Matchup Preview: Minnesota Defense vs. Wisconsin Offense

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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


Matchup Preview: Minnesota Offense vs. Wisconsin Defense

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Gopher Football Division 1-A’s longest rivalry will be renewed Saturday afternoon when the Minnesota Golden Gophers travel to Madison, Wisconsin to take on the Wisconsin Badgers in the battle for Paul Bunyan’s Axe. Minnesota is coming off a loss to perennial bottom feeder Indiana, and will need to fix things in a big hurry if […] READ MORE


Gophers’ Road Woes Continue

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Gopher Football Another road game at Indiana and another loss for the Gophers, such has been the case since 1985. Today was no different for the Gophers after they took a 14-point lead in the first quarter. Indiana stormed back in the second quarter to take a 20-14 halftime lead. Things did not go any […] READ MORE


Matchup Preview: Indiana Offense vs. Minnesota Defense

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Gopher Football After serving up their first Big Ten shut-out in nearly a decade and a half last week and giving up 51 points the week before, what direction the Golden Gopher defense goes this week is anyone’s guess. With the sudden improvement at linebacker, the depth in the secondary, and the ferocity of the […] READ MORE


Matchup Preview: Minnesota Offense vs. Indiana Defense

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Gopher Football The Golden Gopher football team has not won in Bloomington in nearly 2 decades. They have several things against them in this upcoming match-up: Indiana’s homecoming is this weekend, the Hoosiers bring a talented back-field, and even after their 45-0 dismantling of Illinois last weekend, the Gophers still have question marks on both […] READ MORE


Illinois Position Grades

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Gopher Football Will the real Minnesota please stand up? A week after looking like the bottom of the Big Ten barrel, the Gophers looked like world beaters as everything came together in a 45-0 drubbing of Illinois. The defense held the Illini, a team averaging 307 yards per game in Big Ten play, to 231 […] READ MORE


Gophers crush Illinois 45-0

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Gopher Football After giving up points in bunches just last week against Michigan State the Gopher defense made a complete turnaround in shutting out Illinois today. It’s the first Big Ten shutout for the Gophers since they beat Indiana 12-0 in 1990. The Gopher offense was just as powerful, amassing nearly 600 yards in total […] READ MORE


Matchup Preview: Illinois Offense vs. Minnesota Defense

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Gopher Football The Minnesota defense gets its first shot to prove that last Saturday’s debacle at Michigan State was a fluke. The Gophers had problems in about every area imaginable versus the Spartans, and they really have no where to go but up. Illinois will present an offense than can be dangerous, but if they […] READ MORE


Matchup Preview: Minnesota Offense vs. Illinois Defense

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Gopher Football The Minnesota Gophers return to the field on Saturday afternoon to face the Illinois Fighting Illini at the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome. Minnesota is coming off their worst loss in 6 years after getting smacked around by Michigan State to the tune of 51-17. Even more surprising than the huge defensive collapse for […] READ MORE


Michigan State Position Grades

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Gopher Football The Gopher train derailed Saturday afternoon in East Lansing Michigan when the MSU Spartans set team and series records in a 51-17 thrashing of Minnesota. Just about every position on the field struggled for Minnesota; completely suprising everyone from the fans, to the players, to the head coach. Minnesota now needs to regroup […] READ MORE