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Gopher Football The Northwestern defense held firm early against the Gopher running game, celebrating every stop. Then Laurence Maroney broke free for a 50-yard touchdown on the Gophers’ second possession. The Wildcat defense looked whipped from then on. Maroney led all rushers with 145 yards. Offensively a couple of workhorses, the tight end and fullback, […] READ MORE
Gopher Football The last time Northwestern came to the Dome, Minnesota won in a 45-42 shootout. The time before that, the Wildcats pulled off an amazing, come-from-behind, 41-35 win in a game that has been replayed more than once on the ESPN Classic network. That game, now known as “Victory Right” (the name of the […] READ MORE
Gopher Football The 109th season of Big Ten play kicks off for the Gophers this Saturday as the Wildcats of Northwestern University visit the Metrodome. The Minnesota-Northwestern series has been an entertaining one over the past few years, with each team winning two of the last four, one at home and one away. Northwestern picked […] READ MORE
Gopher Football Minnesota entered the game with Colorado State with a few questions on their hands. Were they the team that whipped Toledo, or were they the team the lacked focused and struggled with Illinois State? For the most part, the Gophers got back to ‘Toledo’ form and set a nice tone heading into the […] READ MORE
Gopher Football Marian Barber III ran for the Gophers’ first two touchdowns and for over 200 yards to lead the Gophers to an impressive 34-16 win in Fort Collins, Colorado. The win gives Minnesota a 3-0 record in the 2004 season and a team record tying 15-straight non-conference wins, which includes bowl wins against Arkansas […] READ MORE
Gopher Football Minnesota Backfield vs. Colorado State Linebackers Colorado State has been abysmal against the run thus far this season, surrendering 322 yards on the ground against the #1 USC Trojans last week, and giving up 255 rushing yards to Colorado in week 1. The linebackers are overall rather small (they average only 6’0″, 214 […] READ MORE
Gopher Football Coming into 2004, the talk around the Minnesota football team was that the defense would be much improved from last year’s. So far, they have yet to impress most of the college football world with their defensive unit. After holding a potent Toledo offense to 406 yards on 59 plays, the team suffered […] READ MORE
Gopher Football After the 63-21 waxing that Minnesota applied to Toledo in the opening game, one would’ve guessed that a matchup vs. D-1AA Illinois State would’ve been equally lopsided. In a surprise though, the Redbirds came out and gave Minnesota all they could handle. Minnesota’s heads did not seem to be in the game, and […] READ MORE
Gopher Football OK, who abducted the Gopher football team we saw bury Toledo just last week? Saturday there was a team in maroon and gold that slogged its way through a game against a Division I-AA team. Sorry folks, there’s no way to sugarcoat this. If there is such a thing as an embarrassing win […] READ MORE
Gopher Football Minnesota opened up its 2004 season in dominating style by whipping Toledo 63-21. Minnesota truly looked in midseason form, as the offense clicked beautifully, the special teams was solid, and the defense turned in one of the best performances it’s had in a long time against a good offense. Quarterbacks Saturday marked the […] READ MORE