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Numbers, Statistics and Lies: Minnesota Edition

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Do you want the bad news first? Or the bad news?

The Golden Gophers piled up 322 yards on the ground against Nebraska last Saturday to the tune of 6.6 yards/carry. An obscene amount of those yards came after contact. Not just a Husker getting a hand on the ball carrier, no. This was several Huskers being there to make the stop and still getting shoved backwards until the pile either tripped the ball carrier or it let him go.

In 2018, we saw a team regroup and get its crap together in the second half of the season. Scott Frost has a bye week at the right time – or the wrong one, depending on how the team responds to the message Minnesota sent. It sounds like we could see rejiggering in playing time with younger players getting more chances to show what they have. Or we might not. It is hard to tell what will shake out as Frost and Co. challenge their players.

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