How the win over Purdue demonstrated both the recipe for success and the path to disaster for the Gophers.
Many times a person's biggest strength is also their biggest weakness. Pride becomes rigidity, kindness>naivety, and caution>inaction. The same can be said for our favorite college football team. Power running to 41 points can transform from a powerful weapon into an unimaginative and stagnant offense in a single week.
The power of identity
In the win over Purdue, the Gophers showed the lunch-pail toughness that Jerry Kill has touted since taking over the reigns of the program.