Spring Practice Report: Wide Receiver News

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Gopher Football One of the biggest topics of discussion this spring for members of the media covering the University of Minnesota football team has been the depth – or more accurately, the lack thereof – at the wide receiver position. Two newsworthy items relating to the wide receiver position took place in the first practice […] READ MORE


Spring Practice Report: Day 5 In the Books

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Gopher Football It’s hard to believe the University of Minnesota football team is already one-third of the way through spring practice. Head coach Jerry Kill and his staff put the Gophers through their paces in the fifth workout of the spring practice season Thursday afternoon. It was another intense practice. For the second straight session, […] READ MORE


Spring Practice Report: Pads Popping on Day 4

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Gopher Football The intensity at the Gibson-Nagurski Football Complex ratcheted up a notch Tuesday. Spring practice No. 4 for the Golden Gophers was the first practice they were allowed to wear pads. Head coach Jerry Kill made sure hitting was occurred early and often in the workout. The first drill the Gophers took part in, […] READ MORE


Spring Practice Report: Lots of Learning On Day 2

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Gopher Football There was a good deal of learning taking place in the Gibson-Nagurksi Football Complex Friday. After watching film from Thursday’s workout, head coach Jerry Kill learned that his new team actually looked a little bit better than what his initial reaction was after the first spring workout. “After watching yesterday’s film, the kids […] READ MORE


Brandon Kirksey and D.L. Wilhite Pay It Forward on Spring Break

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Gopher Football Students at the University of Minnesota arrived back on campus earlier this week after Spring Break. Many of those students came back with suntans and stories of sandy beaches, hot temperatures and hotter parties. Golden Gopher football players Brandon Kirksey and D.L. Wilhite also took a trip for Spring Break. They also came […] READ MORE


Spring Practice Report: Day One in the Books

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Gopher Football The University of Minnesota football team opened spring practice Thursday afternoon at the Gibson-Nagurski Football Complex indoor facility. There was a great deal of learning, a great deal of work and a great deal of learning how to work going on for the Gophers. “The kids were trying to do what we asked […] READ MORE


Jerry Kill, Gophers Begin Spring Ball Journey Thursday

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Gopher Football New Minnesota head football coach Jerry Kill is determined to leave his imprint on the program, repeatedly planting his thumb on the podium at Wednesday’s pre-spring press conference as if trying to engrave his fingerprint there. “We want to teach our kids what I call the Minnesota way,” Kill said. “We’re going to […] READ MORE


Legendary Gopher Coach Murray Warmath Passes Away

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Gopher Football Legendary University of Minnesota football coach Murray Warmath passed away Wednesday at age 98 in Bloomington, Minn. Warmath led the Golden Gophers to a national championship and went to two Rose Bowls during his 18-year tenure with Minnesota. Warmath had been a resident at Friendship Village, a retirement community, for the past eight […] READ MORE


Blog: Current, Former Gopher Football Players Visit Local School

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Gopher Football The University of Minnesota football program has had three different head coaches since Matt Spaeth played his last game for the Golden Gophers. But one thing hasn’t changed in that span of time – the Gophers’ commitment to community service. Spaeth was part of a group of two current U of M football […] READ MORE


Former Gopher Justin Valentine Continues Coaching Pursuit

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Gopher Football Former University of Minnesota fullback Justin Valentine continues to position himself as a future NCAA head coach. The 2008 graduate currently works as the running backs coach for Texas A&M-Commerce University, but more recently, he was able to begin networking skills at the NCAA Future Coaches Academy in Orlando, Fla. The Future Coaches […] READ MORE