Defense carries Gophers to another win

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Gopher Football Last week the Gopher offense exploded for 63 points to allow them to coast to their first Big Ten. This week it was the defense that put the hurt on Michigan State. Only half of Michigan State’s 18 points were given up by the Gopher defense and six of those points came with […] READ MORE


Gophers – Michigan State Preview

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Gopher Football The Gophers are 1-0 in their quest to keep their Bowl hopes alive, and will attempt to go 2-0 when the visit East Lansing, Michigan on Saturday to take on the Michigan State Spartans. The Gophers will be riding some new-found confidence after a 63-26 shellacking of an upstart Indiana team, while Michigan […] READ MORE


Gophers explode in 63-26 win over Indiana

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Gopher Football The Minnesota offense went airborne today against the Hoosiers and the result was a blowout from the very beginning. The Gophers played a perfect first quarter in every faze of the game to jump out to a 21-0 lead. They were ahead 35-0 just over 20 minutes into the game ““ at that […] READ MORE


Gophers – Indiana Preview

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Gopher Football The Gophers get perhaps their last chance for a Big Ten win on Saturday when the Indiana Hoosiers come to town for an 11:00 am CST Homecoming kickoff. These two team are heading in completely opposite directions at the moment. The Gophers have yet to recover from the devastating loss to Penn State, […] READ MORE


Gophers shut down 44-0

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Gopher Football Minnesota’s Big Ten losing streak was extended to six games today. No. 1 Ohio State thumped them 44-0. The Gophers haven’t won a conference game since beating Michigan State in November 5, 2005. They are now 0-5 in the Big Ten and 3-6 overall. It will take winning their three final games to […] READ MORE


Minnesota – Ohio State preview

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Gopher Football After barely escaping 1-AA North Dakota State last Saturday on a last second blocked field goal, the Gophers are rewarded with a road trip to play the top ranked team in the nation, the Ohio State Buckeyes. If that in itself weren’t scary enough, the Gophers will be playing this game without tight […] READ MORE


College Football Roundup (10-22-06)

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Gopher Football Big Ten Update With Michigan’s 20-6 victory over Iowa on Saturday, it has almost become assured that Michigan and Ohio State will both be 11-0 when the two teams meet on November 18th in Columbus. Ohio State plays the worst 3 teams in the conference (Minnesota, Illinois & Northwestern) before then and Michigan […] READ MORE


Gophers outplayed badly but win 10-9

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Gopher Football Nearly 63,000 fans showed for the first game against North Dakota State in nearly 70 years. Even though the Bison fans were outnumbered by about 5-to-1, they were far more vocal. NDSU fans stood and cheered throughout the game and Gopher fans were largely quiet as church mice. The fan intensity definitely transferred […] READ MORE


Gophers – NDSU Preview

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Gopher Football After a dismal last couple of weeks, the Gopher football team comes back home to take on the Division 1-AA and new border rival North Dakota State Bison. It’s a game the Gophers should win, but an 0-4 start to the Big Ten season has some Gopher fans worried. No matter how the […] READ MORE


College Football Roundup (10-15-06)

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Gopher Football Big Ten update It was an exciting week in the Big Ten once again (at least if you aren’t a Gopher fan). One of the two really big games in the nation in my opinion was Michigan at Penn State. The Wolverines, despite not having Mario Manningham, went into Happy Valley and came […] READ MORE