Know Thy Opponent 2021: Minnesota Golden Gophers

For a long time Purdue and Minnesota have been very similar programs. Much of it has been tied to having coaching changes at the exact same time. Glen Mason and Joe Tiller were both brought in at the same time and Tiller always enjoyed pushing Mason’s teams around. Tim Brewster and Danny Hope had a lot of crossover, as did Jerry Kill and Darrell Hazell. Like Mason and Tiller, Jeff Brohm and P.J. Fleck both came in at the same time. With the programs each having a similar level of success over the past two decades, they are naturally going to be compared to each other.