5 things that stood out from the Gophers’ win over Colorado

The Minnesota Golden Gophers improved to 3-0 with a 49-7 win over Colorado Saturday at Huntington Financial institution Stadium in Minneapolis. 

It was a dominating win from begin to end for the Gophers, who might’ve gained by much more had they stored their starters within the recreation for greater than two and a half quarters. Both approach, listed below are 5 issues that stood out. 

1. Mohamed Ibrahim within the Heisman dialog?

Ibraham performed the opening offensive sequence of the second half earlier than he was faraway from the sport. Had he performed a full recreation, he very nicely might’ve blasted his approach to 300+ speeding yards. As a substitute, the 24-year-old tremendous senior had 23 carries for 202 yards and three touchdowns. 

Anybody on social media Saturday possible seen the Ibrahim Heisman discuss. He is a protracted shot for certain, however after three video games he’s rolling with 464 yards and 7 touchdowns. 

2. Chris Autman-Bell injured

Autman-Bell, the No. 1 receiver on the crew, suffered an obvious leg harm within the first half and did not return to the sport. He went into the harm tent after which was helped to the locker room at halftime  by two members of the coaching workers, clearly unable to stroll fully on his personal. 

An replace on his situation ought to come from head coach P.J. Fleck within the coming days. 

3. Dominant protection

The Gophers’ protection laid down an early mark forcing a turnover on Colorado’s first play and handing the ball again to their offense on the Colorado 11-yard line.

The protection compelled 4 three-and-outs on the day and held Colorado to simply over 200 yards of whole offense, most of it coming towards backups within the fourth quarter. The lone Colorado landing did not come till the fourth quarter. 

Minnesota has outscored its opponents 149-17 by way of three video games. 

4. Controlling possession

Minnesota opened the sport with a nine-play, 75-yard landing drive earlier than the protection stepped up and compelled a turnover on Colorado’s first play. That sort of time of possession dominance would proceed the remainder of the sport because the Gophers commonly put collectively lengthy drives that took chunks off the clock en path to controlling the ball for 36 minutes, 7 seconds of the sport. 

• 9 performs, 75 yards – landing
• 2 performs, 11 yards – landing
• 9 performs, 53 yards – interception
• 8 performs, 57 yards – landing
• 3 performs, -1 yards – punt
• 8 performs, 91 yards – landing
• 8 performs, 53 yards – landing
• 10 performs, 60 yards – landing
• 6 performs, 67 yards – landing
• 11 performs, 39 yards – turnover on downs

The Gophers transformed on 13 of 15 third downs whereas Colorado transformed simply 1 of 11. 

5. Tanner Morgan continues to roll

Apart from his first interception of the yr, Tanner Morgan is off to a sizzling begin for the Gophers. He completed this one 11 of 16 for 157 yards and three touchdowns. For the season, he’s 38 of 53 for 618 yards and 4 touchdowns. 

It took Morgan 5 video games to achieve that man yards and touchdowns a season in the past. 

Up subsequent: A mega matchup between the Gophers and No. 11 Michigan State in East Lansing subsequent Saturday at 2: 30 p.m.