Minnesota – Purdue Preview

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Gopher Football The Gophers open the Big Ten season on Saturday against the team they always seem to open against, the Purdue Boilermakers. The Gophers regained some confidence last week with a 62-0 thrashing of Temple, while Purdue extended their record to 3-0 with a win versus Ball State. Even though Purdue is perfect so […] READ MORE


GopherHole.com Top 25 (9/17/06)

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Gopher Football There are once again a few major shakeups in the latest GopherHole.com Top 25. The biggest jump was Michigan moving from #17 to #6 after their big road win over Notre Dame. I wasn’t that high on Michigan coming into the season, and it was difficult to tell how good they were through […] READ MORE


Temple no match for the Gophers

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Gopher Football The Temple Owls, ranked the worst team in Division I-A football by ESPN, proved to be no match for the Gophers. The game started as expected, with Minnesota building a 28-0 lead on the last play of the first quarter. It was 45-0 at the half and even the Gopher subs were able […] READ MORE


Gophers – Temple Preview

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Gopher Football After being on the receiving end of a big time butt whooping last week at California the Gophers will face a much needed cupcake when the Temple Owls come to town tomorrow. Temple is one of the worst teams (if not THE worst) in Division 1-A and should provide little resistance to the […] READ MORE


GopherHole.com Top 25 (9-10-06)

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Gopher Football If you’ve seen my past two polls this season you’ll notice that I didn’t have Ohio State or Notre Dame ranked as high as most others did. I was a believer in both teams offenses, but I was not quite as convinced on each teams defense. Ohio State was still untested with their […] READ MORE


Gophers get early season reality check from Cal

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Gopher Football The Gophers’ 17-game non-conference winning streak ended abruptly last night. That should not come as too much of a shock, as the team hasn’t faced a ranked non-conference opponent (outside of a bowl game) in 10 years. California, ranked No. 22, reminded them of what kind of a test can be with a […] READ MORE


Gophers – California Preview

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Gopher Football It’s been just short of 10 years (3641 days if my math is correct) since the Minnesota Gophers faced a ranked team in non-conference schedule, but that streak will finally end on Saturday when the Gophers travel to Berkeley, California to face the California Golden Bears. Even though the season is only a […] READ MORE


GopherHole.com Top 25 (9/5/06)

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Gopher Football The top 5 teams remain unchanged in this week’s GopherHole.com Top 25. Florida State jumps up to #6 after their impressive defensive showing in their 13-10 road win at Miami. Tennessee jumps up to #9 after shellacking previous #10 California, and Alabama drops out of the poll after struggling at home against Hawaii. […] READ MORE


Gophers sail past Kent State 44-0

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Gopher Football As the score would indicate, Minnesota had no problem with their opener at Kent State. The Gophers jumped out to a quick 14-0 lead and had a 17-0 lead at halftime. However, it was very timely defensive plays, especially a turnover in the end zone that kept the Gophers comfortable in the first […] READ MORE


Kent State – Gophers Preview

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Gopher Football The Minnesota Gophers open the 2006 season in a less than spectacular manner on Thursday night when they travel to Dix Stadium in Kent, Ohio to take on the Kent State Golden Flashes. Despite the less than ideal circumstances for an opening game (Thursday night, at a MAC team, no television), the Gophers […] READ MORE