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Gopher Football The unofficial start of the 2005 season gets going this Tuesday when the Minnesota Gopher football team opens spring practice. In writing this preview, I came to the conclusion that the Gophers are remarkably similar to where they were a year ago at this time. The running game looks to be in good […] READ MORE
Gopher Football 2004 will go down as another memorable year for the Gopher rushing attack. Despite the loss of star fullback Thomas Tapeh, the Minnesota ground game continued to pound on opponents this past season. The overall rushing totals were slightly down, but both Marion Barber and Laurence Maroney helped fill the void with improved […] READ MORE
Gopher Football The 2004 Gopher defensive line turned in a season that was eerily similar to the previous one. With the exception of Darrell Reid, the line really struggled to apply consistent pressure on the quarterback, and ultimately it led to more career best passing game from opposition quarterbacks. The rushing defense was also similar […] READ MORE
Gopher Football Brian Goblirsch, a redshirt sophomore offensive guard, has decided to leave the Gopher football program. Goblirsh is two semesters from graduating, and felt it was in his best interest to move on. With Brandon Harston’s eligibility expiring after this past season, depth at offensive guard was already going to be a little bit […] READ MORE
Gopher Football This past season presented one of the more interesting quarterback situations you’ll ever see. It’s pretty rare to see a school that’s not on probation return only one quarterback to the roster, but that’s exactly what Minnesota was facing this year. Asad Abdul Khaliq and Benji Kamrath graduated, and two previous recruits who […] READ MORE
Gopher Football For the third year in a row, the Minnesota offensive line showed that it’s one of the top units in the conference. Greg Eslinger and Mark Setterstrom both returned for their third year as starters. Those two, along with senior Rian Melander, were honored with a vast amount of post-season recognition. Each of […] READ MORE
Gopher Football 2004 has to be considered a disappointment for the Gopher special teams. Coming into this season, I felt all of the pieces were in place for the Gophers to be dominant in this area. Rhys Lloyd was coming off a good Junior season with two game winning field goals, Marion Barber and Laurence […] READ MORE
Gopher Football With all the hype surrounding the Gopher running backs in the offseason, the opportunity was there for the Minnesota passing game to catch a few people off guard. As it turns out, it didn’t take very long at all for this to happen. In the first game of the year, Minnesota had 10 […] READ MORE
Gopher Football In a growing list, Gopher senior Ukee Dozier became another member of the secondary to turn in a solid season and position himself to get drafted. Ukee led the Big Ten with 15 pass breakups and chipped in 3 interceptions to land All-Big Ten first team honors from the media. Unfortunately, Ukee was […] READ MORE
Gopher Football 2004 would see the Gopher linebackers be as experienced as they had been in about five years, with two fourth-year starters and one fifth-year starter. Unfortunately, they didn’t play like the veteran group they were. Mental errors and missed tackles plagued the linebackers for most of the season and led to a couple […] READ MORE