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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
Gopher Football Like the rest of the defensive positions on the field for Minnesota, the Gopher Linebackers return a significant percentage of the personnel from last year. The only real big loss is Ben West, but Minnesota appears as though they’re ready to replace him and not miss a beat. Led by undersized but overachieving […] READ MORE
Gopher Football The 2004 Gopher secondary should be in about as good of shape as it has been in at least a few years. There may not be many ‘stars’ in this unit yet, but what it does have is good combination of balance and experience. Ukee Dozier and Trumaine Banks both return and will […] READ MORE
Gopher Football Minnesota enters 2004 with virtually no experience returning in their quarterbacks. This is quite a change from last year, when the Gophers had the comfort of two fifth-year seniors to rely on. Coming into the spring there were many questions surrounding the QB position as a whole. Thankfully for Gopher fans, there appear […] READ MORE
Gopher Football Well, another legislative season has come and gone in St. Paul and once again the stadium issues for the three main tenants of the Metrodome were not addressed. For the Twins and Vikings it’s another struggle that has gone on for nearly a decade. For the University of Minnesota it is the first […] READ MORE
Gopher Football The Gopher defensive line definitely needs to improve in 2004 if the defense as a whole is going to take a step up. Last year brought significant improvements in the run defense, but in contrast it was very weak when it came to pressuring the quarterback. Most of the line returns however, so […] READ MORE