If you believe something long enough, does it eventually become your reality? Minnesota coach P.J. Fleck sure hopes so because he has been preaching a “delusional” mentality to the Golden Gophers all offseason.
During Big Ten Media Days on Wednesday, Fleck took the podium and laid out some of the core tenants for this year’s team. One of them was “be delusional.”
Being delusional means holding a strong belief in something despite all evidence to the contrary. That may make it seem like an odd word choice on Fleck’s part, but while explaining the phrase, he pointed to last season’s Indiana team as an example of how he wants delusion to manifest within the Gophers.
“It means no cap on the jar,” Fleck said. “No limitations. Dreaming big. With the College Football Playoff where it is, as Indiana showed last year, anybody can get there. If we’re delusional enough to know we can do that, we can get there. … Take the cap off the jar. Limitless.”
So, just how delusional would it be to have Minnesota in the College Football Playoff? Maybe a little. FanDuel has the Golden Gophers at +1300 to reach the playoff. Those are the 11th best odds in the Big Ten alone.
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Author : Austin Nivison
Publish date : 2025-07-24 16:15:00
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