Little background on the Gophers nickname and how they became the Golden Gophers

[BleedGopher]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>Little background on the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Gophers?src=hash">#Gophers</a> nickname and how they became the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/GoldenGophers?src=hash">#GoldenGophers</a> <a href="http://t.co/eXeWaEuvGD">pic.twitter.com/eXeWaEuvGD</a></p>— Minnesota Football (@GopherFootball) <a href="https://twitter.com/GopherFootball/statuses/500771565748097024">August 16, 2014</a></blockquote>
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Go Gophers!!

 

[MrC]

To borrow from Kris Kristofferson, if you don't like Halsey Hall, you can kiss my a$$.

 

[Dr.Don]

To borrow from Kris Kristofferson, if you don't like Halsey Hall, you can kiss my a$$.

And you definitely are NOT referring to our Halsey Hall guy here on GH!

 

[RodentRampage]

I know the "Golden" part of the name came later, but has the team always been known as the Gophers?

 

[Dr.Don]

I know the "Golden" part of the name came later, but has the team always been known as the Gophers?

If my memory is correct, back at the beginning we were called the Prairie Dogs, in honor of all of the ugly women that came from Wisconsin and Iowa.

The Minnesota Ho's just didn't seem proper.

 

[Halsey Hall]

And you definitely are NOT referring to our Halsey Hall guy here on GH!

Hey, I resemble that remark