MINNEAPOLIS — After a troubling amount of long-gain lapses in the first two games of the season following a rough 2020, Minnesota's defense needed a change in mindset.
The message was simple: “We needed to go out there and have fun,” coach P.J. Fleck said.
There hardly could have been a more satisfying experience for the Gophers than last weekend, with a shutout on the road against a power conference foe — the first time all those boxes were checked since a victory at Illinois in 1977.
The meager net yards total (63) mustered by Colorado was the lowest by any FBS team in the last four years.