Gophers 101 | a Minnesota Gophers podcast
Oct 4, 2026 · 1 hr 9 min · 22 segments
Minnesota Gophers moved to 2-0 after beating the Michigan Wolverines on Saturday. Manny Hill joins Ross Brendel on this edition of Gophers 101 to offer up his reactions from the big win. Are the…
It was not a pretty game by any stretch of the imagination, and we can get m- more into that as we go along in the show.
But, um, I think watching the game early on, and, you know, having a suspicion, like the Gophers can, can beat Michigan.
This is not a, a great Michigan team, so the Gophers can at least compete with them I think.
Um, and then to see them, you know, first drive, their first possession go right down and, and score, hit a couple big plays, and then, uh, you know, Darius Taylor finishes off the drive with a, with a rushing touchdown.
Now, [laughs] got a little dicey there in the second quarter, um, after the pick six and, and everything.
Even though they were down 14 to seven, you get the bad pick six by Lindsey, you still felt like they could still win this game.
Ross, Michigan's offense, and we'll get into, [laughs] we'll get into giving, you know, Danny Collins all his flowers 'cause he deserves them, um, after that performance yesterday on the defense.
But, z- you know how sometimes you go through a season and you think, "Oh, okay, the offense is struggling." You know, like the Vikings today, they're, they're gonna take on the Miami Dolphins, a bad team, and the Vikings offense, as we all know, has been struggling these first few weeks.
You think, "Okay, well, this is a game where the Vikings offense can get into gear.
This is, this is their opportunity." [laughs] It's easy to look at Michigan's struggles on offense this year and think, "Oh, okay, well, the Gophers have struggled on defense.
Maybe this is the game." And maybe, you know, me being the f- you and I being fatalist Gopher fans, always in, always expecting the worst, are thinking, "Well, it's a possibility that maybe this is the game that Michigan's offense gets it into gear." I, I...
At, you know, Bryce Underwood's making a lot of money with NIL, and I know he's a, he's a five-star recruit, if I'm not mistaken, out of, out of Detroit, I think.
It was not a pretty game by any stretch of the imagination, and we can get m- more into that as we go along in the show.
But, um, I think watching the game early on, and, you know, having a suspicion, like the Gophers can, can beat Michigan.
This is not a, a great Michigan team, so the Gophers can at least compete with them I think.
Um, and then to see them, you know, first drive, their first possession go right down and, and score, hit a couple big plays, and then, uh, you know, Darius Taylor finishes off the drive with a, with a rushing touchdown.
Now, [laughs] got a little dicey there in the second quarter, um, after the pick six and, and everything.
Even though they were down 14 to seven, you get the bad pick six by Lindsey, you still felt like they could still win this game.
Ross, Michigan's offense, and we'll get into, [laughs] we'll get into giving, you know, Danny Collins all his flowers 'cause he deserves them, um, after that performance yesterday on the defense.
But, z- you know how sometimes you go through a season and you think, "Oh, okay, the offense is struggling." You know, like the Vikings today, they're, they're gonna take on the Miami Dolphins, a bad team, and the Vikings offense, as we all know, has been struggling these first few weeks.
You think, "Okay, well, this is a game where the Vikings offense can get into gear.
This is, this is their opportunity." [laughs] It's easy to look at Michigan's struggles on offense this year and think, "Oh, okay, well, the Gophers have struggled on defense.
Maybe this is the game." And maybe, you know, me being the f- you and I being fatalist Gopher fans, always in, always expecting the worst, are thinking, "Well, it's a possibility that maybe this is the game that Michigan's offense gets it into gear." I, I...
At, you know, Bryce Underwood's making a lot of money with NIL, and I know he's a, he's a five-star recruit, if I'm not mistaken, out of, out of Detroit, I think.
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