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Iowa at Minnesota line as of 5:20 AM Game Day

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eyesofhawk

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BHoppy said:
someone hurt for the gophers or just more $$$ going to the Hawks?
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oldxbbc said:
That is a good question as the line has doubled since it opened at -3.5
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Not due to injury.

Vegas does not put a lot of value on injuries.

Certainly not 4.5 points worth. And wouldn't move this early in the week because of injury.

This gets covered in this thread pretty much every week.

Still a chance the movement is just steam. We'll have wait and see
 
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TCity Hawk said:
Let's hope the result is the same as the 2008 teams when we beat Minny 55-0 in the last Gopher game played in the dome.
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A row of older Gopher fans just below our group got so pissed that we were cheering that they called security…… fat guy showed up and warned us to keep it civil lol but that *** kicking was criminal. They left mid 3rdQ and the oldest lady - must have been 70 - gave us double birds!! What a weekend that was.
 
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KuwaitHawk said:
More likely eat it 🤮
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So PJ is like Divine in Pink Flamingos.

 
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MFinn said:
As painful as it is to say it, give me Minnesota to win outright.
Kirk is 14-17 after a bye week. Something about this game smells like the kind of game where we usually drop a giant deuce.
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We couldn’t win out west either. Time to break another narrative. Usually have to do that to have a special season!
 
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nu2u said:
A row of older Gopher fans just below our group got so pissed that we were cheering that they called security…… fat guy showed up and warned us to keep it civil lol but that *** kicking was criminal. They left mid 3rdQ and the oldest lady - must have been 70 - gave us double birds!! What a weekend that was.
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It's in their rodent nature.
Hawks? Hawks snack on rodents.
 
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Hawkangler said:
Hope you are right. They beat Washington on the road and beat Michigan. I doubt they play like they did at Purdue. Experience team, I expect a tough game. They'll focus on shutting down our run game. Will Heck be able to win through the air?
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Their DEs get up the field on the outside and force things to the middle. Their DTs are not great and the back ups are worse. Where they are good when being able to shut down the run is the LBs and Safety clogging the gaps. in the middle. It is a different defensive look than we have seen. They KNOW the tackles can't hold up so they force a bunch of pressure in the middle. Recognizing when the Safety and LBs are coming are going to be critical for Heck. No doubt we can run on them but have to understand WHEN to do it is important.
 
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Hawkangler said:
Hope you are right. They beat Washington on the road and beat Michigan. I doubt they play like they did at Purdue. Experience team, I expect a tough game. They'll focus on shutting down our run game. Will Heck be able to win through the air?
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Exactly, this is potentially a very tough game. If they play well and we don’t come ready to play we won’t win this game.
 
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Fight4Iowa

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Hawkangler said:
Hope you are right. They beat Washington on the road and beat Michigan. I doubt they play like they did at Purdue. Experience team, I expect a tough game. They'll focus on shutting down our run game. Will Heck be able to win through the air?
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Their QB has been fairly efficient. They severely won TOP in wins against Michigan and Washington. They won TO battle in both of those games too. Michigan had 6 penalties for 43 yards as well.

Against Purdue, Minnesota severely lost TOP battle, they were -2 in TO margin, and Purdue ran for 305 yards. I think we have the TE and WR group to make them pay if they want to stack the box. How will Heck do against a team that forces him to stay in pocket and make throws? We'll see. He's short. His arm strength is questionable too.

I'd like to see us come out and throw the ball. If it doesn't look good, make the move to Hank Brown to start second half. Looks like decent winds around kickoff though at 11 MPH and slight chance of rain by 4th quarter.

Defense has to find a way to get off the field and create turnovers. I think Minnesota is going to move the ball some, and I'm especially worried about their WR screen game because we didn't look good at all against Washington for that.

I want to see throw to open up the run approach in this game though. Anytime you do that, the turnover variable gets notched up a bit...
 
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kinda surprised we are favored this much on the road. Recency effect I guess--with MN loss to Purdue. 🤷‍♂️ MN beat Mich (even after throwing a pick-6) and beat Was on the road.
 
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7and5baby said:
kinda surprised we are favored this much on the road. Recency effect I guess--with MN loss to Purdue. 🤷‍♂️ MN beat Mich (even after throwing a pick-6) and beat Was on the road.
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True, but they beat Wash by 3? While we beat the pants off the Huskies until late in the game.
 
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7and5baby said:
kinda surprised we are favored this much on the road. Recency effect I guess--with MN loss to Purdue. 🤷‍♂️ MN beat Mich (even after throwing a pick-6) and beat Was on the road.
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Ferentz has absolutely dominated Fleck though. However, Iowa hasn't really beaten MN handily in Minneapolis under Fleck other than one time. And several other games the last 9 years have been pretty close. I'd more comfortable taking Iowa if the line was -2.5.
 
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Fight4Iowa said:
Ferentz has absolutely dominated Fleck though. However, Iowa hasn't really beaten MN handily in Minneapolis under Fleck other than one time. And several other games the last 9 years have been pretty close. I'd more comfortable taking Iowa if the line was -2.5.
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Only 1 of 4 games in Minnesota with Fleck as head coach has been under a 17 point victory. Iowa by 14 minimum.
 
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nu2u said:
A row of older Gopher fans just below our group got so pissed that we were cheering that they called security…… fat guy showed up and warned us to keep it civil lol but that *** kicking was criminal. They left mid 3rdQ and the oldest lady - must have been 70 - gave us double birds!! What a weekend that was.
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Yeah, I was at that game too. Lots of gopher fans leaving in 3rd quarter gave me plenty of leg room!
 
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