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Gophers Moving Up!

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Well, the 2017 spring game looms and I'm liking my Gopher football team to 2003 levels! If you recall we were 10-3 and beat Penn State! Also won the Music CityBowl in Nashville over Arkansas! We've got a whole new coaching staff led by Mr Energy, PJ Fleck! Defensively, were solid as ever and deep at linebacker and in the secondary but a bit thin on the D Line. We have Ryan Santuso back punting and our All BIG kicker is back! Special teams will be a plus. We just need to christen a QB (the big question mark) and let our Bam and Slash ( Brooks and Smith) loose behind a solid offensive line! We have four solid returning receivers with experience but need a couple newcomers to step in and shine! We're fine at tight end, too. That leaves us with the Schedule: a reasonable one but we need to beat Iowa at Kinnick and Bucky at home in the finale. At worst, we should be 6-1 heading to Iowa October 28th.  Wins are vs: Oregon State, Buffalo, Middle Tennessee, Maryland, Purd...