Interviews with Frenemies: Minnesota

Minnesota is coming off a bye. But, the two weeks before that were a perfect encapsulation of the Gophers season thus far: inconsistent. Minnesota went on the road and knocked off a ranked Illinois team, only to fall to Rutgers on the road a week later. So what’s been up with the roller coaster ride of a season? We talked to Tom Coyer of Gopher Nation about those things and got a preview of this weekend’s game against Penn State.

It’s been an up-and-down season for the Gophers. How have they played compared to what you expected in the preseason?

It truly has been up and down. At a high level, I think most fans anticipated a 6 or 7 win season. Eight being a possibility, but so was 4 or 5. This…