Athan… yikes… that was a brutal 60 minutes for him.
12 for 28 passing by the starter, and 0/1 by the backup. Just awful.
Lots of passes high, behind, or just a little off coupled with not a lot of help from receivers makes for a long day.
“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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Bring back Tanner.
Bring back Tanner.
Lol, who would have thought a year ago that we'd be wishing for TM's return right now?
MN recovers a fumble and on the next play...... !
https://twitter.com/MinnesotaOnBTN/status/1705736314853724639?s=20
“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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3rd down playcalling so far has been subpar but they're at least letting Athan throw downfield a bit.
MN had asserted control.
21-0 with 2:50 left in the first half.
“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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Athan rolls right and throws back across his body to hit an open Daniel Jackson and it is 21-0 Gophers before halftime.
Well that was suboptimal.
21-6 on a long pass play. PAT pending.
“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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Refs miss a facemask in the most obvious way possible on 2nd and 17. PJ is not thrilled.
Athan with an impressive athletic run on 3rd down to pick up 10 where he hurdles a Northwestern defender. He gets popped by a NW linebacker to end the play but pops right back up.
Kesich kicks a 50 yard FG with plenty of leg.
24-7
Looooong FG to get MN up to 24.
I like our kicker.
“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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https://twitter.com/NadineBabu/status/1705750324349132965?s=20
Aforementioned run. LB for NW may have gotten away with targeting (initiating forcible contact with the crown of his helmet).
I'm starting to get that queasy feeling....
“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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I'm starting to get that queasy feeling....
Are you coming down with Minnesota sports-itis?
I'm almost 57 and have been a fan since Tony Dungy and Fran Tarkington were our QBs. I'm severely infected.
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“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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Darius Taylor runs right over a NW LB and bounces outside for a 43 yard TD on 4th and 1
He's up to 184 yards on the ground tonight.
Darius Taylor runs right over a NW LB and bounces outside for a 43 yard TD.
He's up to 184 yards on the ground tonight.
THAT was a wicked awesome run and an amazing effort. Ski U Man!
“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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We are going to need to find some NIL money for Darius Taylor this offseason.
Here we go…
Queasy feeling has returned.
“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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Northwestern scores back to back touchdowns to cut it to 31-24
Might want to keep an eye on 17.
Taylor goes over 200 yards for the game but he looks like he's running out of gas. Believe he just took carry #30 and lost a yard so he's back to 199.
Someone got lost...
“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 the hell was that?!
What the hell was that?!
Looked like he thought he forgot where the endzone was. Bummer cuz that was a good punt by Crawford.
Wimpy PJ punts on 4th and 3rd.
Our special teams is laughable. Beyond pathetic.
Joyner gets called for a facemask while being held. Naturally they see the facemask but manage to avoid seeing the blatant hold which caused Joyner to grab the facemask.
The fact the Gophers are mostly rushing 4 and dropping 7 and still getting decent pressure on the QB but there are so many WRs wide open is very troubling.
The fact the Gophers are mostly rushing 4 and dropping 7 and still getting decent pressure on the QB but there are so many WRs wide open is very troubling.
I was impressed he got a hand free...
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― Christopher Moore, Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal
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This ending is beyond sad.
Northwestern scores with 2 seconds left.
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― Christopher Moore, Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal
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This is a Brewster level meltdown.
21 unanswered points for Northwestern. Terrible.
Gonna be a very long season. My god they’re terrible.
This defense is not good. Northwestern is awful.
What an absolute disaster!!!
If that punt isn’t a touchback this game is over. That’s not even getting into all the other shenanigans we’ve seen this half like letting a team devoid of talent tie a game after being up by 21.
What a JOKE the Gophers are in Football. Blew 21 point lead & going to OT vs Northwestern. Surprised NW didn’t go for 2 points & the win in regulation.
The U pays PJ big money to lose games every year he is supposed to win..
I'm 50% factual and 50% sarcastic. When you get to know me, you will know which is which.
Will Rob Wenger survive this?
Pathetic
Keep your stick on the ice...
If that punt isn’t a touchback this game is over. That’s not even getting into all the other shenanigans we’ve seen this half like letting a team devoid of talent tie a game after being up by 21.
Or if the ref who called the NW tight end out of bounds and stopped the clock saw that both knees were down in bounds and left the clock to run.
If that punt isn’t a touchback this game is over. That’s not even getting into all the other shenanigans we’ve seen this half like letting a team devoid of talent tie a game after being up by 21.
Or if the ref who called the NW tight end out of bounds and stopped the clock saw that both knees were down in bounds and left the clock to run.
is this Heather Flecks account?
This offense just seems like they have no idea how to get a QB into rhythm and keep him in it. Instead they run Taylor until he's out of gas and now rely on Bryce Williams in OT.
Athan overthrows a wide open BSF on third down for an easy TD and are forced to kick a FG.
Northwestern scores a TD on the first play to win.
Absolutely pathetic loss.