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Gopher Football Linebacker is a position the Gophers historically have struggled at, the last few years being no exception. Minnesota’s last All-Big Ten linebacker was Bruce Holmes in 1986, and it’s doubtful that streak will be broken this year. There is some good news on the horizon though as the Gophers have a new LB […] READ MORE
Gopher Football This season will be an interesting one on the defensive line for Minnesota. The line loses three of its four starters, returning only sophomore Steve Davis. The two tackles are undersized and inexperienced, and there isn’t a lot of depth at any spot. Carey Bailey will have his work cut out for him […] READ MORE
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 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
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
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
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
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
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
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