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2015 vs. 2019

junit3
I was feeling a little bit negative Nancy for seeing we finished 8th in the Big10 recruiting race. I realize its a step in the right direction, but had hopes when we hired Fleck we'd be top 25 annually and top 5 in the Big10. So to help ease the pain, I looked at Power 5 offers from 2015 vs. this year. (I'm pretty sure Memphis isn't P5, but for some reason counted them for both years, plus Notre Dame & BYU)

2015 we were fresh off Kill being Big10 coach of the year, and a trip to the Citrus Bowl. 2019 fresh off firing our DC, barely making it to Detroit:

The 2015 class had a total of 37 other P5 offers. (Oseland had 10 of them, Moore 6) 11 kids had ZERO other P5 offers, and 5 had only 1 other P5 offer.

THIS year, (not counting cooper & ubinoik) has a total of 126 other P5 offers, and only 3 kids have ZERO (Kramer, WIlliamson, and Weeks) and only 2 have 1P5 offer.

Amazing differences!

LETS GOOOOOO!!!!!!!
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PJ Fleck Signing Day press conference notes

Matt Jessen-Howard
  • Thinking of Mike Grimm and his father as they're going through a tough time.
  • Really excited about the 2018 and 2019 classes moving forward collectively together. People worry about with so many freshman playing, what does the 2019 class think? The best players and people will play.
  • This we focused on defense. Heavy emphasis on DL and DB.
  • We wanted to keep three or so spots available to be able to play in the free agent market. Last year, we would have loved to have had one or two more for January's market.
  • To win championships, you must have champions. This class has seven state champions.
  • 18 of 23 members are multi-sport athletes in high school. It's not a must but it's as close of must as there is to play for us.
  • Nnamdi Adim-Madumere goes by Nnam.
  • MJ Anderson was the 6A Defensive Player of the Year in Missouri and won the state championship. He has the longest armspan of anyone in the class. That's important when you play on the defensive line. We take those measurements. He'll play the five-technique.
  • Solomon Brown is a mid-year enrollee. He's versatile and can play corner, safety, or the money position (what Chris Williamson played).
  • Michael Brown-Stephens' uncle is John Legend. They have a celebrity wall in their house, and I'm thinking "head coach, great I'm gonna be on that wall." But they have John Legend, Barack and Michelle Obama on that wall, so maybe not. Loved him at the satellite camp. You know me and receivers, I need to see him live. Told the staff that he'd be the best player at the camp, and he did.
  • Most underrated player we have is DeAngelo Carter. He was by far the best player on the field at the Georgia State Championship. Twitch, explosion, arm length, he has it all as a nose tackle. His tenacity and motor is unlike anything I've seen in recruiting.
  • Rashad Cheney will be here mid-year and can play right away. We didn't want to take anyone who couldn't play within two years.
  • Jacob Clark is a gunslinger. He camped with us at an Oklahoma camp. Have to see QBs play live. We needed to get one of those Texas quarterbacks. cc: @stroke the post
  • Jahmile Addae is from Tampa and knows everyone from Tampa. Addae's known Kelvin Clemmons for a long time. He's a very physical corner and can play safety. Very unique story in that he's never visited campus. We used technology in the best way you possibly can for as long as we possibly could.
  • Tyler Cooper is a barrel-chested, big, nasty guard. He's another camper. He's one of the guys you need to watch live to really respect how they play because he has incredibly HOW. His brother let me know that I wasn't his favorite head coach, so maybe I didn't win that battle but
  • If one of you want to make a lot of money, make a reality TV show on in-home visits for three weeks. I'm not talking about Heather shopping in all the cities we go. But it's amazing how much fan we have and what all we see. We walked into James Gordon's home visit, and they call it the man cave. It's off back in the woods a little bit. Walked in and there was a ton of family members and there and woah, there was memorabilia and flags for all different teams that weren't us. They were talking about teams that weren't us, so you talk about being nervous. We had alligator. It was an interesting home visit. He introduced me to every single person that was there. He had three pick sixes as a linebacker.
  • JJ Guedet: He was 6'7" and 240 when we met him, and there's not many that can get from 240 to 300. So you try and look at their bone structure, their mom and dad. He's now 307 pounds. He lives in a cul-de-sac in a suburb and has horses, chickens, and goats in his backyard in a residential area of a suburb. One of the goats is best friends with the horses and follows the horse everywhere it goes. He's a tremendous multi-sport athlete. He was also one of the few that cooked the home meal and he knocked it out of the park.
  • D'Vion Harris isn't the biggest guy, but might be the most twitch guy we have in the class. He can bend and dip really well.
  • Cole Kramer didn't throw an interception until his senior year. He can really fly, he's tough, he's really intelligent. He's first cousins with Carter Coughlin.
  • Michael Lantz: With Emmit Carpenter graduating, needed to get the best kicker we could possibly get. He was our top kicker from the beginning. He wanted to wait, but we found our way back together. If there's one position I'm okay with them not coming until June, it's kicker.
  • Tyler Nubin: He led them to the State Finals. He played wildcat, cornerback, everything. After their team won, his entire team was chanting "Nubin! Nubin!" and he made them chant the school's initials instead. He's 3x academic all-conference.
  • Trey Potts: I've always wanted to go to the Little League World Series. It's on the bucket list. That's where he lives, so it's not a big deal for him. Great receiver out of the backfield, scatback. He's coming back from in-season surgery. Early enrollee. We'll get him involved in the return game too.
  • Logan Richter got a lot better. He's really big, has great twitch and get-off. He's worked hard and getting his body where it needs to be.
  • Keonte Schad: This was a recruiting battle. We brought the Axe to his home, and that wasn't to show off. It's very important to him. He grew up around that rivalry being from Madison.
  • Peter Udoibok, pronounced "you-doi-bock." He's really long and we needed to add that to the receiving corps.
  • Brady Weeks is on his official visit, stands up with the mic when we're introducing ourselves and says "My name is Brady Weeks, and this should be the last time you hear my name." Then he sits down. Glad that he's representing the Gophers in the UA All-American Game.
  • Cameron Wiley is a big, physical back that's incredibly long but very fluid. Has great hips. He's a track star, as well. He has a unique running style.
  • Jason Williamson is Mr. Football. Heather and I get back from the Wisconsin game, just watching ESPN and then the top 10 comes in and Jason Williamson is on top 10.
  • We have another young man committed that's possibly signing in February. Also interested in the free agent market in January.
  • One of the things I tell them about recruits is that Minnesota has Big Ten media. This is big time. You're going to answer really tough questions. You're going to be in a big market where you need to represent the University of Minnesota well. We talk about you (media) in recruiting, as well.
  • When I was out recruiting, there was a report that there were 6-8 players not practicing. There's way more than that. I allow people to miss bowl practices to study for finals. We have injuries and rehabbing. We have transfers that have met with me. And if we have anyone that breaks team rules, we're going to discipline them. It's a privilege to play here.
  • 6-8 players will not miss the bowl game. That is inaccurate. A player or players will miss the bowl game. Not going to get into what student-athletes do. This was nothing that was dealt with outside in a legal issue or anything violent. The reporting of the numbers is inaccurate. There could be a starter or starters that miss the game for discipline reasons.
  • The conversation with Blake Cashman and Donnell Greene to miss the bowl game was healthy. I'll give them advice but I'll never tell anyone what to do.
  • Udoibok and Cooper are fully committed to the University because of what they have to do personally to be here and then get put on scholarship later down the road. We think those two guys have a really good chance to earn what they deserve down the road.
  • It's the head coach's job to outrecruit everyone on the team. I tell the players that it's your job to keep your job. It's not a fear or a threaten. We're going to keep competing with each other, not against. We want to make everyone better, not separate the team. I love bringing in another full class to raise the level of our program on and off the field.
  • Rodney and Shannon will both be back.
  • Curtis Dunlap Jr. will be able to start in the bowl game and still redshirt.
  • We don't know who are quarterback will be next year. It's a competition.
  • Every head coach has a philosophy. I don't think one way is right or wrong. Everyone has their approach. When you hire a new head coach, you hire a new systematic way of doing things. We want to bring consistency here. Heather and I love living here. That consistency is earned and we'll work hard to have it.
  • Holding people accountable is what we will always do. If you do the right things, you'll be okay. If you don't, we'll have a hard time liking each other. I think some were surprised by how drastic that's been the past two years.
  • We knew we couldn't take defensive lineman that we needed to wait 2-3 years to have a ready body. When you do that, you put yourself in a completely different league. It's hard to recruit the ready-made guy. We knew what we had to be able to get at the nose and 3-tech and we went after it really hard. We got the bigger guys now we just need to make them stronger. Everyone changes in our S&C and nutrition program.
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Get to know Joe Harasymiak

Matt Jessen-Howard
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Harasymiak (HAIR-ah-sim-ee-ack) is 32 years old and from New Jersey. He played at Division-III Springfield College, where he graduated in 2008. He was most recently Maine's head coach, and when announced their head coach in 2015, was the youngest head coach in Division-I.

Coaching career:
  • 2008: Maine Maritime (post-grad school), assistant coach
  • 2009-2010: Springfield College (D-III), QB and WR coach
  • 2011: Maine, assistant defensive backs coach
  • 2012: Maine, defensive backs coach
  • 2013-2014: Maine, defensive coordinator and linebackers coach
  • 2015-present: Maine, head coach

Head coaching record:
  • 2016: 6-5
  • 2017: 5-6
  • 2018: 10-4, FCS Playoffs Seminfinal appearance

Defensive stats as DC and HC at Maine:
  • 2018: No. 30 total defense, No. 17 scoring defense
  • 2017: No. 35 total defense, No. 39 scoring defense
  • 2016: No. 64 total defense, No. 50 scoring defense
  • 2015: No. 19 total defense, No. 31 scoring defense
  • 2014: No. 15 total defense, No. 23 scoring defense
  • 2013: No. 22 total defense, No. 20 scoring defense

Facts:
  • Overlapped with Joe Rossi at Maine in 2011
  • When Maine head coach Jack Cosgrove left Maine, he recommended Harasymiak become head coach.
  • In 2017, he cut practice a half hour early for a Game of Thrones team viewing.

"We've obviously been very productive on defense. The name of the defense is the black hole. Maine's known for their defense." - Harasymiak at 2016 CAA Media Days

"You have to be physical on film. If you're not physical on film, it's not going to work out here. All the things that we talk about day-to-day now, we need to see that on tape...On defense, we always like to take the best athletes that are physical because then they can play multiple spots." - Harasymiak on defensive recruiting



Yahoo! story: Maine head coach Joe Harasymiak leaving for assistant job at Minnesota
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Basketball Scouting North Carolina A&T

David Sisk
Minnesota (9-2) returns to the hardwood on Friday night after a nine-day layoff. The Gophers were on a three-game winning streak before breaking for finals.

Friday's opponent is the North Carolina A&T Aggies out of the Mid-Eastern Conference. The Aggies are 4-7 on the season. They had won two games in a row before falling in Blacksburg on Wednesday night to Virginia Tech by the score of 82-60.

The Aggies do not have what one would call a quality win, but they are battle tested and shouldn't shrink under the bright lights of a Big Ten contest. Although all were losses, they already have faced Maryland, Wake Forest, Virginia Tech, Marshall, and UNC-Greensboro who are the defending Southern Conference champions.

Among the big boys, the Aggies losses were by 12 to Wake Forest, 23 to Maryland, and 22 to Virginia Tech.

A&T's scores may not look like that of a strong team, but this is a dynamic offensive team whose statistics compare favorably with just about any other team that Minnesota will face. Defensively though, their effectiveness is a polar opposite.

Offensively, A&T offers a plethora of different looks on the offensive end. They will run four and five-out motion that is guard centric and features the posts as screeners. Despite the record, this is a backcourt that can put the ball in the bucket from a number of ways.

They will also run some sets that are quick hitters with the intention of the bigs setting screens to once again get the perimeter players looks. Expect all types of different sets and alignments to see what works.

On the season, the Aggies average 71.4 points per game. They shoot an impressive 47 percent from the field, and 39.5 percent from 3-point territory, which are good for 95th and 23rd place in the country respectively. They also get to the line 17 times per game for a 66.7 percent clip. They turn the ball over 13.4 times per game compared to 14.6 assists. 146 of their 257 made baskets this season has come via the assist.

Terry Harris the team's leading scorer at 12.3 points per game. The 6-foot-6 redshirt senior is a transfer from Eastern Michigan. He is shooting 50 percent from the field as well as 51.9 percent from deep. He has only been to the line eighteen times in ten games. Obviously, in quality and quantity his strength is from deep. 54 of his 80 field goal attempts have been 3-pointers.

Quavious Copeland is another transfer. He came from A&T by way of MTSU. The 6-foot-1 junior is second on the team in scoring at 11.3. Like Harris, the bulk of his action has been from the 3-point territory. 55 of his 92 shots have been threes. He has made 21 for 38.2 percent. He also rarely gets to the foul line. When he does he converts at a 93 percent rate. Make no mistake, Harris and Copeland will get more shots than anybody else on the team.

Milik Gantz averages 7.6 points per game. The 6-foot-3 guard is more of a penetrator among the top three perimeter players. Gantz shoots a healthy 54.4 percent from the field, and 38.9 percent from behind the arc. He will shoot almost three shots inside the arc for every one behind the arc. Gantz has also only been to the line nine times in ten games.

Ibrahim Sylla is the team's top post player. He is another transfer from Northern Colorado. At 6-foot-8, 220 pounds, he leads the team in rebounds at 4.7 per game. He also averages 7.5 points per game as well. All 52 of his shots have been 2-pointers. Sylla is a woeful foul shooter, only making 38.2 percent.

Kameron Langley is the team's other starter. The 6-foot-2 guard averages 5.6 points per game. He is a pure penetrator who is not a 3-point shooting threat. He leads the team in assists, and his assist to turnover rate in tremendous at 67 to 24.

Aaron Emead, Amari Hamilton, and Andre Jackson are three guards who come off the bench. Emead averages 4.7 points and can score both inside and out. Half of his shots are 3-pointers. Hamilton averages 5.3 points. The 6-foot-1 shot selection is much like Emead's, but his 3-point shooting average is roughly 20 percent lower. Jackson averages 4.4 points. His shooting percentages in both inside and outside the arc are in the thirties.

Ronald Jackson is a 6-foot-8 forward who will be the first post off the bench. He averages 4.5 points and 3.2 rebounds. Tyrone Lyons rounds out the ten man rotation who will get time. At 6-foot-6, he provides both play on the perimeter and inside. Anytime he has the ball outside, he will mostly a threat to penetrate. The junior averages 3.7 points per game.

Defensively, the Aggies will run a number of different types as well. They will run mostly three different types of zone. Expect to see a 2-3 as well as a 1-2-2 which looks like a 3-2, but the top or point man will take the point guard. They will also show a 1-2-2 matchup zone in which defenders change spots almost like a man. It is very reminiscent of what North Florida ran. They will also sprinkle in a 1-2-2 three-quarters zone press.

The bottom line is the Aggies struggle much more on the defensive end. In fact, they are one of the worst defending teams in the country. They give up 77.7 points per game which puts them at 290th nationally. Opponents shoot 44.9 percent from the field, and 35.1 percent from deep. They are also getting outrebounded by almost seven per game. Virginia Tech came away with a 42-20 advantage Wednesday night. Expect Minnesota to hurt them in that category.

Minnesota is a -22.5 point favorite and the over/under is 144.5.
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Udoibok and Cooper

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They're preferred walk-ons this year, which, to me, sounds like they could play in 2019 if they're good enough. They get a scholarship in 2020 as maroon shirts. Did Richter have this option or were they waiting for him to grow into his body? I'm especially interested in Udoibok because of his performance in the North/South high school game. Sounds like he might be able to help right away.
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Winners and Losers from early signing period - Yahoo Sports

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WINNERS

Minnesota: Are things trending up for P.J. Fleck’s program? The Gophers beat Wisconsin in the final weekend of the regular season to get to 6-6 and a berth in the Quick Lane Bowl. Now a day into the early signing period, Minnesota is at No. 33 in Rivals’ rankings.

That No. 33 spot is the highest Minnesota has been in Rivals’ rankings since 2008, when its class was ranked No. 17. The 2019 class includes two four-star recruits and both are from out of state. Defensive back Tyler Nubin is a native of South Elgin, Illinois, and quarterback Jacob Clark, the No. 13 pro-style QB, is from Rockwall, Texas.

https://sports.yahoo.com/winners-lo...alls-2019-early-signing-period-224849444.html
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Harasymiak press release

Matt Jessen-Howard
University of Minnesota football coach P.J. Fleck announced today the hiring of Joe Harasymiak. The 32-year-old will join the Minnesota coaching staff prior to the Quick Lane Bowl and will work on the defensive side of the ball.

Harasymiak comes to Minnesota from Maine, where he served as head coach since 2016. He guided the Black Bears to an overall record of 20-15 and a 15-9 mark in the Colonial Athletic Association.

This year, he led the Black Bears to a 10-4 overall record, a 7-1 conference mark and a CAA championship. This year, Maine advanced to its first Football Championship Subdivision national semifinal appearance in school history under his guidance.

Harasymiak has spent nearly his entire coaching career at Maine. He was a defensive assistant and defensive backs coach in 2011 and then coached the defensive backs from 2012-13. He was then promoted to defensive coordinator and coached the linebackers from 2014-15. Harasymiak was named interim head coach in November 2015 and then assumed head coaching duties in January 2016.

Prior to his time at Maine, he served as a graduate assistant coach with the wide receivers and quarterbacks at his alma mater, Springfield College. He was then an assistant coach at Maine Maritime Academy in 2008.

Harasymiak earned his Bachelor of Science in Physical Education from Springfield College in 2008 and palyed for the Pride from 2004-07. He served as team captain in 2007.

Harasymiak worked with Minnesota defensive coordinator Joe Rossi at Maine. Rossi was at Maine from 2007-11 and was the defensive coordinator and linebacker coach for the Bears from 2009-11.
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My Thoughts on Kelvin Clemmons

Alex Carlson
Minnesota got a surprise commitment this morning from Kelvin Clemmons before he had even visited campus over offers from Kentucky, Maryland, and USF. Clemmons is a 6’2”, 200-pound cornerback from Hutchinson CC.

Strengths:

· Physicality and size for position
· Closing speed
· Feet and hips

Weaknesses:

· Per his highlights, played a lot of zone coverage
· Very nonchalant in his initial drop which allows receivers to gain a step on deep routes
· Quite handsy so he’ll have to be careful to not get called for penalties

From a physical standpoint, there is a lot to like regarding Clemmons. At 6’2”, he has the size needed to matchup with taller, more imposing receivers in the Big Ten. Clemmons is incredibly physical with receivers at the line of scrimmage and down the field but also when coming up to make tackles and fill in run support. He does show surprisingly fluid movement in his feet and hips for a corner that is of his height and closes quickly on throwing lanes.

As sometimes what happens with JUCO players is that bad habits tend to form. Clemmons highlights show a lot of zone coverage, which the Gophers do play quite a bit of, but it is yet to be seen what his man-to-man capabilities are. One area he will really need to improve upon is his initial read step and drop. He tends to stand up way too high in his initial drop which makes change of direction difficult and is very nonchalant which allows receivers to gain a step on deep throws.

Clemmons has the physicality aspect necessary to compete for playing time, but he will need to be coached up and show better habits. I think he will have a chance to compete for playing time but he’s going to need to prove it to the coaches that he can be an every down player.

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Wrestling: Eight Gophers heading to Midlands Championship!!

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The Midlands has been a major D1 holiday wrestling tournament for over 50 years, so I was excited to hear that eight of our redshirts and non-starters will be participating in this year's event!! Each of our guys will benefit from the good level of competition, but for four of our elite non-starters (P. McKee, Lee, Allar and Joles), it will give them another chance to see how high the bar is...relative to their current skillset. These guys need to see elite competition as we're expecting a lot from them in the near future!

The Midlands takes place on Sat. Dec. 29th and Sun. Dec. 30th at NU in Evanston, IL and will be live streamed on Flowrestling.com. I'm really looking forward to watching this!!

Here's an article on the Midlands from Gophersports.com:


Eight Gophers Head to Midlands Championship

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Gophersports.com
Wrestling
12/20/2018

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While Coach Brandon Eggum and the main lineup will be headed to Fort Lauderdale, Florida, for the South Beach Duals the Gophers will also be sending eight wrestlers to the Midlands Tournament in Illinois.

This is the 56th installment of the Ken Kraft Midlands championships hosted by Northwestern University at the Sears Center in Hoffman Estates, Illinois. The tournament is known for it's tough competition and features ranked schools such as Iowa, Arizona State, and Illinois.

Among those traveling to Chicago are 125-pound Patrick McKee, 149-pounders Jakob Bergeland, Brayton Lee, Kasper McIntosh, and 165-pound Jake Allar.

174-pound Bailee O'Reilly and 197-pounders Garrett Joles and Bobby Steveson will also be making the trip.

The first two sessions will begin on Saturday December 29 at 9:30 am and 7 pm respectively. The final day of action will feature action at Noon and 7 pm respectively. All times are central.
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Fencejumpers Offer Ratings - early signing

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There still will be a couple adjustments as changes are made in the last day, but thought I'd share the results from my offer ratings calculations. A couple general thoughts this year:

1) the Big 10 is recruiting at a much higher level than a couple years ago. It's hard to find recruits that don't have several other P5 offers.

2) My offer ratings system doesn't tend to punish for bottom of the class as there are no class averages and only worries about numbers of 5.6 (mid 3*) and above recruits in your class. So Minnesota's class, for instance, isn't penalized for the specialists this year where they seem to be on Rivals and 247.

3) My offer ratings system also doesn't provide extra bonus points for top recruits, but only a point difference if they are a high 4* (6.0) v. a mid 4* (5.9).

4) I have calculated the Fencejumpers Offer Rating points for the tiers based upon 5 points for High 4*, 4 points for Mid 4*, 3 Points for Low 4*, 2 points for High 3*, and down to 1 point for Mid 3*.

5) Link to other thread outlining how I calculate offers into ratings: https://minnesota.forums.rivals.com/threads/fencejumpers-offer-ratings-preview.36992/

The results from top to bottom and will split up into tiers:

Tier I

Michigan (FOR Tier Points - 73)
(Rivals 10 nationally, 247 9 nationally)
6.0 (High 4*) - 4
5.9 (Mid 4*) -8
5.8 (Low 4*) -5
5.7 (High 3*) -3
5.6 (Mid 3*) -0

Penn St. (FOR Tier Points - 65)
(11, 13)
6.0 (High 4*) -3
5.9 (Mid 4*) -7
5.8 (Low 4*) -7
5.7 (High 3*) -0
5.6 (Mid 3*) -1

Nebraska (FOR Tier Points- 55)
(19, 23)
6.0 (High 4*) -0
5.9 (Mid 4*) -6
5.8 (Low 4*) -6
5.7 (High 3*) -4
5.6 (Mid 3*) -5

Ohio St. (FOR Tier Points - 49)
(Rivals 16, 247 10):
6.0 (High 4*) -2
5.9 (Mid 4*) -7
5.8 (Low 4*) -3
5.7 (High 3*) -0
5.6 (Mid 3*) -2
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Gophers getting head start on Quick Lane Bowl, and next season - Twincities.

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Full story at the link.

https://www.twincities.com/2018/12/05/gophers-getting-head-start-on-quick-lane-bowl-and-next-season/

When P.J. Fleck first became a head football coach, a colleague pulled him aside.

“He said, ‘I’ve got great advice for you,’ ” Fleck recalled Wednesday. ” ‘You never, ever play Georgia Southern, or that Paul Johnson guy.’ And here I am.”

Fleck was sitting beside Johnson at Ford Field in Detroit on Wednesday as the first official business of the Quick Lane Bowl, which will pit Fleck’s Gophers (6-6) against Johnson’s Georgia Tech (7-5) in a 3:15 p.m. kickoff Dec. 26.

Johnson, the longtime coach at Navy and Georgia Tech whose first head coaching job was at Georgia Southern, has remained true to his increasingly rare triple-option attack, which the Gophers will have to solve in their first bowl game under Fleck, hired to replace Tracy Claeys in January 2017.

Fleck also has scheduled Georgia Southern twice, once at Western Michigan and on next year’s Gophers schedule, so drawing the Yellow Jackets is a timely turn of events.

“We’ve started to practice,” Fleck told reporters. “Playing Georgia Tech is a challenge, especially on offense; not only because of the players and the coaches they have, but the system and the style is different. You change a little bit of your defense to be able to stop that type of scheme.”...
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Stories on Signing Day from Local Papers

keflavik
"Suspended players story" free. Understand the thoughts of all the "we NEVER click" people. These are for others who may be interested.

Gophers Class of 2019 football recruits -
http://www.startribune.com/gophers-class-of-2019-football-recruits/503178912/

Gophers sign second consecutive top-40 football recruiting class

http://www.startribune.com/gophers-...e-top-40-football-recruiting-class/503178001/

A couple of surprises greet Gophers on signing day

http://www.startribune.com/a-couple...ncluding-cornerback-kelvin-simmons/503133612/

Gophers recruit Logan Richter finally joining the fold
Former Perham lineman "grayshirted" last season.

http://www.startribune.com/gophers-...ding-grayshirt-for-maroon-and-gold/503062171/

Cretin-Derham Hall receiver Peter Udoibok excited to be part of Gophers football team
https://www.twincities.com/2018/12/...xcited-to-be-a-part-of-gophers-football-team/

Gophers quarterback commit Jacob Clark impressed where it’s toughest: Texas

https://www.twincities.com/2018/12/...cob-clark-impressed-where-its-toughest-texas/

Gophers football recruiting not shying away from ‘big-boy fights’ with top programs

https://www.twincities.com/2018/12/...g-away-from-big-boy-fights-with-top-programs/
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