Minnesota vs. North Carolina: Can the Gophers Win as Underdogs?

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00:00 (upbeat music)

00:02 - Fit in a quick one here.

00:06 Take a look at Minnesota and North Carolina,

00:08 a seven and a half point favorite for the Tar Heels here.

00:10 Come on, big 10 getting seven and a half in a game,

00:13 they wanna slow down, Ben?

00:15 Where are we wrong here?

00:15 It's gotta be the Gophers.

00:17 - It has gotta be the Gophers, DRS.

00:19 When you look at the numbers,

00:20 seven and a half, that extra hook is huge.

00:23 My Minnesota has been one of the best underdog teams

00:26 in the country in the last five years.

00:29 And North Carolina had some physicality

00:31 in their opener against South Carolina.

00:33 They dominated on the trenches,

00:34 ran the football for a ton against the Gamecocks,

00:37 sacked Spencer Rattler nine times,

00:40 but they allowed 219 rushing yards to abstate last week.

00:43 What does Minnesota do?

00:44 They run the football.

00:45 Darius Taylor, the young freshman for the Gophers,

00:48 a buck 93 on the ground last week against Eastern Michigan.

00:52 I think Minnesota keeps this one within the number,

00:54 covering as a seven and a half point underdog,

00:56 excuse me, even in Chapel Hill.

00:59 (upbeat music)

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