INDIANAPOLIS – The gathering was taking place at the home of the Indianapolis Colts, but P.J. Fleck had a horse of a different color on his mind. “You ever been to the Kentucky Derby?” the Gophers football coach asked reporters on Thursday during Big Ten media days, then shifted focus to what it must feel like to be a jockey in such a big race. “I can imagine, right before you get in the chute, that anticipation you feel, and when they open the gate, you go.” That’s just the way Fleck feels about the season opener against mighty Ohio State on Sept. 2 in Minneapolis. “The anticipation of playing a top-five team to open the season at Huntington Bank Stadium with the crowd being back for the first time, a sellout crowd, it’s awesome,” he said, “but it’s still a football game.” That football game should be one of…
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