Wisconsin 31, Minnesota 17

The Gophers fell to the Badgers 31-17 today in Madison.  The Gophers close their regular season with an 8-4 record.  The Gophers led 17-7 at halftime and were leading into the fourth quarter, bad Mitch Leidner showed up though and threw 4 horrible interceptions in the second half and the Gophers had no chance.  I'm glad I will only need to sit through one more game of Mitch Leidner as Gopher QB, I was expecting much more from a 5th year Senior QB.  All 4 of the Gopher loses followed the same script too, it was very disheartening to watch.

Observations:

• I put this loss on Mitch Leidner, not Tracy Claeys. 
• The Gophers left too many points on the field today. 
• Wisconsin sacked Mitch Leidner 6 times today. 
• Mitch Leidner has the tendency to lock into his receivers very early.
• That Drew Wolitarsky drop in the end zone cost the Gophers 4 points.  
• Good Mitch Leidner in first half; bad Mitch Leidner in the second half. 
• So many dropped passes by the Gophers WR's today. 
• That was a huge forced fumble by Jonathan Celestin late in the game. 
• 2nd Half Scoring:  Wisconsin 24, Minnesota 0
• Turnovers:  Minnesota 4, Wisconsin 1 
• Time of Possession:  Wisconsin 32:59, Minnesota 27:01
• The Gophers best offensive drives are often their first offensive drives.
• The biggest failure of Kill/Claeys era has been the inability to find a quality QB.   
• Gophers DT Scoobie Timms got robbed of a sack early on.
• That Mitch Leidner red zone interception cost the Gophers at least 3 points. 
• Why don't other teams get targeting calls against them? 
• Ernie Wheelwright > Robert Wheelwright. 
• The Paul Bunyan Axe stays in Madison for the 13th straight year. 
• Up next?  An as yet to be determined bowl game.