Gophers in the Community: RS Freshman Moses Alipate

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Gopher Football When he isn’t at practice, working towards his business and marketing degrees or spending time with his family, sophomore Minnesota Gopher football player Moses Alipate is lending a hand to those in need. In addition to working a great deal with the M.A.G.I.C. (Maroon and Gold Impacting the Community) program at the University […] READ MORE


Minnesota to Retire the Jersey of Bobby Bell During Homecoming Game

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Gopher Football It’s been a long time coming for one of the greatest Gophers of all time, as legendary Gopher great, Bobby Bell will finally have his jersey retired. Gopher fans were taking bets during the 1960 celebration on who would be next to get their jersey retired and now we know the answer! Here […] READ MORE


Gopher Defense Wins Spring Game, 49-26

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Gopher Football The University of Minnesota football team wrapped up its spring practice season on Saturday afternoon at TCF Bank Stadium, with the defense taking advantage of a modified scoring system to outscore the offense 49-26 in the annual spring game. The offense started out quick, scoring on a one-yard run by DeLeon Eskridge on […] READ MORE


University, Brewster agree to two-year contract extension

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Gopher Football Director of athletics Joel Maturi announced today that the University of Minnesota has agreed to terms on a contract extension with head football coach Tim Brewster through the 2013 season. Financial terms of the contract amendment, which adds two years to the agreement Brewster signed with the University in 2007, will be made […] READ MORE


Blown chances do the Gophers in

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Gopher Football The Gophers lost to the Iowa State Cyclones 14-13 Thursday night in the Insight Bowl, the third straight loss for the Gophers in this bowl and their fourth straight bowl loss overall. Iowa State turned the ball over four times, but the Gophers were only able to convert them into three points. The […] READ MORE


Insight into the Cyclones

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Gopher Football The Gophers know the Insight Bowl like the New York Post knows good headlines. Case in point: “œGreat balls of fire” when describing the underwear bomber. This is the third time in the last four years they’ll be in Sun Devil Stadium, and they’ll be looking for their first win in the Insight […] READ MORE


Offense shoots a blank, Gophers lose 12-0

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Gopher Football The Gophers fell to the Iowa Hawkeyes 12-0 Saturday afternoon in a game that saw that worst offensive performance of the season for Minnesota. The defense played very well, holding Iowa to 171 yards, but despite a few opportunities the Gopher offense was unable take advantage. The loss drops the Gophers to to […] READ MORE


Tim Brewster hopes to say, “That swine is mine”

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Gopher Football Gophers coach Tim Brewster is 0-8 in trophy games; 0-7 in games against ranked opponents. He lacks a signature win and in year No. 3 has yet to win a conference game in November. All those negatives can go away with a win Saturday in Iowa against the Hawkeyes (13th in the BCS […] READ MORE


Nick Tow-Arnett Prepares for Final Regular Season Game as a Gopher

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Gopher Football For senior tight end Nick Tow-Arnett, the years have gone by quickly from freshman to now senior. As he prepares for his final regular season game of his Gopher football career, he talked about his preparation for this year’s Minnesota-Iowa football game, as well as how much last year’s 55-0 loss to the […] READ MORE


Nate Triplett Hopes to Finish Big Ten Career with Win over Hawkeyes

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Gopher Football As the regular season ticks down to one game, senior linebacker Nate Triplett chatted about how he would like to see his final Big Ten contest play out down in Iowa City, as well as what the Minnesota-Iowa rivalry is all about, and what it would be like to finish his regular season […] READ MORE