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per the Daily:
The Gophers will try to break a 50-year-old trend when they face the University of Michigan Saturday evening.
The Gophers will try to keep the Little Brown Jug, the trophy given to the winner of every football game between Minnesota and Michigan, for the second straight season after beating the Wolverines in Michigan 30-14 last year. The Gophers haven’t won the trophy in back-to-back years since winning the jug four years in a row from 1960 to 1963.
“Obviously, we’re excited to have the Little Brown Jug in the state of Minnesota,” defensive coordinator Tracy Claeys said. “It’s meant a lot to a lot of people, including our team, and it’s been to a lot of events over the last year. So we’ve enjoyed having it around.”
Redshirt senior quarterback Mitch Leidner said last year’s victory, the Gophers first over Michigan since 2005, was a moment he’ll never forget.
When the team arrived back to campus after the game last year, a group of fans were waiting to celebrate.
“Huge for us as a program and a special day for us,” Leidner said. “To come back to Minneapolis and have people waiting outside the complex is an unbelievable thing.”
http://www.mndaily.com/sports/football/2015/10/28/gophers-hoping-keep-trophy-around
Go Gophers!!
The Gophers will try to break a 50-year-old trend when they face the University of Michigan Saturday evening.
The Gophers will try to keep the Little Brown Jug, the trophy given to the winner of every football game between Minnesota and Michigan, for the second straight season after beating the Wolverines in Michigan 30-14 last year. The Gophers haven’t won the trophy in back-to-back years since winning the jug four years in a row from 1960 to 1963.
“Obviously, we’re excited to have the Little Brown Jug in the state of Minnesota,” defensive coordinator Tracy Claeys said. “It’s meant a lot to a lot of people, including our team, and it’s been to a lot of events over the last year. So we’ve enjoyed having it around.”
Redshirt senior quarterback Mitch Leidner said last year’s victory, the Gophers first over Michigan since 2005, was a moment he’ll never forget.
When the team arrived back to campus after the game last year, a group of fans were waiting to celebrate.
“Huge for us as a program and a special day for us,” Leidner said. “To come back to Minneapolis and have people waiting outside the complex is an unbelievable thing.”
http://www.mndaily.com/sports/football/2015/10/28/gophers-hoping-keep-trophy-around
Go Gophers!!