2011 minnesota

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WITH SPECIAL GUEST DENARD ROBINSON. FOR THE WHOLE THING! Big thanks to Bryan Fuller for setting that up. Please listen to Part 1 first if you haven't already.

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Previously: 1879, 1901, 1918, 1925, 1932, 1940, 1947, 1950, 1964, 1973, 1976, 1980, 1985 p.1& p.2, 1988, 1991, 1999, 2011 p.1

Special Guests: Craig Roh, author of The Pass Rush Bible and Denard Robinson

[Writeup and player after THE JUMP]

A man in my position cannot afford to be made to look ridikuhlis.

Ace: Brian and I did a segment on this week's podcast in which we each listed our top five most ridiculous games of the Hoke era. Not only were our bottom three picks entirely different, but between Twitter and the comments at least a dozen games that didn't make the cut were suggested as meriting inclusion, and... it was really hard to argue with a lot of them.

So let's try this again. List and explain your top five, perhaps mention a few dishonorable mentions, and feel free to explain your methodology—I'm intentionally leaving "ridiculous" open to interpretation.

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BiSB: I just drew up a quick list of candidates. There are 16 games on that list. I HATE ALL THE THINGS.

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Ace: Now remember that the very first game Hoke coached featured two Brandon Herron touchdowns and was called due to a biblical storm before the third quarter ended...

Even the wins, man. Even the wins.

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[After the jump: we discuss 60% of the games under Hoke]

Previously: Western Michigan, Notre Dame, Eastern Michigan, San Diego State

[Note: I plan to do these twice a week from now on so that we (I) can have closure with the 2011 season by sometime in February. Apologies if you find this content dated, but since there are people still writing papers about dinosaurs, I feel somewhat timely, relatively speaking.]

Minnesota

  

Schedule:

  • @ No. 25 USC, 17-19 (L)
  • New Mexico State, 21-28 (L)
  • Miami (NTM), 29-23 (W)
  • North Dakota State, 24-37 (L)
  • @ No. 19 Michigan, 0-58 (L)
  • @ Purdue, 17-45 (L)
  • No. 13 Nebraska, 14-41 (L)
  • Iowa, 22-21 (W)
  • @ No. 17 Michigan State, 24-31 (L)
  • No. 18 Wisconsin, 13-42 (L)
  • @ Northwestern, 13-28 (L)
  • Illinois, 27-7 (W)

Record: 3-9 overall, 2-6 B1G, 6th place Bo Division

Stats:

  Offense Defense
Rush: 160.0 ypg, 56th 186.4 ypg, 91st
Pass: 150.3 ypg, 109th 216.7 ypg, 49th
Total: 310.3 ypg, 110th 403.1 ypg, 77th
Scoring: 18.4 ppg, 111th 31.7 ppg, 94th
T/O margin: -8, 100th

Recap: There was a time not too long ago when Michigan fans could look at a team with a new coach that had finished a season with a 3-9 record and say, “I have no idea know what that’s like, but that must be terrible.”

Now that we know exactly what that’s like -- and yeah, it’s pretty terrible -- let’s take a closer look at how coach Jerry Kill and his Minnesota squad ended the season 3-9 and weep together as repressed memories begin to surface.

(more after the jump)