GopherHole.com Top 25

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Gopher Football After the Gophers imressive performance at Michigan, the Gophers find themselves back in the mix at #20 in this week’s GopherHole.com Top 25. USC holds on to it’s number one spot, but will face its toughest challenage of the season when they travel to #11 Notre Dame next weekend. Penn State rises to […] READ MORE


The Jug Finally Comes Home

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Gopher Football After losing to Michigan in heartbreaking 3-point losses two years in a row, the Gophers turned the table today with a 3-point win of their own against the Wolverines. Yes, the Gophers now have possession of the Little Brown Jug, which has become such a rare sighting that many were speaking of it […] READ MORE


GopherHole.com Staff Picks – Week 6

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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


Preview: Michigan Defense vs. Minnesota Offense

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Gopher Football The Gopher offense is hoping to get back on track against a Michigan defense that is equally as talented as the one they struggled with last week at Penn State. After rushing for over 400 yards against Michigan in 2003, the Gopher did not have consistent success running the ball last year against […] READ MORE


Preview: Michigan Offense vs. Minnesota Defense

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Gopher Football After getting humiliated last week at Penn State, the Gopher defense hopes to rebound against an equally impressive Michigan Offense. After struggling versus Notre Dame and Penn State, the Wolverines found their groove last week against Michigan State. Quarterback Chad Henne and Mike Hart both looked very good and will present a stiff […] READ MORE


GopherHole.com Top 25

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Gopher Football Minnesota and Purdue fell out of this week’s GopherHole.com top 25 after each suffered blowout losses. Florida dropped several spot and Alabama rose dramatically after the convincing 31-3 Crimson Tide victory. Michigan rose to 17 after getting RB Mike Hart back and responding with a good offensive performane in a victory over previously […] READ MORE


No Contest: Penn State 44, Gophers 14

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Gopher Football The first half was all Penn State, which jumped out to a 10-0 lead after the first quarter. By late in the second quarter the Nittany Lions had doubled the lead to 20-0. The Gopher running game was grounded and not much else was happening on offense. Even a 65- yard kick-off return […] READ MORE


AROUND THE BIG TEN (Week 1 to 2) — Part II

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Gopher Football A look at how things stand so far in the Big Ten (cont’d): Northwestern University Wildcats (2-2, 0-1) Last Saturday: Northwestern suffered a heartbreaking, last-minute home loss to Penn State, 29-34. NU dominated almost the entire game but couldn’t put PSU away when they had the chance, nor could NU stop PSU down […] READ MORE


AROUND THE BIG TEN (Week 1 to 2) — Part I

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Gopher Football Conference play finally got underway in the Big Ten last Saturday, and what a year it’s shaping up to be. Both Michigan and Iowa, two teams in or near the top 10 on just about everyone’s preseason rankings, already have two losses. The other two favorites to challenge for the league title and […] READ MORE


Unit Grades – Gophers vs. Purdue

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Gopher Football Almost a week on from Minnesota’s 42-35 win against Purdue, I think I’m finally coming to grips with a few facts: yes, Purdue really failed on fourth down in the second overtime. No, Logan Payne didn’t have to shoot anybody in the knee to get that wide open on fourth-and-eight. No, Purdue does […] READ MORE