The first hour after most Gopher football wins usually reveal what head coach P.J. Fleck has concocted as that week’s theme. After the 31-28 home victory over Rutgers in the Big Ten opener on Saturday, it was about players being hunting dogs since the 27-14 loss to California on Sept. 14.

While that might seem random, it’s not out of left field for Fleck.

“We talked about, we had to go on a hunt,” Fleck said. “State of Minnesota, hunting season is right around the corner. Sometimes you let the dogs out of the cage and they are ready to hunt, and you don’t see the pheasant, you don’t see the deer, you don’t see a turkey. I don’t know what else you can shoot. I’m not a big hunter. But you go onto the next scent. You just keep hunting.”

That theme helped put into context why star defensive

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