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It wasn’t always pretty, but with some timely plays a composed Gophers squad got the job done with an impressive 42-20 victory over Eastern Illinois to start the 2014 campaign. Following the first win of the season, Jerry Kill and the Gophers were happy to start the year off in the right direction. Big Plays […] READ MORE
PREGAME NOTES Eastern Illinois (0-0 overall, 0-0 Ohio Valley) at Minnesota (0-0 overall, 0-0 Big Ten) Minneapolis, Minnesota – TCF Bank Stadium (52,525) Thursday 6:00 p.m. CT – BTN Coming off an impressive 8-5 season in 2013, expectations are certainly high for Jerry Kill’s fourth season leading the Maroon and Gold. Minnesota will kick off […] READ MORE
Minnesota opens the 2014 football season against Eastern Illinois at home on Thursday night. The Panthers finished 8-0 in the Ohio Valley Conference and 12-2 overall and advanced to the quarterfinals of the NCAA FCS playoffs, losing to Towson 49-39 last year. Their only other loss was to Jerry Kill’s former team, Northern Illinois, 43-39 […] READ MORE
The 10 Gopher football commits will be opening their senior season soon. Chaska lineman Bronson Dovich will play this Friday at Menomonie, while the other nine verbals will play next weekend. Dovich helped lead the Hawks to an 11-1 mark last season, losing to Brainerd 20-19 in the state semifinals. The Hawks will play […] READ MORE
While the running back depth of the team is certainly a noticeable focal point of the Gophers this year, the tight ends have depth that the Gopher football team hasn’t seen in years. The tight end group has such great depth that the coaches even recently moved freshman Gaelin Elmore from the position to defensive […] READ MORE
Player quotes compiled from media availablity after practice. Cameron Botticelli quotes: (On being a senior, the top leader of defensive line) That’s just gonna happen, you got a guy who’s here for five years, he’s going to have a leadership role. So I didn’t really do anything to earn that other than stick around for […] READ MORE
Here are updates and quotes from Gophers practice – the season opener is only 10 days away!!! Coach Kill said that Jonah Prisig returned to practice today, and Ben Lauer did individual activities today and the staff will see how he progresses. He’s anticipating maybe practicing Sunday. Jerry Kill quotes: (Progress with pass blocking, passing […] READ MORE
The Gophers will likely be creative with how they get the ball in Edwards’ hands. Last season, a number of Gophers freshman contributed especially as the season progressed including Mitch Leidner, Maxx Williams, Drew Wolitarsky and Donovahn Jones. This year looks to be more of the same. Here are some freshmen that could make an […] READ MORE
The defense was more dominant during Saturday’s Gopher scrimmage. Scrimmage Notes: The story of the scrimmage was the aggressive play of the defense. The offense was kept simple today and was fairly predictable for the defense. Here are a few notes: Out of the 20 or so total drives within the scrimmage, only one resulted […] READ MORE
Stud RB recruit Jeff Jones at his signing day press conference. The Minnesota Gophers could be headed to their best recruiting class under head coach Jerry Kill after a strong eight-win season last year. They have nine commitments through the end of July, which includes seven three-star and two two-star athletes, according to Scout.com and […] READ MORE