Minnesota had its best game of the season and lost by 23 points. As Vonnegut would say, "So it goes." By contrast, the identity of the team was lost. Nebraska loaded the box and dared Leidner to throw, which he did successfully for much of the game.
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The Gophers came out with the correct game plan for the first time all season. Limegrover dialed up quick screens in trips sets to stretch Nebraska vertically, and was willing to program in a number of deep balls. Some of them even worked. Mitch Leidner completed 17 of his first 19 passes.