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The first time the Gophers and Spartans faced each other was in 1950 (MSU wasn’t admitted into the Big Ten until 1953). They’ve played each other 42 times, with Michigan State winning 81% of the time. The Spartans had a 17-game winning streak from 1977 to 1997. The Gopher’s longest streak was 7...

Here are the national rankings for the Big Ten Pass Defenses we've faced thus far: #51 Wisconsin #68 Northwestern #47 Purdue #9 Penn State #29 Ohio State and on Saturday: #71 Michigan State This would be a great day for our passing game to get better. During the past three weeks, it has...

The Big Ten conference announced its 11/7 football time/station lineup today: Noon ET * Northwestern at Iowa, ESPN * Illinois at Minnesota, Big Ten Network * Wisconsin at Indiana, Big Ten Network * Purdue at Michigan, Big Ten Network * Western Michigan at Michigan State...

Can anyone give me the numbers on dropped passes that should have been caught (who, how many, etc.)? This seems like somthing that could be easily remedied.

I'd like to go to a handful of Gophers BB games and am looking for a season ticket holder that cannot always attend. I will buy reasonably priced tickets now or even at the last minute if you don't think you can attend. PM me if you think you'd be able to help me out. Go Gophers.

I just thought I'd start a thread where people can feel free to proclaim themselves as Gopher fans. I know, I know... what an odd idea, posters on a fan forum actually being fans of the team in question. As I read 90% of the other posts on here, it strikes me that being a Gopher fan and having...

The first BCS ratings came out today. Here are our 3 losses: #13 Penn State #21 Wisconsin NR California (although they are #35 in the current AP Poll and could eventually move into the BCS with some quality wins) Not making excuses, but at least we've lost to some high caliber teams.

Contrary to the evidence provided by 90% of the posters her, it is possible to be disappointed in today's game but still rational. I'm not yelling to fire Brewster or to bench Weber. And I hadn't really expected a victory today. But, our offense is clearly worse than last year's offense...

Here is the outcome of the Gophers trips inside the red zone this year: 16 TD's (10 by running & 6 by passing) 6 field goals 1 knee taken on the 1 yard line against Purdue as the game ended 1 knee taken against Northwestern as the game ended 1 that I cannot account for - either a turnover, a...

Okay, I've been as guilty as the next fan in complaining about the negative coverage from the Star Tribune over the years. In years past, I would feel pretty good about a win on Saturday (or even feel consoled that a loss wasn't the end of the world) and then open up Sunday morning's Strib to...

I took a couple of days off of looking at the Gopherhole and from really thinking about the Gophers at all. It helped that I had a little run of 26.2 miles to occupy my time :) So now 48 hours later, here are my observations: 1) At the end of August, I wrote down my predictions for...

It remains to be seen whether or not we are overstating the impact of playing outdoor, on-campus football at home again. Personally, I think anyone who called the Metrodome a "neutral" venue is overstating it -- but just a little. There is no denying, though, that the Metrodome was not a...

I think most of us would agree that the 2009 Gophers are better than or equal to the talent/ability of the Gophers' team of a year ago. What are people's thoughts on the 2009 Badgers compared to their 2008 squad (I invite Wisconsin fans to chime in too). At this point last year, they had...

Is it a rule that you have to have a pointy head to attend Northwestern? Mmmm, it does make me want to consume mass quantities of malt beverage Martin Bayless Mike Bolden Mike Boyle Anthony Battle Colin Armstrong Roderick Goodlow Scott Lilja Kurt Mates Bryce McNaul Brian...

Of course there's the Jug, the axe and the pig. Sadly, until 2009, those have all been fairly one-sided affairs in recent years. But think about Northwestern. The past two years, they have won in the final seconds of each game. In the past 4 meetings, we have each won 2. In the past 6...

I was over on campus today and saw no signs of Cal practicing at TCF or ar the football complex (although I did see Cupito and Tony Brinkhaus shopping at the Goldy's Locker Room in the stadium) and that got me wondering about Cal's practice schedule. Then I got back to the office and read the...

There is very little we, as fans, can do to affect the outcome on the field. The most effective thing we can do is to BE LOUD. This is a huge game. Whatever effort you put into making noise in the past - double that effort on Saturday! Stand up! The diaphragm is more effective standing than...

Tomorrow will be the 1st time in 20 years that the Gophers have hosted a Pac-10 opponent. From 1930 to 1980, however, hosting Pac-10 teams (and visiting them as well) was a commonplace happening. To me, the golden age of the Gophers versus the Pac-10 was 1950 - January 1, 1962 (our last Rose...

Once again, here is an opportunity to rid ourselves of the spectre of the Dome. During our 28 years there, we played 45 ranked teams and won 6 of those contests (.133 winning percentage) (1990 Indiana & Iowa, 93 Wisconsin, 96 Syracuse, 2000 Illinois, 2005 Purdue). Of those opponents, only 3...

As of now the Wisconsin game time on 10/3 is TBA. My issue is that I will be running the Twin Cities Marathon the next day and am REALLY hoping that this is not an evening game. If it is, I will probably leave at half-time. So, I am trying to figure out when it might be so I can plan...