The Minnesota Golden Gophers edged the Illinois Fighting Illini 24-17 on Homecoming to earn head coach P.J. Fleck his first conference win at Minnesota. It was an ugly game, to say the least, but a much-needed victory for the Gophers. One thing is clear: Minnesota will have to clean some things up moving forward to prevent Saturday’s win from being their lone conference victory at the end of the season.
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Kobe McCrary. It’s a shame that he has been relegated to back-up duties behind Rodney Smith and Shannon Brooks, because he would be the starter at a number of programs across the country.