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Kill continues to hint at pulling a redshirt, but not at QB

Gophers coach Jerry Kill dropped more hints that the team might need to pull the redshirt from true freshman offensive lineman Tyler Moore.

September 22, 2015 at 9:01PM
Minnesota head coach Jerry Kill fired up players on the field before they took on Colorado State at Sonny Lubick Field at Hughes Stadium, Saturday, September 12, 2015 in Ft. Collins, CO. ] (ELIZABETH FLORES/STAR TRIBUNE) ELIZABETH FLORES ï eflores@startribune.com
Minnesota head coach Jerry Kill fired up players on the field before they took on Colorado State at Sonny Lubick Field at Hughes Stadium, Saturday, September 12, 2015 in Ft. Collins, CO. ] (ELIZABETH FLORES/STAR TRIBUNE) ELIZABETH FLORES ï eflores@startribune.com (The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Gophers coach Jerry Kill gave more hints Tuesday that the Gophers are ready to pull a potential redshirt from true freshman Tyler Moore to play left guard.

Kill was talking about the need for more offensive line continuity. Starting left guard Jon Christenson will miss at least two more games recovering from knee surgery. Joe Bjorklund has bone-on-bone in his surgically repaired knee and is only able to practice once a week, Kill said.

"Tyler Moore, for instance, he's backup center right now," Kill said. "We may have to play him somewhere else. He may have to learn two positions. Do I want to do that with a freshman? No, but I've got no choice."

As for starting quarterback, there are no hints of a coming change. Asked on the Big Ten teleconference if he's evaluating the QB's differently this week, Kill said, "I'm not going to make a -- we have enough media here that comments on the quarterback. And right now, our issue ... we're not playing as good of offense as we'd certainly like to, and a lot of that has to do with where we're at up front on the offensive line.

"We've just got to get some continuity up front. And we're not running the ball like we've run the ball here, and we've got several good backs, but we're just not running the ball, not executing up front and that's probably the biggest problem we have."

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Joe Christensen

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Joe Christensen, a Minnesota Star Tribune sports team leader, graduated from the University of Minnesota and spent 15 years covering Major League Baseball, including stops at the Riverside Press-Enterprise and Baltimore Sun. He joined the Minnesota Star Tribune in 2005 and spent four years covering Gophers football.

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