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From a blurb about Coach Dan O’Brien: O’Brien’s son Casey coaches quarterbacks. Casey, 24, the celebrated former Gopher who has courageously fought back from osteosarcoma — a rare bone cancer — has undergone three lung-related surgeries the last four weeks but is cancer free. Casey has had more...

Theathletic.com is putting out a list of recruiting superlatives for each P5 program. Here’s a glance at Minnesota’s: Best recruit, pre-internet rankings: Darrell Thompson Best recruit, modern era: Carter Coughlin Most influential recruit: Sandy Stephens Biggest bust: Jeff Jones Best...

Theathletic.com lists six B1G players the authors think are being overlooked for the NFL draft. Mo Ibrahim is included. Minnesota RB Mohamed Ibrahim Ibrahim’s measurements would scare away most evaluators, from his height (5-8) to his arm length (28 5/8 inches), both of which were the shortest...

Collegefootballnews.com put out its spring predictions for next season. Here’s their take on the Gophers: Minnesota Predictions Spring Prediction: 8-4 Big Ten Prediction: 5-4 Aug 31 Nebraska W Sept 9 Eastern Michigan W Sept 16 at North Carolina W Sept 23 at Northwestern W Sept 30 Louisiana W...

From theathletic.com, “College football assistant coaches to watch this season: Bruce Feldman’s hot list.” They list 37 coaches in the article. 19. Joe Rossi, Minnesota, DC, LB coach The 43-year-old from Pittsburgh is one of the most underrated coaches in college football. Last season, his...

Collegefootballnews.com has the Gophers tied with Nebraska, behind Iowa and Wisconsin, which are predicted to tie for the title. According to their forecast, the Gophers will beat every team except MSU, Illinois, Nebraska, and Wisconsin...

In addition to an extensive preview of the team (posted in a different thread), CFN lists its version of the top ten Gophers players for 2022. 1. Ibrahim 2. Schmitz 3. Autman-Bell 4. Nubin 5. Morgan 6. Carter 7. Oliver 8. Bishop 9. Potts 10. Stapp...

collegefootballnews.com has been previewing teams for the past couple of weeks (alphabetically, it seems), and today it’s the Gophers’ turn. Here’s the first page: Minnesota Golden Gophers Preview 2022 Full disclosure, I grew up in Minneapolis. I was there for the 84-13 Nebraska win over the...

Apparently, the hard-working folks at GopherHole are running their annual donation drive. For a $100 donation, a person can get some swag, and also get the ads turned off (by far the bigger incentive, in my opinion). For smaller donations, you get some swag. When they run these drives, I ask...

From collegefootballnews.com, their spring ranking of B1G teams: 1. Ohio State 2. Michigan 3. Wisconsin 4. Michigan State 5. Penn State 6. Purdue 7. Iowa 8. Nebraska 9. Minnesota 10. Maryland 11. Northwestern 12. Illinois 13. Indiana 14. Rutgers 9 Minnesota Golden Gophers 2020: 3-4 2019: 11-2...

From collegefootballnews.com, one of their “22 thoughts for ‘22” is a question about what the B1G should/could/might do for expansion, in reaction to Texas and Oklahoma entering the SEC. Their thought is to add Kansas and Colorado...

From theathletic.com, Stewart Mandel's B1G preview. Here are the Gophers-related comments: West TEAM CONF OVERALL Wisconsin 8-1 11-1 Iowa 7-2 10-2 Minnesota 5-4 8-4 Northwestern 4-5 7-5 Nebraska 4-5 6-6 Purdue 2-7 4-8 Illinois 1-8 3-9 Player of the Year...

collegefootballnews.com put out its pre-season All-B1G team. Good news: Mohamed Ibrahim is their pick for Offensive POY, and also ranked #1 in their list of “Top 30 Players.” Not-as-good news: He’s the only Gophers player listed...

DraftKings put out its projected win totals for ‘21. Here are the projections for B1G schools: TEAM WIN TOTAL Ohio State 11 Wisconsin 9.5 Penn State 9 Iowa 8.5 Indiana 8 Michigan 7.5 Minnesota 7 Maryland 6 Nebraska 6 Northwestern 6 Purdue 5 Michigan State 4.5...

Collegefootballnews.com put out its preseason rankings of 2020 B1G teams. The Gophers are at #5. 5. Minnesota Golden Gophers Be Excited About … a passing game that’s the real deal. Tanner Morgan is going to be among the nation’s most efficient quarterbacks again, Rashod Bateman will be one of...

Collegefootballnews.com has put out its pre-season rankings for all 130 FBS college football teams. 20. Minnesota Golden Gophers Relative Strength: Wide Receiver Relative Concern: Linebacker 2019 CFN Final Season Formula Ranking: 25 2019 CFN Preview Ranking: 43 Minnesota Quick Take: The 2020...

Collegefootballnews.com put out its list of top 30 B1G football players for 2020, and the Gophers have two players on the list, both in the top ten. Rashod Bateman is at #7, and Tanner Morgan is at #9. Their top five: 1. Justin Fields, QB, Ohio State 2. Micah Parsons, LB, Penn State 3...

The athletic.com posted a listing of the five hottest programs in recruiting. It’s not necessarily who’s recruiting the best, but which programs are the hottest right now. Here’s their explanation of that: If you’re interested in finding out who is recruiting the best right now, it’s as...

Collegefootballnews.com put out its 2020 Gophers preview. It’s pretty long, so I won’t try to copy and paste all of it, but here are a few highlights: Best Minnesota Golden Gophers Offensive Player WR Rashod Bateman, Jr. Tyler Johnson might have been the team’s leading target, but Bateman...

college football news.com has come out with the May version of its bowl predictions. They’re picking the Gophers to play Virginia in the Belk Bowl. Other B1G predictions: Michigan State vs Iowa State in the Cheez-It Bowl Nebraska vs North Carolina in the New Era Pinstripe Bowl Michigan vs...