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


2nd half collapse dooms Gophers

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Gopher Football With a 28-0 lead the Gophers were looking for a big upset over Texas Tech but the second half proved to be a reality check, as the Red Raiders tied the game at 38 with no time left. Tech won the game 44-41 in overtime. Everything went the Gophers’ way in the first […] READ MORE


Insight Bowl Preview – Gophers vs. Texas Tech

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Gopher Football The Gopher football team is in Tempe, Arizona getting ready to take on the high powered offense of the Texas Tech Red Raiders in the Insight Bowl. The Gophers finished the season strong with a 3 game winning streak after losing their first five games in Big Ten play. Minnesota hopes the return […] READ MORE


Gophers are bowl bound with win over Hawkeyes

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Gopher Football Gophers are bowl bound with win over Hawkeyes With their backs against the wall, the Gophers completed a sweep of their final three games to become bowl eligible for the 5th straight year and the 7th time in eight years. Both teams piled up the yards on offense but Iowa’s five turnovers proved […] READ MORE


Gopher – Hawkeye Preview

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Gopher Football The Gophers hope to continue their impressive rebound when the Iowa Hawkeyes come to town to close out the Big Ten season. The Gophers have regained their confidence the past two weeks while Iowa is struggling to regain theirs. If the Gophers are to win, they’ll have to reverse a 5 game Iowa […] READ MORE



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