Gopher Football Articles

Before every game, I ask a reporter who covers the Gophers’ upcoming opponent to give us a view from the opponent’s perspective. This week, I asked Jordan Jones from GoldandBlack.com six questions about the Purdue Boilermakers The Minnesota Golden Gophers host the Boilermakers for their homecoming game this Saturday. Both teams are looking to get […] READ MORE

Where do the teams stand entering Week 7 of the season? Our own Noel Thompson gives us his Big Ten Power Rankings. 1.  Ohio State (5-0, 2-0) Last Week’s Result: Ohio State 42, Minnesota 3 Last Week’s Ranking: #1 The Buckeyes easily handled the Gophers at home, putting up 476 yards on offense while limiting […] READ MORE

Before every game, I ask a reporter who covers the Gophers’ upcoming opponent to give us a view from the opponent’s perspective. This week, I asked Stefan Krajisnik from Cleveland.com six questions about the Ohio State Buckeyes. Minnesota travels to Columbus for its first Big Ten road game this Saturday. The Gophers have lost the […] READ MORE

Where do the teams stand entering Week 6 of the season? Our own Noel Thompson gives us his Big Ten Power Rankings. 1.  Ohio State (4-0, 1-0) Last Week’s Result: Ohio State 24, Washington 6 Last Week’s Ranking: #1 The Buckeye defense is legit as they limit the Washington offense to 234 total yards and […] READ MORE

Before every game, I ask a reporter who covers the Gophers’ upcoming opponent to give us a view from the opponent’s perspective. This week, I asked Chris Iseman from USA TODAY Network-New Jersey six questions about the Rutgers Scarlet Knights. Minnesota begins Big Ten Play when Rutgers comes into Minneapolis this Saturday. This will be […] READ MORE

Where do the teams stand entering Week 5 of the season? Our own Noel Thompson gives us his Big Ten Power Rankings. 1.  Ohio State (3-0) Last Week’s Result: Idle Last Week’s Ranking: #1 The Buckeyes had a week to prepare before they head out west to take on Washington to start conference play. 2. […] READ MORE

In my season prediction article before the season, I also shared ESPN‘s Matchup Predictor for every Gophers game of the season.  What is the ESPN Matchup Predictor? The ESPN Matchup Predictor is part of ESPN’s analytics tools for college football, providing a probability for each team to win a given matchup. It’s powered by the […] READ MORE

Where do the teams stand entering Week 4 of the season? Our own Noel Thompson gives us his Big Ten Power Rankings. 1.  Ohio State (3-0) Last Week’s Result: Ohio State 37,  Ohio 9 Last Week’s Ranking: #1 2. Penn State (3-0) Last Week’s Result: Penn State 52, Villanova 6 Last Week’s Ranking: #2 3. […] READ MORE

Before every game, I ask a reporter who covers the Gophers’ upcoming opponent to give us a view from the opponent’s perspective. I asked Matt Moreno from Golden Bear Report on On3 Network six questions about the Cal Bears. Minnesota travels to the West Coast for its first road game of the season. This is […] READ MORE