The Minnesota Golden Gophers improved to 4-0 with another too-close-for-comfort victory, holding off a late rally by the Purdue Boilermakers to escape West Lafayette with a 38-31 road win. But at this point, winning ugly is kind of their thing. So let’s embrace it.
After all, a win’s a win.
The Elite
Tanner Morgan. He is only a redshirt sophomore, yet the Gophers’ quarterback is unlikely to ever have a better game, at least statistically, the rest of his collegiate career. What a performance: 21-for-22 for 396 passing yards and four touchdowns.