In all of the vitriol over the Rutgers game, a fair amount of the fanbase seems to have forgotten that the Gophers are 5-2 on the season with five games to play. Minnesota will be favored in the next two, and should they win those games will be 7-2 headed into a showdown in Nebraska.
Of their two losses, both games were toss ups according to betting markets and other predictive models. Penn State just beat Ohio State on a last minute fluky play, and Iowa remains around the Gophers in most statistical rankings.
Given that it is rather amazing to me that there’s a significant-and significantly loud- minority of people who think that Claeys is a terrible coach deserving to be fired after one season based on the current performance.