GAME North Carolina(-2) at Minnesota - 8:00 | Fox

[Brutus]

Gophers are at best a 4/5 win team this year IMO. They're probably looking at finishing 12th or lower I'd imagine.

Does that put PJ Fleck on the hot seat?

 

[Across The Field]

They typically look like shit the first month of the season under Fleck. A couple years ago they lost to Bowling Green, and even there really good team in 2019 had a bunch of close wins against bad teams. If they had a typical B1GW schedule, my guess is they could potentially get to 8 wins, but not with their schedule this year. They did return quite a bit, but this is the norm under Fleck in Minnesota.

I just don't get it with him. Amazingly good in 2019, bad in 2020, very solid in 2021/2022, horrific last year, and now this. How does he not have any sense of consistency with how long he's been there?

 

[ericd7633]

Does that put PJ Fleck on the hot seat?

Yes, I think it would. That would be 2 seasons in a row under .500 overall. Some of it may be out of his control because the NIL situation, outside of NW, is probably the worst in the league, but he's never been able to match that 2019 season(even though they go pretty lucky). Apparently, there are going to be some changes in the Athletic Department to hopefully bring more NIL in, but the Gophers are lagging way behind on that front. They don't have to be at the top, nor would anyone expect that, but shouldn't be at the bottom either.

 

[ericd7633]

I just don't get it with him. Amazingly good in 2019, bad in 2020, very solid in 2021/2022, horrific last year, and now this. How does he not have any sense of consistency with how long he's been there?

I think offense is the main issue, at least on the field. His NIL, like I said above, isn't very good. The 2019 team had a top 10 offense in efficiency, and the teams after that haven't come close. That 2019 team was low key kind of stacked on offense. NFL WR's and Oline. They've been okay on offense, even in 2020, and the solid years, but last year they were really bad, and it's looking bad again.

 

[Collegefbfan]

Max Johnson suffered hip injury the reports say. Not likely to return anytime soon. That sucks.

 

[Across The Field]

I think offense is the main issue, at least on the field. His NIL, like I said above, isn't very good. The 2019 team had a top 10 offense in efficiency, and the teams after that haven't come close. That 2019 team was low key kind of stacked on offense. NFL WR's and Oline. They've been okay on offense, even in 2020, and the solid years, but last year they were really bad, and it's looking bad again.

Offense is definitely the issue, but if that's the case, he's got to start recruiting some more mobile QBs to make up for the lack of production he's getting at the position. He's had some nice RBs and WRs but just with no consistency.

 

[Innermind]

8 teams are going to be fighting for the basement in the B1G this season, and Minnesota is one of them... the other seven are:
Illinois
Indiana
Maryland
Michigan State
Northwestern
Purdue
UCLA

A step above those eight will probably be:
Nebraska
Iowa
Rutgers
Washington
Wisconsin

Which leaves the top five as:
Michigan
Ohio State
Oregon
Penn State
USC

 

[fordman84]

Well, this one goes in the Week 1 LOL's thread! When you are at home and your fireworks go off because you missed the game winning FG...just gotta LOL.