Dec. 19, 2020: The Minnesota Golden Gophers fell to the Wisconsin Badgers 17-20 in the 130th Battle for Paul Bunyan’s Axe. Game Recap: The 130th Battle for Paul Bunyan’s Axe started in classic Big Ten fashion, back-to-back punts and Fox’s so-called “rules analyst” Dean Blandino began the day 0 for 2 on calls going […] READ MORE
Gopher Football Articles
News and notes from the Gophers’ 2021 class
Dec. 16, 2020: Wednesday, officially marks the beginning of the Early National Signing Period. Gophers football has gotten busy, as their 2021 recruiting class continues to take shape. Early National Signing Day has officially begun! Starting today, high school and junior college prospects can put pen to paper and sign their National Letter of […] READ MORE
Gophers take home $5 Bits of Broken Chair Trophy in win over Nebraska
Dec. 12: The University of Minnesota Golden Gophers defeated the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Cornhuskers (SCORE) to take home the $5 Bits of Broken Chair Trophy. Game Recap: The Gophers returned to the gridiron for their first game in 22 days. They headed to Lincoln, Nebraska to take on Scott Frost’s 2-4 Cornhuskers. The game […] READ MORE
Luther McCoy set to join Gophers in 2021
Dec. 9, 2020: The University of Minnesota Golden Gophers’ football team received a verbal commitment from 2021, defensive lineman Luther McCoy. Early National Signing Day is almost a week away, but P.J. Fleck and the Gophers’ recruiting team is putting some final touches on their 2021 recruiting class before then. 3-star defensive lineman, Luther […] READ MORE
Minnesota picks up FCS grad-transfer LB Jack Gibbens
Abilene Christian graduate-transfer linebacker, Jack Gibbens has verbally committed to the University of Minnesota. While the Gophers’ football operations have been on pause for two-plus weeks, P.J. Fleck has had some free time to get busy on the recruiting trail. He did just that, adding 6-foot-4, 240-pound linebacker Jack Gibbens as a graduate-transfer from […] READ MORE
Gophers escape with 34-31 win over Purdue
The Gophers survive, taking down Purdue 34-31 in a shootout to record their first home win of the 2020 season. Game Recap: The night couldn’t have really started any worse for P.J. Fleck’s Gopher team, as 25 total players and staff were ruled out due to COVID-19 or injury prior to kickoff. Oddly enough, […] READ MORE
What is wrong with the Gophers’ defense?
The Minnesota Golden Gophers have begun the 2020-21 season 1-2. Their offense has not skipped a beat from last year’s historic run, but their defense currently ranks No. 93 out of 123 schools in fewest points allowed per game, at 36.0 per contest. Twitter: (@tonyliebert) What is wrong? The Gophers’ historic 11-2 run […] READ MORE
Gophers trounce Illini 41-14
The Golden Gophers came to play in their third game of the 2020 season, defeating Illinois 41-14 to move to 1-2 on the season. Game Recap Minnesota’s offense dominated for 60 minutes. Mohamed Ibrahim was once again the main man in Mike Sanford Jr’s offensive gameplan. The redshirt-junior now has 97 carries, 571 yards, […] READ MORE
Why Minnesota should not look past Maryland
Twitter: (@tonyliebert) The Gophers are set to travel to College Park, Maryland to take on the Terrapins from the University of Maryland on Friday night, Oct. 30. Week one of the 2020 Big Ten season came and went. We saw the Gophers fall 24-49 at the hands of the Michigan Wolverines. It was a […] READ MORE
’21 four-star DT Jacob Schuster commits to Minnesota
2021 four-star defensive lineman, Jacob Schuster committed to the University of Minnesota on Friday night, Oct. 23. While the Gophers were busy preparing for the Wolverines of Michigan, P.J. Fleck was still busy recruiting. Schuster being an Olympia, Washington native, proves that Fleck’s recruiting prowess is nationwide. The 6-foot-2 300-pound defensive tackle chose […] READ MORE