan wasn't working he had zero ability to adjust.
Watch us now pre-snap...it is almost never a mad scramble to get the play called and you can tell KC has tailored the offense to be easily adaptable to whatever the D is showing and how the offense is playing. They rarely force anything. Sure it isn't backyard football with all sorts of trickery and craziness but it is smart, efficient and it works. We use TEs in space, we get the RBs in the flats, we call counters and QB sneaks and we shift up snap counts and where the QB is for the snap. All basic fundamental stuff mind you (which Sandford ignored) with a much stronger attention to detail. I am not talking about the results (since the competition is weak) but just how the offense looks and acts now as opposed to the last 2 years. We actually make defenses have to think and react which makes life easier for our line and Morgan.
Morgan to Geary ... TD
42-0
Not bad for the worst player on the offense.
Not that good either. He has zero pressure on him when the team is ahead by five scores! Easy to play at that point.
I want to see how this team plays when they are down two scores in the 4th quarter to a quality opponent. I'm sure most fans are thinking that after the first few games. Can they rush the ball three out of every four plays then?
Why don't we see more creativity in the play calling? Is it unnecessary? Is it because the coaches have to stay within the limits of the qb and receivers?
Do you have some weird dislike of Morgan? Worst player on the offense? Please...he is not a star but he is hardly as bad as you pretend he is. His statline could be better but they also choose to run in the Red Zone. He completes 60% of his passes, has accounted for 7 touchdowns (same amount as Mo) and overall is solid.
I highly doubt any fans are thinking "I want this team to be down 2 scores in the 4th quarter so we can see what they really do!". I get what you are hinting at but that is a completely bizarre take. Sure we would like to have seen tougher games but you can only play the teams on your schedule and we throttled them and I will go out on a limb and say no one is upset we boat-raced all of them.
What type of creativity do you want in the play-calling exactly? Follow up, how creative should a team get when they can run bread and butter plays and get 7-8 yards a clip and score 50 points? The whole point of our offense is to call plays to attack the weakness of the D. (its why we shift them at the line) If a team is going to play 5/6/7 in the box like Colorado and NMSU did then we just run in the gaps and pile up yardage. (and it wasn't just RUTM either we called lots of counters, even a few short passes to the flats which are basically runs not to mention letting Morgan run which they never used to let happen) If they are going to single cover to stop the run we call lots of slants and medium yardage stuff (with the occasional chance deep) to exploit the open spaces. If what you are doing works keep doing it until they stop it. Most of the good teams in the Big Ten aren't super creative, they run pretty basic stuff that works because they have talent and strong fundamentals. Highlights make things look more creative than they are. Crappy teams get creative because they need to stay in the game. And FWIW I think you are shortchanging the creativity of the team anyways, we have already run more forms, sets and little variations of the offense in 3 games than we did in 2 years under the previous OC.
Its weird, all we have heard since like 1993 is "why can't we have a team like Wisconsin that is solid on D and will run the ball down your throat and win way more often than lose?!?!". Now we have it, and a better version than they do, and people complain about it.
On another note:
Sucks about CAB but we can replace him. I wish him a speedy recovery that is a crappy way for this all to potentially end.
Not bizare. I don't look up stats, I have eyeballs. I've been watching for years, used to be a season ticket holder.
Someday the Gophs will have a good qb, someone that can do more than manage, be asked not lose game. Maybe Gophs can run against every team on the schedule, that remains to be seen.
PFF are professionals at “using their eyeballs” 
I would LOVE to trade Spencer Petras for Tanner Morgan right now. But Brian Ferentz would even eff up Morgan!
I am the official Iowa Hawkeye football fan of GPL!
Speed limit goes up tomorrow. It will be interesting to see how they respond. This game might tell us a lot about where they are for the rest of the season. There wasn't much to take away from the previous three games other than the opponents sucked.
Hey Mo!
“When your best friend is the son of God, you get tired of losing every argument.”
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Surgically move down the field including converting a few on 3rd down to get Mo a record, and then get MSU three and out is one hell of a start!
Congrats Mo!
https://twitter.com/GopherFootball/status/1573762994432974848?s=20&t=ozpcVhbTwKb25fWdU9CkEQ
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Some nice decisions and throws by Morgan on that drive. Keep It Up!!
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GPL's Resident Cabin Enthusiast & Cadets Hockey Fan
They did mention Thompson also had 43 TDs which I'm guessing is overall and I assume that means he had 2 receiving TDs?
Congrats Mo!
https://twitter.com/GopherFootball/status/1573762994432974848?s=20&t=ozpcVhbTwKb25fWdU9CkEQ
If you never had the chance to see Thompson he was a pleasure to watch.
He turns to the left on this run like he was on skates!
“When your best friend is the son of God, you get tired of losing every argument.”
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I'm confused. Just now they're describing a Gophers player with a hand to the face while the video is of an MSU defender grabbing and pushing a Gophers with a hand to the face?
MSU isn't very good
-That one guy
Not a bad start.
I'm confused. Just now they're describing a Gophers player with a hand to the face while the video is of an MSU defender grabbing and pushing a Gophers with a hand to the face?
That was.....perplexing.
Love the response, MN shrugged its shoulders and scores two plays later. Love it!
“When your best friend is the son of God, you get tired of losing every argument.”
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Wow, I'm a bit surprised our defense is smothering them completely.
Our D is looking Elite!!
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GPL's Resident Cabin Enthusiast & Cadets Hockey Fan
“Morgan and Mo are killing it!”
The defense:
You can count on one hand the number of times Mo goes down on first contact. Amazing strength.
“When your best friend is the son of God, you get tired of losing every argument.”
― Christopher Moore, Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal
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So far today everything is coming up Goldy!
“When your best friend is the son of God, you get tired of losing every argument.”
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Should be out of sight.
Who are the clowns disguised as refs?
Not a great 2nd quarter but I'll take +17 all day long. Keeping them out of the end zone to start the 2nd half would go a long way towards getting the W.
MSU is driving. Need to tighten up. Don’t let them get confident.
Fumble!! Let’s go!
Walley World!
Was getting a bit nervous on that drive especially with MSU getting away with 3 completely blatant holds behind the LOS.
Thank god Mo is ok! That had me worried!
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GPL's Resident Cabin Enthusiast & Cadets Hockey Fan
Mo tweeks his ankle and misses a couple plays. First play back he carries the MSU team for about 7 yards.
“When your best friend is the son of God, you get tired of losing every argument.”
― Christopher Moore, Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal
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WHAT A CATCH!
“When your best friend is the son of God, you get tired of losing every argument.”
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