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Yeah I'm sure he switched over to play a team like Crookston and couldn't be to face teams like St. Cloud Cathedral, Orono, Mahtomedi, Warroad, Moorhead, and Roseau. The kid wanted a more challenging schedule and there is no question he is getting that with EGF. Plus if his team can get to state he gets to play in one of the best prep tournaments in the nation.

Has the U.S. successfully killed a penalty in the tournament? Seemed like Canada scored every time they had the PP yesterday and Germany is 2-2 today. Now a rush leads to Germany taking a 3-2 lead and a bad turnover in their own zone almost makes it 4-2. USA better wake up quick here.

This very well could be the worst group of defensemen the U.S. has had in a while.

U.S. leaves a lot to be desired with the defensive group. As a whole gave Canada way too much space to operate in 5-on-5 and specialty situations. The power play looked real good. U.S. needs guys like Wahlstrom, Caulfield, and Zegras to show up and also realize you can't stick handle though everyone here.

U.S. started very strong early and then took advantage of another PP chance late. Canada took some momentum back through the middle of the period really bringing the physical play. U.S. has really done a good job of getting in shooting lanes so far.

He was a good man who really cared for others. Great sense of humor and he definitely will be missed. RIP Wooger.

They did until about a week ago. The stories all say the conference changed the bylaws recently to not make football a requirement. With how quick St. Cloud and UMC announced they were dropping their football programs you have to think they were pushing to change the bylaws.

I think that was part of the problem that Johnson sold the hit a little bit. PJ wasn’t putting on a show at all like it or not that’s how he is. He is the first one out there like that anytime one of his players go down. The situation just looked really weird because of how quick Johnson popped up.

I've seen every snap of Morgan this year and also seen a couple full games of Lance and parts of other games. I like Lance and he has played well but no way am I gonna say a QB who hasn't played one FBS team is as good or better than a guy who has proven it at that level and was all conference in the Big Ten leading his team to 10 wins.

Ohio State has 5 wins over current top 25 teams. 2 vs #8, and 1 each vs #10, #14, and #20. LSU has 4 wins 1 each over #4, #9, #11, and #12. I think I'd still have Ohio State #1 just based on what I've watched all year.

So it seems like a pretty easy year for the playoff committee but if anyone could screw it up it would be these guys based on some of their rankings the past few weeks. Only real intrigue today seems to be is Ohio State #1 or is LSU? Pretty big decision too because I would much rather play Oklahoma than Clemson.

I don't know that it makes a huge difference but that Johnson drop certainly is one that you can look back on. Weird thing is PJ had already checked on a few guys who were down earlier in the game just like that and he has always done that. They tried to say he ran out their too fast that time but he pretty much always gets out there like that with an injury. Seemed like it was just a convenient excuse to throw the flag on the Gophers since they had already thrown one on Iowa after that play.

Gophers kicking game is shaky to start with and was even worse that day with their starting kicker out. He had missed a long field goal that I still have no idea why they attempted and also ended up missing a extra point later in the game. I was all for going for it there down 20-13 and it was a great play call Johnson just plain dropped it.

PJ is in the big ten title game if the Gophers show up for the 1st half at Iowa. I was really worried when Annexstad got hurt during fall camp because I thought he was the best option at QB. Better arm than Morgan, bigger, faster, more athletic, etc. Morgan proved himself though this season. He was much more confident and showed a stronger arm. The biggest thing though might be the intangibles as everyone raves about his leadership abilities. Biggest thing for him to continue to progress is get better at feeling the rush and he must improves his pocket presence. Lance is definitely a better runner than any QB the Gophers have right now Kramer would be the closest as he is very athletic. Gophers don't have a whole lot of true QB run reads in their RPO offense though. Lot of fans think the QB is supposed to pull if the DE crashes each run play but that just isn't true. Gophers have maybe 5 run plays a game where Morgan is truly supposed to read the backside DE. Lance is doing a great job for NDSU and the Gophers have a great group of 4 QBs. The most talent and depth their QB room has seen in a long time.

As long as our guys keep putting the puck in the net they can do whatever the hell they want to celebrate.

As good if not better than the All B1G 2nd team QB. Alright.

Gophers wanted Lance to camp and would give him a look at QB but he was more being looked at as an athlete. Lance only wanted to be a QB so he didn't camp and took the NDSU offer. I've been impressed with Lance but I'm not sure how he'd fit into the Gophers offense. I'm pretty happy with the Gophers QB situation with 4 really solid QBs and 2 having made a number of starts plus a 4 star kid committed for 2021.

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Yeah the loss of Faalele really hurt. They have been rotating 6 OL most of the season but coming into the Penn State game they added the wrinkle of going 6 OL at the same time which they hadn't shown previously. From the sounds of it they were gonna use that 6 OL package quite a bit today and when the injury happened it really threw off some things game plan wise.

Disappointing result today for the Gophers. Almost roles reversed of last year in Wisconsin. I really think the call from Fleck to punt on 4th and 2 from the Wisconsin 35 on that 2nd drive up 7-0 changed the game. Gophers did an excellent job of containing Taylor but then it is like when Wisconsin adjusted the Gophers never did defensively. Refs really let the DBs play today which definitely hurt the Gophers. Wisconsin was missing a couple DBs and allowing the backups to grab handfuls of jersey without PI wasn't ideal.

You knew Minnesota would bring more tonight and they did. Much more focused on trying to be physical and make things tougher in the neutral zone. I thought we still made a number of plays though but it was much sloppier. Lots of mishandles, whiffs, and just the puck bouncing over guys sticks tonight. Would have been nice to finish on a few more chances but some times you just have to grind it out to get the sweep.

Great energy and great start from the guys put Minnesota on their heels right away. A little sloppy in the defensive zone at times but for the most start played very well. Created a ton of great chances and were relentless on the puck. I know we scored 9 goals but I really thought both Lafontaine and Moe made a couple real big saves each. You have to think Minnesota is gonna come with a much better effort and a little angry so gotta be ready not to just respond to what they bring but to still set the tone tomorrow night just like you did tonight.

Last year when he was in his head was spinning and he tried to shoot the ball from the outside with a really ugly shot. I'm glad to see he is playing inside more and he has definitely added some muscle. He has definitely improved and I hope he can continue to progress. The UND big Rebraca(sp?) impressed me tonight. They chose to leave him with Oturu 1-on-1 a lot defensively and he did well. Definitely frustrated Daniel a little at times.

Had his best game of the season tonight. Always plays with that energy and tenacity but finished a few more plays tonight. Probably his 2nd best game of his young Gopher career. Didn't know he had that post move and finish with the left hand in him though.