Matchup Preview: Minnesota Offense vs. Iowa Defense

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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