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The Texas Christian University Horned Frogs will enter TCF Bank Stadium on September 3rd as a 14-point favorite against the University of Minnesota. The initial Associated Press Top 25 poll lists TCU as the second-ranked team in the nation. There is little doubt that Minnesota is an underdog in the opener. But let’s take a […] READ MORE
Two of the key leaders for the Gophers this season are Briean Boddy-Calhoun and Rodrick Williams. GopherHole’s Luke Gildemeister caught up with each for these quick chat Q&As. Rodrick Williams Q: Rodrick take us through your preparation, obviously you have a tough opponent coming up, what have you been doing the past month or […] READ MORE
Today’s Sports Huddle was at the Minnesota State Fair. There were several questions for Jerry Kill that were related to the opening game (Thursday night) with TCU. 1) Sid asked about the Horned Frogs: Jerry Kill spoke highly of the visiting opponent: “They’re number two (in the nation) for a reason . . . speed […] READ MORE
Below are notes from today’s press conference in advance of the season opener vs TCU. Jerry Kill: • It’s been a hard camp, the kids have been great. We open against the #2 team in the country, so we’ll find out where we’re at in a hurry. • It soaked into our players as soon […] READ MORE
The Horned Frogs are coached by Gary Patterson. In 14 full seasons, he has posted a 132-44 record, including 12 bowl game appearances and eight bowl wins. Not too shabby. We’ve heard it countless times by now: The Minnesota Gophers will open their 2015 campaign on September 3 against the 2nd ranked Texas Christian University […] READ MORE
Eden Prairie defeated Totino-Grace 38-20 Saturday. Eden Prairie hasn’t lost a game since 2012. Minnesota has nine in-state football commits with eight of them playing this year, and they finished 6-2 in their respective season openers. The group is part of an extremely strong local Class of 2016. Periodically, we will look at the newest […] READ MORE
Cory Dixon, a 6-foot-2, 200-pound senior running back/linebacker from Minneapolis (MN) Henry, attended the Minnesota summer football camp. Dixon is a two-sport standout who helped lead the Patiots to a 4-5 mark last season, losing to Breck 39-20 in the second round of the playoffs. Dixon rushed 102 times for 777 yards last […] READ MORE
Kamal Martin, a 6-foot-3, 211-pound quarterback from Burnsville (MN) High, recently committed to Minnesota after previously verballing to Eastern Michigan. Martin helped lead the Blaze to a 4-6 mark last season, losing to eventual state champion Eden Prairie 34-14 in the second round of the Class 6A playoffs. Gopher Hole recently caught up […] READ MORE
Redshirt sophomore linebacker Cody Poock picked off backup quarterback Chris Streveler by jumping an inside slant route. The speedy Poock went untouched as he ran over 30 yards to the endzone. If you weren’t able to make it to Saturday’s scrimmage at Concordia University in St. Paul (hopefully you were located in an air-conditioned building), […] READ MORE
Despite the steamy weather in Minneapolis on Friday morning, the Gophers held a shortened, well-orchestrated practice at the Bierman Field Athletic Building. The practice served as the final tune-up prior to Saturday’s full contact scrimmage. Here are some notes and highlights: -During kickoff drills, numerous players saw reps as returner. Among them were: KJ […] READ MORE