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Gopher Football Heading into the 2003 season, one of the Gophers biggest question marks was at kicker and punter. Record setting place kicker and hometown hero, Dan Nystrom, graduated after the 2002 season and left a huge void heading into 2003. All worries were cured almost overnight as an 11th-hour junior college addition turned a […] READ MORE
Gopher Football The Gophers are ranked No. 25 in the Associated Press preseason poll released Saturday, August 14th. It is the first time under head coach Glen Mason and the first time since 1969 that Minnesota has been ranked in the AP poll. Minnesota, under head coach Murray Warmath, was ranked 19th in the 1969 […] READ MORE
Gopher Football Gopher Football Media Day was filled with optimism, excitement, and a smiling Glen Mason. Much has been written in recent weeks about the upcoming season and the goal of a January 1st bowl game. That sentiment was echoed today from coaches and players alike, and GopherHole.com was there bringing in-depth and unique Gopher […] READ MORE
Gopher Football This past March I dissected several key position battles that the Gophers needed to settle before the start of 2004. With just a few days remaining until freshmen report, we have many more answers now than we did then. Here are some of those battles revisited along with their updates: Then: Position Battle […] READ MORE
Gopher Football Spirits are not too high these days in Illini-land. There is good reason for the melancholy in Champaign-Urbana: last year’s disaster of a season left many of the Orange and Blue wondering what happened. You may recall that just three seasons ago, the Kirk Kittner-led Illini took the Big Ten by storm and […] READ MORE
Gopher Football With 4 of 5 starters returning on the offensive line, much optimism is being shown for the Gopher running game again in 2004. Greg Eslinger leads a solid crew on the offensive line that hopes to repeat a brilliant 2003 season. – Minnesota Starters This final preview I’ll be doing will be just […] READ MORE
Gopher Football Minnesota enters 2004 with a new look at Tight End. Gone is All Conference performer Ben Utecht, but returning is future star Matt Spaeth. Spaeth has the size and athleticism at the tight end spot to develop into a dominant performer. Jared Posthumus will provide a solid option at the other tight end […] READ MORE
Gopher Football Minnesota returns plenty of fire power to the Special Teams unit in 2004. Rhys Lloyd is on his way to becoming one of the nation’s best kickers, and Marion Barber and Laurence Maroney give the Gophers arguably the best kickoff/punt return duo in the country. There are a few concerns though that the […] READ MORE
Gopher Football The Gopher wide receiving corps will have perhaps more potential and depth than at any time in recent memory. Jared Ellerson is returning from a breakout season to lead the way. Minnesota will finally welcome Paris Hamilton to the lineup, and the future definitely looks good with guys like Ernie Wheelwright and Micah […] READ MORE
Gopher Football The Minnesota backfield should be in for another great season. Few teams in the nation can brag about having duplicated the awesome numbers the Gopher RB’s produced last year, and there probably isn’t another team in the nation with a RB tandem as good as Minnesota’s Marion Barber and Laurence Maroney. Both are […] READ MORE