The Purdue Boilermakers traveled to Minneapolis on Saturday as heavy favorites over the Minnesota Gophers. The Gophers having just come off a loss at a bad Illinois team and the Boilermakers having beaten two ranked teams in the past three weeks, this one seemed over from the start. But I guess that's why they play the game. Minnesota came out on the opening drive going down the field and getting three points on the board after a Emmit Carpenter 24-yard field goal. Purdue would respond with field goal of their own later in the quarter after a costly turnover by the Gophers, making it 3-3. It would be all Minnesota from there, scoring 38 unanswered points to roll to a 41-10 blowout victory. They scored in every way possible with two rushing touchdowns, a passing touchdown and a defensive touchdown on a fumble recovery. For me, this was so great to see the Gophers get a big win like this. Especially when it seemed like all hope was lost after last week, they have given me a reason to watch again. I am definitely back on the P.J. Fleck bandwagon and I am rowing the boat once again. The Gophers have a chance at another big win as the Northwestern Wildcats come to town after they clinched the Big Ten West last week. If the Gophers could get another win this week, that would be huge for the program.
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The Detroit Lions traveled to US Bank Stadium on Sunday to take on the Vikings. Minnesota took control from the opening kickoff. They went 65 yards on the opening drive, capped off by a Latavius Murray fumble into the endzone recovered by Kyle Rudolph for a touchdown. Although the touchdown was great, it wasn't the best part of the drive for me. My favorite part of the series was going for it on 4th down and 2 and converting. To me that shows that Mike Zimmer has confidence in his offense. But the big story of the day was the Vikings defense. They would absolutely dominate the Lions. With a franchise record 10 sacks and a scoop and score for Danielle Hunter to seal the win, the defense imposed their will all game. Going forward the Vikings will need their defense to perform like that if they want to make a run deep into the playoffs. The only disappointing part of the game for me was that Adam Thielen didn't get to 100 yards. However, he still played a good game and scored a TD which was nice to see with Stefon Diggs sidelined with an injury. Speaking of injuries, Dalvin Cook made his return and busted one open for 70 yards. That was awesome to see that he is healthy because the Vikings will need him down the stretch. Minnesota would get the win in this one 24-9, moving their record to 5-3-1 going into the bye week.
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