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Gophers to face Nebraska with retooled offensive line Gophers coach P.J. Fleck said the team would miss more than 20 players from COVID-19 after a recent outbreak.
December 12, 2020 10:30am Text size Copy shortlink: In the first game back from a COVID-19 outbreak, the Gophers will be shorthanded. Coach P.J. Fleck had said earlier this week the team would be without more than 20 players just from positive COVID-19 tests after the team dealt with an outbreak throughout the past two weeks that peaked at 49 cases, including 23 players. That s not even counting any injuries. From warm-ups (thanks to columnist Chip Scoggins eagle eyes) it appears offensive linemen John Michael Schmitz and Axel Ruschmeyer; tight ends Ko Kieft, Jake Paulson and Bryce Witham; linebacker Cody Lindenberg and defensive tackle Micah Dew-Treadway are absent. ....
December 10, 2020 Going into the 2020 season, I had my suspicions that Minnesota might struggle to match their 2019 success. It might have been the Gophers’ stumbles in their non-conference games, or the fact that they never beat anyone last season who had a returning starter. It might also have had to do with the fact that the Gophers only had four returning starters on defense. But Minnesota throttled Nebraska and Auburn, so I pretty much had to accept “scoreboard” as a reason that boat rowing was now a very real factor in the Big Ten’s West division. But all of that started to unravel when the Big Ten’s season began in October. In game one, Michigan stomped the Gophers 49-24, giving everyone an early misread on Michigan’s strength. The next week, Minnesota missed an extra point in overtime as Maryland won 45-44. Against Illinois’ fourth-string quarterback, Minnesota looked like they had the boat afloat again in a 41-14 victory. But then the Iowa Haw ....