Your Axe is officially home!
What a great game, just want to thank everyone that made it out to Madison and supported us, everyone here who supported us, our band.
Real quick, I want to give a few thanks. First and foremost, a lot of thanks to this one individual who had the vision. Two years ago, we talked and he said "I know this, you got to beat one game. (The fans) want you to beat Wisconsin." I want to thank all of our players. These guys have been through so much. This is what row the boat is all about. At the beginning of they year, they went through some highs and lows. You're looking at the youngest team in America that not only was the youngest team in America but lost six of their best players after the first two games. As you continue to look around, it was freshman and inexperience after inexperience after inexperience. This team just kept their oar in the water and continued to row. We also lost a teammate, Nick Connelly. To be able to have this team to have the resiliency to keep their oar in the water. To be 4-5, beat Purdue, get the Axe back says a lot about where this program is headed and where this team has been. Who would have thought that we beat Wisconsin, the four touchdowns on offense today were all freshman. A freshman would return a punt for a touchdown today.
Blake Cashman was the second-leading tackler left the game but Juju Huff coming in and having a huge interception. Chris Williamson with the huge play, that's why we brought him here. Coney Durr with the huge interception. Thomas Barber, what the Barbers do well! Recovered a fumble, a huge, huge play in the game. And how about that Mohamed Ibrahim, huh?
Last thing I'll leave you with is this: people always ask me what the hardest thing about being the head football coach at Minnesota is. It's about changing people's minds, perspectives, thoughts, and ideas can become as a University -- what this football program can become! Within two years of this culture being here, your Axe is back!
And everybody has to understand something. We can and we will -- Wisconsin made a video that says only seniors can touch the Axe. Everybody gets to touch the Axe!
(Axe is passed around and crowd chants PJ! PJ! PJ!)
What a great game, just want to thank everyone that made it out to Madison and supported us, everyone here who supported us, our band.
Real quick, I want to give a few thanks. First and foremost, a lot of thanks to this one individual who had the vision. Two years ago, we talked and he said "I know this, you got to beat one game. (The fans) want you to beat Wisconsin." I want to thank all of our players. These guys have been through so much. This is what row the boat is all about. At the beginning of they year, they went through some highs and lows. You're looking at the youngest team in America that not only was the youngest team in America but lost six of their best players after the first two games. As you continue to look around, it was freshman and inexperience after inexperience after inexperience. This team just kept their oar in the water and continued to row. We also lost a teammate, Nick Connelly. To be able to have this team to have the resiliency to keep their oar in the water. To be 4-5, beat Purdue, get the Axe back says a lot about where this program is headed and where this team has been. Who would have thought that we beat Wisconsin, the four touchdowns on offense today were all freshman. A freshman would return a punt for a touchdown today.
Blake Cashman was the second-leading tackler left the game but Juju Huff coming in and having a huge interception. Chris Williamson with the huge play, that's why we brought him here. Coney Durr with the huge interception. Thomas Barber, what the Barbers do well! Recovered a fumble, a huge, huge play in the game. And how about that Mohamed Ibrahim, huh?
Last thing I'll leave you with is this: people always ask me what the hardest thing about being the head football coach at Minnesota is. It's about changing people's minds, perspectives, thoughts, and ideas can become as a University -- what this football program can become! Within two years of this culture being here, your Axe is back!
And everybody has to understand something. We can and we will -- Wisconsin made a video that says only seniors can touch the Axe. Everybody gets to touch the Axe!
(Axe is passed around and crowd chants PJ! PJ! PJ!)
