It’s Big Ten season for Minnesota, and the Gophers will open the conference schedule against Maryland on Saturday. This is exactly how the 2017 campaign began for Minnesota, i.e. a 3-0 record and a Big Ten opener against Maryland. The Gophers lost that game 31-24 even though the Terps had to play a third-string quarterback. Let’s hope the outcome is very different in 2018.
The Gophers are not favored to win, but that’s mostly because Maryland is at home.
So what’s happening in College Park?
Goodness, where do we start? First, there are problems much greater than mere football at Maryland these days.