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Oh, now I get it. I was referring to St. Sauver as the vanishing Gopher and NOT Osterman.

We were referring to Rob St. Sauver, NOT Osterman. Please read the next to last sentence of my post. Thank you, Mr. CheeseheadGopher!

Thank you for correcting my faulty memory. Any idea why he vanished from the program?

He was a ray of sunshine in a dark era. He had 13 catches for 187 yards in a 1994 loss at Michigan and 8 catches for 158 yards to help the 1992 Gophers finish a dismal 2-9 season with a surprise win over Iowa in The Dome. One went 58 yards for a touchdown. That was the game where Rob St. Sauver...

I think you are referring to the 1949 team. It had 13 NFL draftees and Bierman later called it his best team. He also took responsibility for their late season collapse. After thrashing Ohio State by a score of 27-0 in Columbus, they went on to lose back-to back games, 14-7 at Michigan and the...

Love the Dean Wormer reference!

And yet I have read that his training camps were mild by NFL standards.

Thank you for posting this. Curry started in both 1970 and 1971 and his teams were not very good. In 1971, the Gophers hosted #10 Ohio State. Down 14-6, Curry led the Gophers on a last minute drive. They scored to make it 14-12 and, on the 2-point PAT try, Curry kept it on an option play and...

Before 2012, the Nebraska fanbase for the most part viewed the Gophers in a benign light. Now that Minnesota has beaten them 7 out of the last 10, disbelief seems to have evolved into grudging respect. Kind of like how Neanderthals could not believe that they were being killed by Cro-Magnons...

The author wrote that Minnesota-Michigan waned as a rivalry in the 1950s, suggesting the Gophers had become irrelevant. The fact is that the Gophers beat Michigan in 5 games out of 6 from 1960-1965 and 6 out of 8, including 1966 and 1967.

Yes! The way he finished his runs reminded me of MBIII. That long touchdown run he had at Purdue in 2015 was unforgettable. Along the way, he threw down multiple tacklers like they were in junior high. Later, his openness about mental health was an inspiring contribution to the program. One of...

How about what Mo did to Georgia Tech as the Gophers closed 2018 with an unexpected rush? The Tech players acted as though they had never encountered someone like Mo and wanted no part of him. He had done the same thing to Purdue with snow flakes falling in Game 10.

Though he was only enrolled for a few weeks at "The U" and has little good to say about his youth up north, I would love to see Dylan do the Gopher!

Went down to Faribault this fall to see if the high school had a display of Smith memorabilia. My wife came along (we were riding the bike path from Faribault to Mankato). She wondered about security and if we would be challenged. School was in session and the front doors were locked. These...

Can't recall a game the Gophers managed to win with more woeful statistics. They were outgained by 440 yards to 83. They scored their first touchdown on a return of a blocked punt and their second when they were gifted with the 5th Ilinois lost fumble, this one at the Illini 4-yard line. It was...

With his 10 completions this season, Streveler now has 27 in his NFL career, just 5 behind our NFL alumni leader.....Bronko Nagurski! Quite sad that our leader wasn't even a quarterback. Not to stir up a hornet's nest, but could he have been better than Leidner if given the opportunity? It...

So many worthy contenders. Gary Russell also comes to mind.

I think Hoard himself said it. But he once picked up 38 on a 3rd and 37 draw play vs. Denver.

Yes! I felt the same way watching that Illinois game. They looked dead in the water with just a few minutes left. A tremendous kickoff return by Stoudermire, a rare stop and some clutch plays by Weber and Bennett provided a joyous and wholly unexpected conclusion. That team had gone through so...