Spring Football 2006 – Time to get Defensive

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Gopher Football Once again the Gopher defense will head into spring practices with hopes of taking the next step. 2005 marked the fifth straight season of Gopher defensive struggles, and during this time there has been very little / if any noticeable improvements. The hope this year is that David Lockwood’s second season in charge […] READ MORE


Spring Football 2006 – A Look at the Offense

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Gopher Football Spring football 2006 is just around the corner, and for the first time in several years we could be looking at a relatively significant change in the way the Gopher offense goes about its business. I say “œcould” because I have a feeling that as soon as I boldly make the prediction that […] READ MORE


Final GopherHole.com Top 25

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Gopher Football The Texas Longhorns had been ranked #2 in the GopherHole.com top 25 for most of the season, but Wednesday night the Longhorns wrapped up the national championship with a thrilling 41-38 victory over previously unbeaten USC. Penn State came in at #3, losing only in the last second at Michigan. Ohio State checked […] READ MORE


Gophers can’t hold on against Virginia

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Gopher Football It looked so easy, maybe too easy, at the start of this Music City Bowl. The Gophers jumped out to a 14-0 lead on their first two series of the game. Minnesota out gained Virginia 142-to-2 in those first two possessions. With not a second to spare the Cavaliers clawed back at the […] READ MORE


Music City Bowl Preview

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Gopher Football For the third time in four years, Minnesota makes the trip to Nashville, Tennessee to play in the Music City Bowl. Unlike the previous two trips, the Gophers will not be playing an SEC team. Instead the Gophers will, for the first time in their history, line up against the Virginia Cavaliers. Minnesota […] READ MORE


Staff Picks: Bowl Pick em

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Gopher Football Over the course of the college football season, the GopherHole.com writers along with a member of The Hole have been engaging in an intense battle to see who is the most intelligent (or luckiest) football fan of the bunch. Each week we have given our predictions for each Big Ten game along with […] READ MORE


GopherHole.com Top 25 (12/4/05)

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Gopher Football The showdows is set, as #1 USC and #2 Texas are the only two teams that made it through the season unbeated. Both USC and Texas won in blowout fashion in their final game of the year. There was a bit of shakeup at the top however, as previous #5 LSU and #6 […] READ MORE


Four Gophers Selected to All-Big Ten team

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Gopher Football The Big Ten announced today that four Minnesota Gophers were selected to the first team All-Big Ten team. All four of the players selected are from the offensive side of the ball; the second consecutive year the offense has achieved this feat. Junior Tight End Matt Spaeth makes his first appearance on the […] READ MORE


GopherHole.com Top 25 (11/20/05)

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Gopher Football Minnesota continued its jumping in and out of the GopherHole.com Top 25, out this time, with a lopsided 52-28 loss at Iowa. That win vaulted Iowa into the rankings for the first time since early in the season. With Miami losing at home to Georgia Tech, Penn State moved up to #3 and […] READ MORE


Staff Picks – Week 12

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Gopher Football Over the course of the college football season, the GopherHole.com writers will be engaging in an intense battle to see who is the most intelligent (or luckiest) football fan of the bunch. Each week we will give our predictions for each Big Ten game along with a few national games. To make things […] READ MORE