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Minnesota Golden Gophers 2020 Football Preview

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The Gophers rowed the boat all the way to Tampa and a New Years Day bowl game in 2019. Can PJ Fleck’s boat take the Gophers further?

Minnesota caught the nation’s attention in 2019 with an 11-2 season that ended with a 31-24 victory over #9 Auburn in the Outback Bowl on New Years’ Day. Impressive, right?

The Gophers were impressive at the end of the season, but the start of the season was something completely different. A fourth quarter South Dakota State fumble set up Minnesota’s game winning touchdown, averting an embarrassing upset loss to a 1-AA foe. A week later, Minnesota tied Fresno State on a 4th and 13 last minute touchdown pass to force overtime; the Gophers would eventually prevail 38-35 in double overtime. Against Georgia Southern, the Gophers scored with 13 seconds left to avert an upset for the third straight week. But in the second half against Nebraska, the Gophers stopped futzing around and dropped the hammer on the Big Red. After a couple of blowout victories against Rutgers and Maryland from the bottom of the Big Ten’s east division, the Gophers stunned #5 Penn State at home to launch themselves into the top ten.

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