Gophers lay an egg at Penn State, lose 20-0

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Gopher Football The Minnesota Gopher football team got whipped Saturday, losing to Penn State 20-0. There have been worse losses on the scoreboard in Gopher history, but I doubt there have been too many games where the Gopher offense has been as thoroughly dominated as they were on Saturday. Through about the first 40 minutes […] READ MORE


The Gophers have an Axe to grind

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Gopher Football Badgers WR and local product David Gilreath (Armstrong HS) this week: “I mean, it’s better than the dome,” he said about TCF Bank Stadium. “I’ve seen it. It’s OK, it’s nothing… well, I don’t want to talk it down. It’s good. It’s state of the art and its got its good points, but […] READ MORE


Will it be a September not to remember for the Gophers?

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Gopher Football Will it be a September not to remember for the Gophers? Saturday’s Big Ten opener is the first of three straight very winnable games. Two years ago in Evanston, Gophers coach Tim Brewster watched his team blow a 35-14 lead. In the second overtime, he went for two points after a touchdown run […] READ MORE


Tim Brewster Press Conference Comments – 9/22/09

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Gopher Football COACH BREWSTER: In recapping the Cal game, you know, obviously there was extreme disappointment in losing the game. It was a game we expected to win. We put ourselves in position to win the football game. Tied game midway through the fourth quarter, and didn’t make the critical plays down the stretch to […] READ MORE


Gophers come up short in upset bid against Cal, lose 35-21

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Gopher Football The Gophers suffered their first loss of the season Saturday to California, 35-21. Cal got off to a quick start; building a 14-0 lead, but the Gophers fought back and played toe-to-toe with Cal for the next three quarters, eventually tying the game at 21-21. It wasn’t until Cal scored two late TDs […] READ MORE


Dan Barreiro, Paul Allen, Matt Thomas and Joe Schmit Comment on TCF Bank Stadium

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Gopher Football In our seemingly never-ending effort to deliver to you Gophers/TCF Bank Stadium coverage that is second to none, we elicited help from some of the foremost media authorities in town. OK, we got who we could. Below is analysis from local media members about the impact of TCF Bank Stadium from their perspective, […] READ MORE


Tim Brewster Press Conference Notes

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Gopher Football Coach Tim Brewster addressed the media today as the Gopher football team gets ready to open 2009 fall practice. Brewster spent much of his opening statement talking about what a top-notch facility TCF Bank Stadium is, and how excited he is to be playing there. Brewster said that Adam Weber continues to improve […] READ MORE


2009 Gophers Football: Post-Spring Schedule Breakdown

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Gopher Football Homer Star Tribune columnist Sid Hartman penned in late April…if you want my observation of how good the Gophers football team will be, I’d say that it will be much improved in personnel over the 2008 team, but it is too bad that this current group could not have played the 2008 schedule. […] READ MORE


A Rapid Fire Ramble to End the Season

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Gopher Basketball * Wow. What more can be said about North Carolina’s championship run, capped by their pure domination against the Spartans tonight. The Tar Heels snuck up on me. All that early season talk of UNC going undefeated combined with their inexplicable 0-2 start in ACC play made me believe the Heels were fallible […] READ MORE


Part 4: One & Dones-Friend or Foes to a College Program?

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Gopher Basketball The One and Done-Friend or Foe to a College Program? Do you pine for the days when college basketball was ruled by upperclassmen, the most talented young basketball players sticking around to their junior and senior seasons, developing teamwork and chemistry over several seasons to pit their well-oiled machine against other well-oiled machines […] READ MORE