The odds certainly are stacked against the Gophers. They’re playing fourth-ranked Ohio State in their season opener Thursday night, facing a Buckeyes team that hasn’t lost a Big Ten game since 2018 and coming off a runner-up finish in the College Football Playoff. There’s more, of course. Minnesota, a 14-point underdog, will take to the Huntington Bank Stadium turf without a victory over Ohio State since 2000 and without a home triumph over the Buckeyes in four decades, when the Gophers were playing at Memorial Stadium. In the past 41 meetings, Ohio State has won 39. Still, there’s a glorious opportunity available if the Gophers can defy the odds and seize it, a chance to add what might be the program’s biggest win in a generation. “They’re one of the best programs in all of college football — now, then, historically,” Gophers coach P.J. Fleck said. “… There’s nothing more…
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