So remember the days of power football? When we were grinding teams out by running against them off-tackle, power, jet sweep, and just about every other kind of running play known to the college football world? We'd punch teams in the mouth like Iowa, Nebraska, Northwestern, Penn State, and others. Ahhh, those were the days, weren't they. Well, guess what? THEY'RE BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Against Purdue, Minnesota ran the ball 48 times with 7 different players in a variety of formations and styles. They averaged 6.8 yards per rush. They had short move-the-chain runs. They had jet sweeps.