The Battle of the Plains Mascots begins! The Colorado Buffaloes and the Minnesota Gophers are facing off on Saturday at 11 A.M., and both teams are in similar spots. Tough losses (with injuries) against top-tier teams, and nothing-burger performances against lower level opponents. Both teams don’t quite know who they are yet. The Daily Gopher, our sister site, was more than generous with their insights. To be clear, these questions and answers were manufactured before Mo Ibrahim’s season-ending injury. I don’t want to editorialize too much, so I will leave the questions and answers as is.