So after stewing a little bit on yesterday's loss, I'm neither surprised nor crushed. Similar to the Vikings coming off the Minneapolis Miracle two years ago by going to Philadelphia and getting crushed, I wasn't surprised at how flat the Gophers came out.
One thing PJ and Co. HAVE to get better at is burning their timeouts. Fine, if you want to be unorthodox on how you use them, whatever. But every time they've had to burn a timeout, it's because it's clear that no one knows WTF is going on.
I'm REEEEEEEALLY trying not to MMQB the decision to go for it on the play that ended with the unsporting foul/late hit on TJ. On one hand, 3 points there makes a big difference down the line. On the other hand, slants to the WR has been working in the second half, and getting the ball to your best playmakers in space is rarely a bad decision.
Also, I've seen that Iowa is an astonishing 5-1 at home vs. Top Ten teams since 2008. It used to be that MNC bids died at the Miami Orange Bowl. Not anymore. They die in the depths of Mordor.
Still, after all of that stupidity, Tanner and Co. had the ball with 2 minutes to go and a chance to win in a place where road wins have been hard to get. I'm not pleased, but nor do I have steam coming out of my ears. On to Evanston.
