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YES! What a finish!

10/28/61- #6 Minnesota 23 Michigan 20 Gophers rally from 20-8 4th quarter deficit. Down 2015, they are stopped at Michigan 2-yard line with 3:00 left. On the next play, however, a Michigan running back, who will go on to a 9-year career as a Chicago Bear cornerback, fumbles. It is recovered by a...

Gotta build depth but I HATE those consolation touchdowns that mask the true tenor of the game.

Mason showed some nerve that day. After going up 7-0 early, he ordered an onside kick that worked. 14-0 in 1st quarter, then the play-not-to-lose offense. Nearly backfired.

Love that photo- Roger Hagberg putting the game away with a 45-yard run in that historic 1 vs. 2 clash vs Iowa in 1960 (for you young folks who were not around then!

We are tied with Indiana for the longest drought. In 1967, the Gophers, Indiana and Purdue shared the Big 10 title. When Indiana came to Memorial Stadium with an unbeaten record in late October, the Gophers gave them their only regular season loss, 33-7. Agree tha t 2020 was a washout.

Went to the 2006 game at Cal. The Gopher seats were near one end zone and were old, wooden benches, with peeling paint and lots of splinters. Surely the place has been renovated since then. In the game itself, The Gophers scored first. The Bears forgot about Matt Spaeth and he took a cross...

Guess which team did not get a cupcake. Silly.

Yes. When PJ sees an opponent that the Gophers can physically dominate, like in the next two weeks, he will just run the ball 40+ times. These games could be good opportunities to give the pass game chances to improve.

I was disappointed that the network coverage never found the time to show the whole runback.

The Gophers like ponderous road-grader types that promote the running game. Athletic guys with "good feet" are harder to find and rarely choose Minnesota.

Teams can improve dramatically as a season develops. In 2000, the Gophers lost at home to Ohio University in September and then beat Ohio State in Columbus in October.

The inability to separate by our receivers cannot be overstated. I am watching multiple games today and see other teams get guys open for easy catches. In our passing game, nothing comes easily and it has been that way since Johnson and Bateman left. Could it be that the design of pur passing...

I have noticed over the years that huge Gopher offensive lines excel at run blocking but are generally not athletic enough to pass block adeptly.

I was in the 2nd grade in 1956. My dad loved the Gophers and that season I kept hearing that the Gophers might go to something called the Rose Bowl. My uncles were excited and even the nuns who taught us at Assumption School in Richfield talked about them. They were sturdy Benedictines from near...

The Gophers trailed Purdue 6-0 in the 4th quarter and did not exactly have a dynamic offense. They got one terrific play when they had to have it. A kid named Duane Blaska from Anoka threw an absolutely perfect pass between 2 defenders at the 10-yard line to a guy named Ray Zitzloff. And that...

Nomellini was a man among boys as a Gopher and an NFL monster with insane durability.

Actually, the game that gave the 2006 Gophers their 6th win and bowl eligibility was not against Illinois. It was against Iowa. It was the game in which Drew Tate stomped off the field like Rumpelstiltskin after throwing a terrible goal line interception right to Mike Sherels right before...

Thank you for correcting me but I am sure there was some disappointing bench time that contributed to an uninspired performance vs. the lowly Pilots.