Well that was fun and surprising... and then stressful and frustrating... and then euphoric. Just your casual Friday night football game at TCF Bank Stadium. Ultimately, despite a near disastrous fourth quarter, the Minnesota Golden Gophers prevailed over the Indiana Hoosiers, 38-31, to claim their first conference victory of the season.
Now what are we supposed to do with ourselves on Saturday?
The Elite
Tanner Morgan. 17-of-24 for 302 passing yards and three touchdowns. Not bad for the first start of his college career. It was far from perfect — that fourth quarter interception was an egregious mistake and he all but disappeared, along with the rest of the offense, for most of the second half — but the redshirt freshman quarterback played well enough to lead the Gophers to victory, and certainly made things interesting for when Zack Annexstad is cleared to return.