Gophers win a wild game fit for Halloween

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Gopher Football After a day’s worth of watching college football I was starting to get sick of the cheesy Halloween puns. But after the Gopher ““ Michigan State game tonight I don’t know how you can avoid them. The game was full of tricks ““ including a team-record tying 16 penalties by the Gophers ““ […] READ MORE


Brewster press conference: Decker out for regular season

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Gopher Football Gopher head coach Tim Brewster held his weekly press conference today, where he revealed that star Gopher WR Eric Decker will miss the remainder of the regular season with a sprained arch in his foot. Brewster was hopeful that Decker could return for a possible bowl game, but they are unsure yet if […] READ MORE


Gophers lay an egg at Penn State, lose 20-0

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Gopher Football The Minnesota Gopher football team got whipped Saturday, losing to Penn State 20-0. There have been worse losses on the scoreboard in Gopher history, but I doubt there have been too many games where the Gopher offense has been as thoroughly dominated as they were on Saturday. Through about the first 40 minutes […] READ MORE


For whom the Victory Bell tolls

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Gopher Football A strong case can be made that Saturday’s Gophers opponent, Penn State, is the team we know the least about in the conference, and maybe the nation. Their five wins are against Akron, Syracuse, Temple, Illinois, and Eastern Illinois. The combined record of the four D 1-A schools (Eastern Ill. is a Football […] READ MORE


Hanging with Mr. Cupito

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Gopher Football Former Gophers quarterback Bryan Cupito (’02-’06), the school’s all-time leader in passing yards and touchdown passes, has another rare distinction. He is among only a handful of players to have experienced a bowl game each year he was on campus. Cupito engineered rivalry wins over Iowa, Penn State, and Michigan. He also was […] READ MORE


Gophers capitalize on Purdue mistakes, win 35-20

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Gopher Football The Gophers made homecoming a happy one Saturday, defeating the Purdue Boilermakers 35-20. Minnesota looked sloppy early on, allowing Purdue to build a 10-0 lead, but after the Gophers pulled within 10-7 Purdue went into meltdown mode. An INT, fumble, blocked FG for a TD and a 7-yard punt by Purdue helped the […] READ MORE


For Pete’s sake — Boilermakers need a win

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Gopher Football For Pete’s sake ““- Boilermakers mascot “œPurdue Pete” ““- they need a win desperately. Their issue: they aren’t very good. Some of that is due to the departures of QB Curtis Painter, RB Kory Sheets, WR Desmond Tardy, WR Greg Orton and WR Brandon Whittington. It’s a game the Gophers should win on […] READ MORE


The Gophers have an Axe to grind

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Gopher Football Badgers WR and local product David Gilreath (Armstrong HS) this week: “I mean, it’s better than the dome,” he said about TCF Bank Stadium. “I’ve seen it. It’s OK, it’s nothing… well, I don’t want to talk it down. It’s good. It’s state of the art and its got its good points, but […] READ MORE


Brewster exorcised the demon of the Northwestern Wildcats

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Gopher Football Before the Gophers take the field at TCF Bank Stadium, they pass a sign that says “Pound the Rock. Time is Now!” Until Saturday, that mantra seemed like a punchline to a Jeffrey Ross joke. But, we finally saw some semblance of a running game, as head coach Tim Brewster was able to […] READ MORE


Offense comes together, Gophers top Northwestern 35-24

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Gopher Football The Gophers are 1-0 in Big Ten play for the first time under Tim Brewster after topping the Northwestern Wildcats 35-24 on Saturday afternoon. The Gophers trailed Northwestern 24-21 heading into the fourth quarter, but the Gophers outscored the Wildcats 14-0 in the final period to pull out the 11-point victory. The big […] READ MORE