A synopsis of what Minnesota head coach P.J. Fleck said during Thursday's press conference at Big Ten Media Day
- Really excited about the 2021 season
- Thanks President Joan Gabel, AD Mark Coyle, SID Paul Rovnak, trainers and medical team, and doctors.
- Mentions Casey O'Brien got a clean scan three days ago
- Mentions setting the highest cumulative GPA in the program's history at 3.33
- Praises Blaise Andries for his academic accomplishments, being an actuary and first-team academic all-american
- Says Connor Olsen tested 96th percentile in the MCAT - has 45 career starts at Minnesota. The record is 51.
- Praises Mohamed Ibrahim, Boye Mafe, and Tanner Morgan
- Says Mafe will come to this stadium and put up numbers (referencing the NFL Draft Combine)
- Said watching Tanner deal with his father's sickness throughout the past year and his passing last week was inspiring
- Someone asked him about the Tennessee job rumors, Fleck quickly shot that down
- 10 starters back on offense, 10 starters back on defense, all of the specialists are back. Brought in two kickers from the transfer portal that will battle to win that job.
- Had 11 players decide to come back for their fifth, sixth, or seventh year
- Mentions Bateman and St. Juste being drafted
- Says they have to find a way to win close games, mentions the two overtime losses last season
- Knew defense would be young last season after losing seven starters the previous year. Happy everybody is back on defense this year.
- Loves Coach Rossi and what he does defensively - thought people got a chance to see that toward the end of last year
- Mentions not having 35 players versus Nebraska and putting together a very good defensive performance
- Says they are a developmental program - taking kids from high school all the way until they graduate
- Not going to take a lot of transfers, took a few this past year to fill holes
- Really likes this football team heading into year five
- Fired up at NIL - mentions 18 Fortune-500 companies in the Twin Cities and a major urban area will benefit their student athletes
- Identity of football team is: togetherness, gratefulness, identity, and focusing on each other
- Says everyone has already forgotten about the 11-win season in 2019 - that's sports, it keeps moving forward
- Still going to want to run the ball, RPO and play action, and going to build a drop back
- Mentioned being picked to finish sixth in the west in 2019 and finished first
- Really excited about the 2021 season
- Thanks President Joan Gabel, AD Mark Coyle, SID Paul Rovnak, trainers and medical team, and doctors.
- Mentions Casey O'Brien got a clean scan three days ago
- Mentions setting the highest cumulative GPA in the program's history at 3.33
- Praises Blaise Andries for his academic accomplishments, being an actuary and first-team academic all-american
- Says Connor Olsen tested 96th percentile in the MCAT - has 45 career starts at Minnesota. The record is 51.
- Praises Mohamed Ibrahim, Boye Mafe, and Tanner Morgan
- Says Mafe will come to this stadium and put up numbers (referencing the NFL Draft Combine)
- Said watching Tanner deal with his father's sickness throughout the past year and his passing last week was inspiring
- Someone asked him about the Tennessee job rumors, Fleck quickly shot that down
- 10 starters back on offense, 10 starters back on defense, all of the specialists are back. Brought in two kickers from the transfer portal that will battle to win that job.
- Had 11 players decide to come back for their fifth, sixth, or seventh year
- Mentions Bateman and St. Juste being drafted
- Says they have to find a way to win close games, mentions the two overtime losses last season
- Knew defense would be young last season after losing seven starters the previous year. Happy everybody is back on defense this year.
- Loves Coach Rossi and what he does defensively - thought people got a chance to see that toward the end of last year
- Mentions not having 35 players versus Nebraska and putting together a very good defensive performance
- Says they are a developmental program - taking kids from high school all the way until they graduate
- Not going to take a lot of transfers, took a few this past year to fill holes
- Really likes this football team heading into year five
- Fired up at NIL - mentions 18 Fortune-500 companies in the Twin Cities and a major urban area will benefit their student athletes
- Identity of football team is: togetherness, gratefulness, identity, and focusing on each other
- Says everyone has already forgotten about the 11-win season in 2019 - that's sports, it keeps moving forward
- Still going to want to run the ball, RPO and play action, and going to build a drop back
- Mentioned being picked to finish sixth in the west in 2019 and finished first
