Michigan State hands Gophers their worst loss in six years

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Gopher Football The Gophers have won 16 of their last 21 games. Four of those five losses have come against Michigan and Michigan State. Today Michigan State left no doubt which team deserved to win. The Spartans scored early and often in this game building a 21-point lead by halftime and never looked back. Today’s […] READ MORE


Matchup Preview: Michigan State Defense vs. Minnesota Offense

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Gopher Football The vaunted Minnesota running game stalled against Michigan in the second half last week, but what better remedy than to play against a team ranked 78th in the country in rush defense (for those who are counting, that’s 21 spots lower than Northwestern, a team the Gophers destroyed with 251 rushing yards). This […] READ MORE


Matchup Preview: Michigan State Offense vs. Minnesota Defense

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Gopher Football After surrendering nearly 190 yards on the ground against Michigan last week, the Golden Gophers defensive unit will have to improve upon their run stopping if they hope to contain the number two rushing attack in the Big Ten. Michigan State, coming off the heels of a 38-25 victory over Illinois in which […] READ MORE


Michigan Game Position Grades

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Gopher Football For the second consecutive year, the Gophers saw a win against Michigan slip away in the final minutes. There were several problems to go around, as the Gophers were uncharacteristicly shut down in the running game in the second half. The rushing defense didn’t do too much better, allowing a season high 190 […] READ MORE


Gophers fall to Michigan 27-24

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Gopher Football For the second year in a row Michigan snatches a come-from-behind 3-point victory over the Gophers. This time it wasn’t a miraculous fourth quarter comeback for Michigan but they did overcome a 24-17 deficit late in the game. It took the Wolverines just over a minute to drive 87 yards for the winning […] READ MORE


Matchup Preview: Michigan Offense vs. Gopher Defense

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Gopher Football The Gopher defense gets its biggest test of the year on Saturday when they head to Ann Arbor, Michigan to take on Braylon Edwards and the Michigan Wolverines. The Gophers are coming off another solid defensive performance in holding Penn State to 280 total yards and just 7 points. Michigan Backfield vs. Gopher […] READ MORE


Matchup Preview: Minnesota Offense vs. Michigan Defense

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Gopher Football Minnesota goes on the road for the first time in Big Ten play this season when they travel to Ann Arbor, MI to take on the Michigan Wolverines. The Gophers are coming off a lackluster 16-7 victory over Penn State, while Michigan is coming off a 35-14 victory over Indiana. We all know […] READ MORE


Penn State Position Grades

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Gopher Football Minnesota avoided the dreaded “œletdown” bug on Saturday with its 16-7 victory over Penn State. It wasn’t pretty, but any win is a good win, especially when it happens between the big victory over Northwestern and the impending battle this Saturday at Michigan. The defense continued to show improvement by holding a Big […] READ MORE


Gophers ring the Victory Bell for the 4th time in a row

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Gopher Football It was a defensive battle all the way. The Gophers took an early 3-0 lead after they fooled Penn State like they did last year by kicking an onside kick to open the game. Glen Mason and Joe Paterno, along with a certain senior sports writer, had at least a 10 minute chat […] READ MORE


Matchup Preveiw: Penn State Offense vs. Minnesota Defense

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Gopher Football The Penn State offense is coming off an anemic performance vs. Wisconsin last week. The Lions could muster only 3 points off the tough Badger defense. Of the problems for Penn State in that game were injuries to their first and second string quarterbacks. Meanwhile, the Gophers are coming off perhaps their most […] READ MORE