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Minnesota outgained Purdue 200-39 and outscored it 20-0. five players from the Purdue- Minnesota game. Purdue ran the ball pretty well, gaining 183 yards. It just didn't do enough of it, scrambling to come back. Shavers, especially, looked good. He averaged 7.1 yards per carry — he had 78 yards on 11 carries. 5 A.J. Barker gets behind Purdue's defense, including safety Taylor Richards, for a touchdown. Gophers plays for another TD. On second-and-three from only After Purdue punted, the needed No.2 Minnesota kept piling on. three Purdue's 38-yard line, the Boiler- makers used only three linemen. But the extra coverage didn't help. This time, Johnson was vic- timized by the should fake, and A.J. Barker ran past him and easily hauled in a pass for a TD. No.1 The Gophers capped a re- Tom Campbell markable stretch less than four minutes later — scoring for the fourth time in an 11-play span when Barker got behind safe- ty Taylor Richards, who was in zone coverage, on another double move. Barker hauled in the pass for a 63-yard touchdown. The touchdown and extra point put the Gophers up 28- 7, and they'd tack on two more field goals to take a command- ing 34-7 lead into halftime. In the second quarter alone, highs with 135 yards and two touchdowns on five catches — in the game's first 19:26. He didn't re-enter the game after injuring his ankle on the second TD. 4 tered the game with Purdue trailing 44-7 and responded by leading two touchdown drives on his first two series. They went for 25 plays and 152 yards, more yards than the TerBush-led of- fense had in the entire first half on only two fewer plays. Marve was 11-of-19 for 97 yards, two TDs, no interceptions to earn the starting job against Penn State. 3 Robert Marve (QB, Purdue): Marve en- YourWindow_GoldandBlack_August10_electronic.indd 1 A.J. Barker (WR, Min- nesota): Had career- Akeem Shavers (RB, Purdue): Ultimately, The following is at the top- FIVE WE WATCHED hard to find a defensive back with a more dominant perfor- mance on a drive than Carter had in the third quarter. He had three passes of his program- tying six pass breakups before stepping in front of an out route for the pick and returning it for a 43-yard touchdown. 2 Michael Carter (DB, Minnesota): It'd be his second career start, Nelson was fantastic. He completed 15- of-22 passes for 246 yards and three touchdowns, didn't throw an interception, avoided a sack yet was poised to stand in the pocket and deliver balls before taking some big hits. j 1 Philip Nelson (QB, Minnesota): In only ... all the fun ... all the food ... all the comfort ... all the services GOLDANDBLACK EXPRESS • VOLUME 23, EXPRESS 9 • 20 8/20/2010 2:26:24 PM