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Gopher Football The Minnesota Gopher football team is in Evanston, Illinois to open the 2009 Big Ten season against the Northwestern Wildcats. The Gophers will try to build on their strong showing against Cal last week, while Northwestern will be fighting back from a heartbreaking loss at Syracuse. Both teams appear to be in pretty […] READ MORE
Gopher Football Will it be a September not to remember for the Gophers? Saturday’s Big Ten opener is the first of three straight very winnable games. Two years ago in Evanston, Gophers coach Tim Brewster watched his team blow a 35-14 lead. In the second overtime, he went for two points after a touchdown run […] READ MORE
Gopher Football COACH BREWSTER: In recapping the Cal game, you know, obviously there was extreme disappointment in losing the game. It was a game we expected to win. We put ourselves in position to win the football game. Tied game midway through the fourth quarter, and didn’t make the critical plays down the stretch to […] READ MORE
Gopher Football The Gophers suffered their first loss of the season Saturday to California, 35-21. Cal got off to a quick start; building a 14-0 lead, but the Gophers fought back and played toe-to-toe with Cal for the next three quarters, eventually tying the game at 21-21. It wasn’t until Cal scored two late TDs […] READ MORE
Gopher Football Last week at this time Gopher linebacker Nate Triplett was just another obscure Gopher linebacker to many, but his huge performance against Air Force and subsequent National Defensive Player of the Week award suddenly thrust him into the national spotlight. GopherHole caught up with Triplett this week where he talked about how he’s […] READ MORE
Gopher Football The last time the Minnesota Gophers beat a top-10 team at home not one current player was born. It was 1977 against Michigan. Before that, we have to go way back to 1961. Head coach Tim Brewster has a chance to get his first signature win (Illinois last year doesn’t count) No. 8 […] READ MORE
Gopher Football After being outplayed for three quarters, the Minnesota Gophers turned in a dominating fourth quarter performance to defeat Air Force, 20-13. After scoring only 3 points through the first three quarters, the Gopher offense finally found itself, scoring a TD two minutes into the fourth. Shortly after that, Nate Triplett returned an Air […] READ MORE
Gopher Football Numerous ceremonies and events to commemorate the opening of TCF Bank Stadium are on tap, beginning Friday and running all the way through halftime of the contest between Minnesota and the United States Air Force Academy. The festivities begin Friday night with a dedication ceremony for the Veterans Tribute at TCF Bank Stadium. […] READ MORE
Gopher Football In our seemingly never-ending effort to deliver to you Gophers/TCF Bank Stadium coverage that is second to none, we elicited help from some of the foremost media authorities in town. OK, we got who we could. Below is analysis from local media members about the impact of TCF Bank Stadium from their perspective, […] READ MORE
Gopher Football Coach Tim Brewster addressed the media today as the Gopher football team gets ready to open 2009 fall practice. Brewster spent much of his opening statement talking about what a top-notch facility TCF Bank Stadium is, and how excited he is to be playing there. Brewster said that Adam Weber continues to improve […] READ MORE