Big Ten Power Rankings Week 2: Ohio State Still On Top But Penn State Closing Gap
By Corey Hunter
No. 11 Minnesota (Last Week – 11) —
Is there a Big Ten team that played a more “blah” game than Minnesota? The Gophers won a 17-7 snoozer over Buffalo. To those cynics that say ‘winning is the name of the game’, I agree, but that doesn’t mean that all wins are the same.
The win was the first for new head coach PJ Fleck. The Gophers outscored Buffalo 14-7 in the first quarter. After that, a mere three points combined were scored the rest of the game. I’d like to say this was a heavyweight tilt by two of college footballs premier defenses, but that just didn’t happen.
This week Minnesota travels to Corvalis to take on the Oregon State Beavers, themselves coming off a humbling opening week loss to Colorado State. Coach Fleck has his work cut out for him, but he was able to turn Western Michigan into a MAC power program last year. The question remains if he will be able to do so at Minnesota. So far, he is 1-0.