Brent Yarina, BTN.com Senior Editor, August 14, 2015
Friday marked the fourth stop on our annual summer football tour across the Big Ten.
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Stop No. 4 of 14 had us visiting Minneapolis, Minnesota, to watch Jerry Kill's team.
We actually had the opportunity to catch a pair of practices, both Thursday night and Friday morning.
Get BTN analyst analyst Gerry DiNardo and BTN host Dave Revsine's tweets from the practices below.
BTN Bus Tour #Gophers After spg prac I thought Minn had most talent in West but now so far its Nebraska.Minn has more skill than ILL/Iowa
— Gerry DiNardo (@gerrydinardo) August 14, 2015
BTN Bus Tour #Gophers Most impressive is the depth Minn has built on the D Line & Secondary.O Line they feel like they have 8 who can start
— Gerry DiNardo (@gerrydinardo) August 14, 2015
BTN Bus Tour #Gophers Def built 2 stop the Spread because of speed & depth @ DL/SEC. Downhill attacks will be challenge size in middle of D?
— Gerry DiNardo (@gerrydinardo) August 14, 2015
BTN Bus Tour #Gophers JK contract ext,He's a proven coach @ this point where they go from here is based on recruiting(facilities) & schedule
— Gerry DiNardo (@gerrydinardo) August 14, 2015
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Good visit to Minnesota - feels like formula will be the same for Gophers: sound D, ball control offense, win TO margin & special tms
— Dave Revsine (@BTNDaveRevsine) August 14, 2015
Didn't see much of the no-huddle from the Gophers today - staff indicated it's more of a wrinkle than a significant shift
— Dave Revsine (@BTNDaveRevsine) August 14, 2015
Sounds like OC Matt @CLimegrover is ok with RB being more by committee. It doesn't seem like there's a David Cobb replacement on roster
— Dave Revsine (@BTNDaveRevsine) August 14, 2015
Gophers may have found QB of the future in Demry Croft. He was a bit up and down in team drills - but clearly really talented
— Dave Revsine (@BTNDaveRevsine) August 14, 2015
Gophers have some good young WR's - Desmond Gant, Melvin Holland stood out - there are definitely some candidates to complement KJ Maye
— Dave Revsine (@BTNDaveRevsine) August 14, 2015
Still not convinced Gophers will be dramatically better in the downfield pass game - was up and down as we watched them today
— Dave Revsine (@BTNDaveRevsine) August 14, 2015
Athleticism on D really stood out - particularly in the secondary. But everyone can run on the D - concern might be size at pt of attack
— Dave Revsine (@BTNDaveRevsine) August 14, 2015
