Nov. 13—Ohio State will close out the home portion of the 2023 schedule Saturday with a visit from Minnesota.
The 5-5 Golden Gophers will be looking to play spoiler and snap multiple losing streaks while the Buckeyes aim to be 11-0 before heading to Michigan to close out the regular season.
Here are five things to know about the game and the series:
1. The Golden Gophers will bring a two-game losing streak to Ohio Stadium.
Minnesota followed up a one-point loss to Illinois by getting blown out 49-30 at Purdue last week.
The Boilermakers snapped a four-game losing streak by shredding Minnesota’s defense, throwing for 251 yards and running for an eye-popping 353.
“We are an inconsistent football team right now, period,” head coach P.J. Fleck told reporters in West Lafayette after the game (via the St. Paul Pioneer Press). “When you have an inconsistent, young football team — inexperienced football team — and then you get injuries on top of that.
“I’m proud of their fight, their scratch, their claw, their how, their effort. I’m so darn proud of how hard they play. You don’t get ribbons for playing hard. Nobody cares, but that’s what I love to see because I know the reasons for the results not becoming (a positive) result. Not excuses, but I know the reasons.”
2. Things seem to have gone from bad to worse.
Minnesota started the season with a 13-10 win over visiting Nebraska.
After beating Eastern Michigan 25-6, they lost a pair of road games at North Carolina and Northwestern.
They coughed up a 21-point fourth quarter lead against the Wildcats, perhaps the
The Wildcats entered the season with low expectations, and they trailed by 21 entering the fourth quarter.
They were 3-3 after beating Louisiana and getting stomped by Michigan but wins over Iowa and Michigan State appeared to have the Gophers back on track at 5-3.
Then came…
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Publish date : 2023-11-14 02:12:00
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