Gopher Football Anyone who has done some serious goal setting knows that the important thing about the process is to set goals that are challenging but still achievable. Simply put: You don’t want to set the bar too low thereby squandering your potential and you don’t want to set it too high, thus setting yourself […] READ MORE
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Gophers Accept Bid to the Music City Bowl
Gopher Football The Gophers will be playing in a bowl game for the 3rd straight year and their 5th in six years. This time it will be the Music City bowl on December 31st at 11:00 a.m. The Gophers will be looking to win their 3rd bowl game in a row and to even their […] READ MORE
Several Gophers Rake in All-Big Ten Honors
Gopher Football The Big Ten announced its All-Conference football teams on Tuesday, and for the second consecutive year several Gophers were represented on the first team, especially on the offensive side of the ball. Pulling in first team honors from both the coaches and the media were Greg Eslinger, Rian Melander and Laurence Maroney. Maroney […] READ MORE
Iowa Game Position Grades
Gopher Football With the Gophers enduring many problems over the past few weeks, there were a lot of chances for many different positions to try and right the ship. Maybe the last area you’d expect to do well against Iowa in, the running game, had its most impressive performance of the season. But for as […] READ MORE
Gophers’ second half comeback comes up short
Gopher Football The Gophers fell behind by as much as 13 points in the first half, thanks in large part to three Iowa interceptions. Minnesota cut the turnovers to one fumble in the second half which led to an Iowa field goal, which turned out to be the winning margin. Rhys Lloyd tried a desperation […] READ MORE
Matchup Preview: Minnesota Offense vs. Iowa Defense
Gopher Football Minnesota came into the season with hopes of having one of the best offenses in college football. Unfortunately, things have dropped off as of late and the Gophers have only one game with which to get back on track: against Iowa, winners of 5 straight and enjoying one of the best defenses in […] READ MORE
Matchup Preview: Minnesota Defense vs. Iowa Offense
Gopher Football One game. That’s the only thing the Gophers should have on their mind this Saturday. It’s senior day at the Dome as the Golden Gophers take on the Hawkeyes of Iowa, and this may be the Gophers last shot at redemption for a season lost amidst losses to Michigan, MSU, Indiana, and Wisconsin. […] READ MORE
Wisconsin Position Grades
Gopher Football The Golden Gophers season seems all but over at this point, as they dropped their second straight game. This time it was to the hated Badgers of Wisconsin, a team which few expected the Gophers to upset but which shouldn’t have punished Minnesota as bad as they did. Early season seems far away […] READ MORE
Gophers Flattened by Wisconsin
Gopher Football The Badgers took the opening kickoff and raced down the field against a very porous Gopher defense. It seemed that the defense’s only stop was a first and goal situation. The only problem: The Gophers were nabbed for having 12 defenders on the field. Wisconsin ran a quarterback sneak into the end zone […] READ MORE
Matchup Preview: Minnesota Defense vs. Wisconsin Offense
Gopher Football After an embarrassing performance against Indiana, the Gopher defense will look to get back on track against a Wisconsin offense that hasn’t exactly lit it up this year. But Wisconsin still has Anthony Davis, the guy who ran for over 300 yards in his last game against Minnesota. This is a bigger & […] READ MORE