Preview: Gophers at Florida Atlantic

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Gopher Football The Minnesota Gophers will attempt to improve to 2″“1 as they head to the heat and humidy of Florida to take on the Florida Atlantic Owls. Minnesota is coming off a thrilling triple overtime win while the Owls are coming off a 39 point loss. This will be the last chance for the […] READ MORE


Gophers win thriller in triple overtime

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Gopher Football Well, the general storyline was very similar to last week’s game against Bowling Green. One team made a huge comeback to send the game into overtime only to let the victory slip away. Last week it was the Gophers who came from 21 points down only to lose 32-31 in OT. This week […] READ MORE


Preview: Miami University at Gophers

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Gopher Football The Gophers will be eager to get back on the field this Saturday after last weekends gut wrenching loss to host Miami University at 11:00 a.m. at the dome. Each team comes into this contest in completely different states on minds. After rallying from a 21-0 to take the lead against Bowling Green, […] READ MORE


Gophers nipped in OT 32-31

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Gopher Football The debut game for Tim Brewster as the Gopher head coach provided plenty of drama and in the end disappointment. Bowling Green owned the first half, building a 21-0 lead at the break. Minnesota responded in the second half with the game’s next 24 points. The Falcons forced the overtime with a field […] READ MORE


New coach – new look… Gophers set to kick off 2007 sesaon

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Gopher Football Finally, after over 8 months of waiting, the Tim Brewster era is just about to get underway at the University of Minnesota. Through his first off season in Dinkytown, there is no question Brewster has done everything right off the field. He hired some respected coaches (thanks in part to a generous budget), […] READ MORE


Book Review-The All Americans

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Gopher Football One of the benefits of working at a bookstore (as I did so for a stretch a few years ago) is the free uncorrected proofs that would flow into the basement that workers could pore over in search for cheap reading material. Of course, the tendency was to load up on several books […] READ MORE


Column: Credit Joel Maturi for Building a Gopher Nation

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Gopher Football OK, let’s get the details out of the way””Coach Tim Brewster and Coach Tubby Smith haven’t won a single game at The U. Notta, zilch, nothing. I get that, and I also understand that these coaches may be run out of Dinkytown before all is said and done, but I hope that day […] READ MORE


Brewster Embarks on First Spring Practice

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Gopher Football It’s only been about six weeks since Tim Brewster was hired as the Gopher football coach, but it has been a very, very busy six weeks for Brewster and the rest of his coaches. Whether it’s been on the road recruiting, meeting with Minnesota high school coaches or sitting in front of the […] READ MORE


Tim Brewster is new Gopher Football Coach

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Gopher Football The University of Minnesota has confirmed that Denver Bronco tight end coach Tim Brewster is the new Gopher football coach. The official announcement will come at a press conference at 1:00 PM (CDT) on Wednesday. Brewster has no prior head coach experience, but does have a long history as an assistant under Mack […] READ MORE


Glen Mason Fired

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Gopher Football In a somewhat unexpected move, the University of Minnesota announced today that head coach Glen Mason has been fired as the head football coach of the University of Minnesota. The news comes two days after the Gophers blew a 31 point lead in a 44-41 loss to Texas Tech in the insight bowl. […] READ MORE