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Know Your Opponent: Week 5, Minnesota Golden Gophers

Say what you want about PJ Fleck, but he’s got something brewing up there in Minneapolis.

Coming off a 7-6 season in which the Golden Gophers took home the Quick Lane Bowl, Minnesota returns almost all of its production on offense with a few key returners on the defensive side as well.

Quarterbacks Zack Annexstad and Tanner Morgan split time under center last year and both are back with three years of eligibility still remaining for each. Mohamed Ibrahim and Bryce Williams — the team’s two leading rushers from last season — are both back with, you guessed it, three years of eligibility.