Pictorial countdown to kickoff of the 2010 Golden Gophers!!!

[go4rube]

16

Rhys Lloyd

 

[gopheraschells]

Who is this Gopher? Hint 1959-1960.

We should be wearing these jerseys once a year. They are sick!!

 

[positively4thstreet]

Big Play Traye

 

[gophermartin]

#15

Sandy Stephens. His # should have been retired not just his jersey.

Interesting link...http://www.mmbolding.com/bowls/Rose_1962.htm

Note: In the days before the BCS, the days before the Big 10-PAC 10 automatic Rose Bowl match-up, the West Coast champion would decide who there opponent was to be in the New Year’s Day game. In 1960, the Big Five (the forerunner to today's Pac-10 conference) decided to offer its 1961 Rose Bowl bid to the number-one team in the nation instead of the Big Ten champion. Fortunately for the Big 10, the 8-1 Minnesota Gophers were the number one team in the nation following the regular season. It would be the first Rose Bowl appearance in history for Minnesota. On New Year’s Day, the Gophers came out flat and lost to Washington, 17-7. The West Coast press was merciless in its criticism of the Minnesota program, implying that the Gophers had been overrated.

In the off season, Coach Murray Warmath’s Gophers regrouped, determined to avenge the loss. The team returned quarterback Sandy Stephens and All-American Bobby Bell. Stephens was the first African-American quarterback chosen as All-American. He had taken Minnesota from last place in the Big 10 in 1959 to the National Championship in 1960. But, in that era, the final polls were conducted before the bowls were played.

Because of the Rose Bowl loss, Stephens had detractors who said that he, or any black quarterback, couldn’t win the big game. Minnesota played well in 1961, but finished second in the Big 10 at 7-2 to Ohio State. However, at OSU the Faculty Council voted to decline the Rose Bowl invitation which set off student demonstrations in Columbus for two nights. Several thousand marched four miles downtown to the state capitol and finally university, city, and state police had to restore order. But, for the University of Minnesota football team, it was a miracle and a return to Pasadena.

UCLA (7-3) was coached by Bill Barnes. They utilized the old single wing offense which was rapidly becoming obsolete in the early 60’s. The Bruins plan was to stop the outside rollouts of Stephens. Minnesota hoped to use its experience the previous year to take it to the Bruins from the start. The game is remembered also for being the first coast-to-coast color telecast of a college football game. It was televised nationwide by NBC.

 

[go4rube]

#14

Rickey Foggie

Bob Sadek

Marquel Fleetwood

Preston Gruening

 

[gophermartin]

#13

Michael McKelton

 

[go4rube]

13

Bud Grant

Tim Schade

 

[gophmeister]

Tim Schade -- I saw him around campus the first year he was here. He looked 40 years old thanks to his male pattern balding. Ouch.

 

[gophermartin]

#12!!

Bobby Cox

Hearing all the scrimmage posts today is getting my chili hot!

 

[gophermartin]

#11

Ernie Wheelwright and Brandon Green
<img src="http://image.cdnl3.xosnetwork.com/pics6/640/RL/RLVWSJHQKEOFWQU.20070903190922.jpg" width="500"</img>

Desi Steib

 

[gophermartin]

#11 - part 2

Troy Stoudermire
Photo Album of Awesome game action pics of Troy

Tomorrow is Paul Giel. Awesome catch below...

 

[josh087]

It was a great effort, but unfortunately the catch as it was called on the field for a TD above by Troy was subsequently ruled incomplete by the replay officials.

 

[go4rube]

#10

Paul Giel:

Adam Kelly:

Craig Curry:

Jimmy Gjere:

 

[Unregistered User]

Thanks for posting the Adam Kelly pic. Wow...does he look different these days!

 

[gophermartin]

awesome pics.

Love those old ones of Paul....wish they would have been in color.

And I might be in he minority...but I love Craig's helmet...wish we could have gone all gold for the opener last year.

GM

 

[gophermartin]

Yeah I remember.... preferto remember the first call! Great effort.

 

[Gold Vision]

Tony Dungy

 

[StewieGopherFan]

Adam Weber

Asad Abdul-Kahliq

 

[Gold Vision]

 

[gophmeister]

http://image.cdnl3.xosnetwork.com/pics10/800/IS/ISLKZDZJLBCHDUT.20060622195233.jpg


http://www.gophersports.com/pics27/400/QR/QRBTAUCGYWKSPTR.20060724151503.jpg

 

[gophermartin]

making them embedded....

 

[gophermartin]

#7

Billy Bye

for yesterday.

#6 coming up.

 

[gophermartin]

#6

Kevin Whaley

Any idea why Michael Carter changed his # to 6 for this season?

GM

 

[GoAUpher]

Kevin Whaley

Any idea why Michael Carter changed his # to 6 for this season?

GM

The 6th day till kickoff will not be denied. Tasers and bouncers be damned! Football is a comin'!

 

[gophermartin]

#5!!

Billy Cockerham

Marqueis Gray

 

[gophermartin]

#4!

Keenan Cooper

Did he pull a Babe Ruth and predict he would do this last year in that game?

GM

 

[go4rube]

#3

Ron Johnson

Bronko Nagurski

Bryan Cupito

 

[Monty519]

Marqueis Gray

Love the eyes looking upfield as he's stumbling in this pic

 

[go4rube]

#2

Ryan Collado

Chris Gaiters

Jack Brewer

 

[Gold Vision]

Man I loved watching Jack Brewer.