Link: Max Bautch Article

I thought we were supposed to find out about the suspensions yesterday?

I could not find this anywhere.

Mitch Leidner

• Playing against Penn State will be unique because of Beaver Stadium's noise and some younger players it being their first road game
• Jay Johnson has the players go into stations and work on ball drills, and that's helped with catching.
• First thing thought when seeing the Leidner tailgate was "dude, I love you."
• One of the great things about playing at Minnesota is the four rivalry trophies.
• Going into Michigan his freshman year, had no idea how loud it was. Now he's talking to younger players about the noise and playing on the road.
• Personally excited to see Beaver Stadium and Penn State's campus.

Nate Wozniak

• Getting settled in during warmups and getting comfortable right away is important on big road games.
• Blocking scheme differences from last year: There's a little more doubling up front, trying to get the lineman more vertical. More simplified in that way.
• Playing Limegrover is definitely in the back of everyone's minds.
• Body control and "working out of my routes" are his biggest improvements. More comfortable getting out of his breaks and more balanced.
• Gets comments from opponent about his size and basketball all the time.
• Played basketball through junior year but football has always been his favorite because he likes to hit people.

Jon Celestin

• Saquon Barkley is the biggest guy that stands out on film. He's a mix of the running backs the defense plays in practice, so they're not too worried.
• A lot more into film now than he used to be. Feels a lot more comfortable and knowledgeable on the field.
• Thinks he's improved in pass coverage, too by getting into windows, holding people off more, improving man-to-man coverage.
• Thinks he's the hardest hitter on the team. Thumper is his name in the locker room.

Tracy Claeys

• Not sure about Coney Durr's injury. He's out but it's not season ending. No more comment.
• Probably three more weeks still until Rashad Still and Brandon Lingen will return.
• Will make decision about Kiondre Thomas redshirting this week. If he doesn't play against Penn State, they want to redshirt him.
• Doesn't anticipate less presnap adjustments even with all the noise at Beaver Stadium.
• Concern this week is the Saquon Barkley. Running backs have hurt us and he's one of the best in the country. Also good on screens, which is an area opponents have exploited.
• Mitch is going through progressions and not worried about finding a main target. Pleased with where the offense is at.
• Connor Olson could play if there are other injuries on the offensive line. Olson and Thomas are the only two on the fence about redshirting.
• Not for sure if they can play both 3-4 and 4-3. "Can't do both to everything." Doesn't think the 3-4 is good at stopping the run.
• There's not a lot of player safety when it comes to defense.
• No added element by playing Matt Limegrover.
• Taiyon Devers' injury is his ankle, opponent tried to cut him.
• The increase in season ticket price makes attendance difficult. Wouldn't be any different if TCU came here to play again. Ultimately, winning is what matters.
• What's the move if he wins? Coach Kill liked ice cream, Claeys likes to get back and watch other college football games and eat pizza.

I'd expect an announcement today or tomorrow about the suspensions. Can't comment any further.

Danny Clark was a much publicized recruit for Ohio State. He committed to the Buckeyes as a HS freshman at Massillon HS then transferred to Akron Hoban where he won a state championship this past year.. Clark is a 6-4 225 lb prospect.

Clark is a left hander who has a very strong arm. Has worked a lot on footwork and accuracy... He ran into problems because Ohio State also recruited top QB prospect Tate Martell and are redshirting Dwayne Haskins, another top QB prospect.. Both much better fits for Ohio State's offense. He would have probably sat the bench with those guys in front of him. On another note, I would not be surprised that Joe Burrow, the Buckeyes backup QB, will also transfer. I am totally speculating but his dad is a coach at Ohio U and would think that would be a great fit with an opportunity to play for Burrow. Burrow would have more experience at Ohio State but I think Haskins will pass him up on the depth chart behind JT Barrett.

Clark is built like a left handed Mitch Leidner.. Clark is considered more of a pro set QB than a read-option guy though he runs much better than people give him credit. Interesting side note: He had a huge Buckeye tattoo on his upper left arm/shoulder area. Now that he is not going to play for Ohio State, my guess is removal of the tattoo is in his future at some point....This is a kid that Minnesota may be smart to give a call to gauge his interest. His recruiting will be interesting in that he has always been considered a solid Buckeye commit, so opening up his recruiting is like starting over again. At an Eastern Ohio school that has players recruited to various Big Ten schools, I would think that Michigan State and Pittsburgh will get involved...Maybe Penn State, Cincinnati, and a bunch of MAC schools.

Clark has the makings of a good prospect.. He had to work on technique a lot with his feet. He had to work on transferring his weight from the back foot forward and get those toes pointed to the target. The arm strength is there with no problems. Has really worked at his game. Would love to see Minnesota gauge his interest.

Gopher RB target Daniel Young committed to Houston tonight over Minnesota, Nebraska and Boise State.

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someone find me video of that sack?! Most fun play I've witnessed in a long time!

Link: Wozniak talks improving his routes, Penn State prep, blocking schemes, and more

Link: Mitch Leidner talks Penn State, Leidner Island, and more

I was planning for months to take my son this weekend to Happy Valley for the first time. Tragically, one of his best friends at Eagan HS passed away yesterday and we need to stay home. I feel terrible for their family to lose a great kid at such a young age. God bless.

Anyway, I have 2 tix that are in the Gopher fan section free of charge if you come get them here in Eagan. Just email me at dlhansen@q.com. My name is Duane.

It would be cool if these tix could be still used.....for a true Gopher fan.....we will be there in memory.

Go Gophers!

Link: Top 10 true freshman in college football

Both make the eight player long watch list, so PFF essentially says Devers and Coughlin have played at a level somewhere between #11-18 this year. Incredible.

http://www.bigten.org/library/stats/fb-confldrs.html

Too early to come to very much for conclusions on these yet, but a couple of things might stick out.

Wishing for more interceptions for the Gophers, given the pressure they have put on the QB.
Punt returns, yuk
Higher scoring average looking good so far, but again, really early.

Just took an INT to the house for a TD for the Browns!! Atta boy

Delich has had a solid senior season so far. This past week he helped lead his team to victory over Eagan while rushing for three touchdowns. Delich spoke to TGR on his recruitment and his PWO he received at the Oregon State game.

Link: Delich talks PWO offer

The Gophers got 14 votes in the latest coaches poll, good for 38th. No votes in the AP poll.

Other Big Ten teams ranked (AP/coaches)

• #2/2 Ohio State
• #4/5 Michigan
• #8/8 Wisconsin
• #15/15 Nebraska
• #17/16 Michigan State
• RV (#33)/RV (#26) Iowa
• RV (#40)/RV (#45) Maryland

North Dakota State actually received 58 votes, good for 28th in the AP poll.

The Gophers are #35 in the latest S&P+ rankings and #52 in the latest F/+ rankings. S&P is determined by play-by-play, drive data, strength of schedule, and the "five factors" (similar to college basketball's four factors) of every game. F/+ considers every possession and drives are filtered to eliminate first half clock-kills and end-of-game garbage time and scores. It also factors in strength of schedule.

Been browsing the Penn State roster and checking a few things.

If the Golden Gopher Football team loses this game, it's 100% everybody included in that games fault.

Completely one game, and one isolated incident.

Right now, current rosters, looking towards Saturday, this is a game that's all execution.

If the gophers come out with "over the top" intensity where the world just says: "who are these guys and where did Minnesota find them", game over.

Beautiful stadium, beautiful state, need bone crusher to crush bones.

Need the QB to improve on his current positives and successes to 4-0.

Will they do it? Not sure.

An African-American cop shoots a criminal African-American thug that is resisting arrest and pulling out a gun ...

So let's blame white people and loot the city we live in.

W. T. F.

Check out how the Gophers 2017 football commits and top targets performed this weekend:

https://minnesota.rivals.com/news/fnl-croslen-continues-dominance-london-a-workhorse-back

who claims that Coyle has been out of his office this week for Big 10 meetings, but should be back tomorrow.

Perhaps that's part of what is holding up an announcement?

Like I said, take this with an enormous grain of salt.

hearing #1 WR Vandenberg broke his foot in practice

Can't watch this enough.
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• Durr, Rallis, Devers, Coughlin out.
• Martin now #3 outside linebacker.
• Starting RG listed as Calhoun or Weyler.
• Second team RB listed as McCrary or Brooks.