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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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