© Aaron Lavinsky, Star Tribune Gophers coach P.J. Fleck checked on running back Mohamed Ibrahim after he was injured in the second half against Ohio State Tasked with the colossal challenge of upsetting Ohio State, the Gophers on Thursday night showed they were game for the effort. They led by four points at halftime and by three in the third quarter only to see the fourth-ranked Buckeyes, last year’s national championship runner-up, escape a raucous Huntington Bank Stadium with a 45-31 victory. In the end, the Gophers didn’t have enough playmakers – and especially in the fourth quarter when Mohamed Ibrahim, the reigning Big Ten running back of the year, limped off the field and later to the locker room in a boot because of a leg injury. “Hopefully it’s nothing major, but we don’t know that just yet,” Gophers coach P.J. Fleck said. “Just unfortunate, he got tangled up…
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