It was tough to watch in person, too. But the weather was gorgeous and the crowd was having a lot of fun.
Gopher OL had plenty of questions too, after losing all-everything C John Michael Schmitz. No running game isn't going to play well in this division. Athan looked like a sophomore out there, but he got it done when he had to.
Defense played very well, but they need to work the tackling dummies hard this week. First man missed a lot of tackles that turned losses or short gains into big gains.
Tyler Nubin won't last long on the NFL draft board next spring.
This Gopher team may be green, but they've got grit aplenty. Teams under previous administration's would have folded like a cheap suit after that goofy-ass busted trick play. But despite playing like trash for 56 minutes, they figure out a way to get it done down the stretch. And that's something you can't teach.