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Gopher Football The Indiana offense had its way in the first half, piling up the passing yards and 27 points. Minnesota tried to keep up with touchdowns on their first two possessions, but they didn’t score again until late in the fourth quarter. Indiana was held to mostly field goals in the second half but […] READ MORE
Gopher Football The final score of 30-7 indicated a lopsided contest right where the odds makers picked the spread. How they arrived at that result was not as predictable. Minnesota put up a serious threat in the first half and could have had the lead 17-14 at the break. A 42-yard field goal miss and […] READ MORE
Gopher Football Purdue did their part in the first half to keep Minnesota in the game but the Gophers were not takers. The end of the 2nd quarter told the story. Purdue’s field goal attempt was blocked and returned for what seemed like an easy touchdown. But no! The Gopher returner dropped the ball for […] READ MORE
Gopher Football The Gophers played arguably the worst first half in decades. The offense committed five turnovers, including 4-straight at the end of the half with the last being on a Florida Atlantic 1 yard line. Minnesota had only 114 yards in total offense. The special teams contributed one of the Gophers’ two touchdowns with […] READ MORE
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
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
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
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
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
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