2006 Gopher Football Preview – Special Teams

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Gopher Football Believe it or not, the Gopher football team will kick off the 2006 season just about 10 weeks from now, which leaves GopherHole.com 9 weeks to preview each area of the team. This year we are going to build from the bottom up; previewing the units what we feel will be the weakest […] READ MORE


Gopher football stadium bill approved

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Gopher Football Both the state House of Representatives and Senate voted their overwhelming approval of the state’s contribution to the new on-campus football stadium. The House approved the bill by a 96-37 margin and the Senate voted for it by a 44-23 margin. The state will contribute $10.25 million a year for the next 25 […] READ MORE


Recapping Spring Practice

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Gopher Football The Gophers held their annual spring game yesterday at the Metrodome, with the first stringers beating out the second stringers 42-3. GopherHole.com will take a quick look back at what happenened during the spring and where we go from here. Top Storylines INJURIES: Sadly, injuries may be the biggest news to come out […] READ MORE


Stadium bill passes in House 103-30

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Gopher Football By an overwhelming 73-vote margin, a 50% state contribution to the total cost of proposed Gopher football stadium was approved on the floor of the State House of Representatives. Also very encouraging was the fact that no amendments not supported by the U of Minnesota were added to the bill. This is the […] READ MORE


Football Stadium Bill passes House committee 19-3

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Gopher Football After a long series of testimony and debate in the House Capital Investment Committee today, a bill to help fund the proposed on-campus football stadium passed by a vote of 19-3. Only Phyllis Kahn, Alice Hausman and Jim Knoblach voted against the bill. Kahn and Hausman represent districts that cover the U of […] READ MORE


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