2008 Football Preview: The Offense

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Gopher Football In just a few days Tim Brewster and the Gopher football team will open fall practice, hoping to improve upon the 1-11 season the team endured a year ago. Despite the poor record last season, the offense did manage to have some success by putting up 26 points per game. Many key pieces […] READ MORE


Gophers have eyes on Bucks

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Gopher Basketball Game Info Opponent: Ohio State Buckeyes When: 3:00 pm, February 24th, 2008 Where: Williams Arena – Minneapolis, MN Television: ESPN It’s senior day 2008 down at Williams on Saturday and the Gopher faithful will get their last chance to watch three players on the raised floor: career Gophers Dan “œSlee-vye” Coleman and Spencer […] READ MORE


Gophers hoping for season sweep of Lions

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Gopher Basketball Game Info Opponent: Penn State Nittany Lions When: 1:00 pm, February 24th, 2008 Where: Williams Arena – Minneapolis, MN Television: Big Ten Network Following an up-and-down game featuring Lawrence McKenzie going unconscious from the outside and Jon Williams providing critical rebounding down the stretch, Minnesota looks to continue winning against Penn State at […] READ MORE


Gophers back home to face Michigan

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Gopher Basketball Game Info Opponent: Michigan Wolverines When: 8:00 pm, February 21st, 2008 Where: Williams Arena – Minneapolis, MN Television: ESPN2 Round two of Minnesota v. Michigan is on the horizon. The first meeting went to the Gophers, with the team dominating on the court for most of the game and the traveling members of […] READ MORE


Gophers chance to crush the Orange Krush

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Gopher Basketball Game Info Opponent: Illinois Fighting Illini When: 8:00 pm, February 12th, 2008 Where: Williams Arena – Minneapolis, MN Television: Big Ten Network Following a crazy evening that featured chants of “œLiar!” and “œSellout!” being directed at local pariah (and superfrosh) Eric Gordon, along with the infamous bump at mid-court during the opening introductions […] READ MORE


What you need to know about Iowa

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Gopher Basketball Game Info Opponent: Iowa Hawkeyes When: 1:00 pm, February 9th, 2008 Where: Williams Arena – Minneapolis, MN Television: ESPN It’s that magical time of the year again. That time when 1,000s of people chant their distaste for our neighbors to the south. Let me use this forum to push my favorite modified version […] READ MORE


A look at Wisconsin

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Gopher Basketball Let me just preface all this by saying I’m no Hodger and am hardly an expert in all things college basketball. I’m just a guy who watches a ton of games and sometimes hits on an insightful observation. Please feel free to correct mistakes or post differing opinions on what I have here. […] READ MORE


Thoughts from the Couch- A Golden Saturday

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Gopher Basketball Forgive me if my nerves were in a jumble-it’s just that in the recent context of Minnesota sports moments, I had to see the hat on MarQueis Gray’s head. Certainties (of which Gray to the Gophers was supposedly) had gone awry before and the pessimism which seems ingrained in a Minnesota sports fan’s […] READ MORE


Gopher football 2007: A look back

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Gopher Football 2007 will certainly go down as one of the most disappointing seasons of all time. The Gophers returned a good deal of starters from a team that went 6-7 last season, and the energy and passion brought in by a new coaching staff gave hopes that the team could springboard onto something greater. […] READ MORE


College BB Preview, Part 5: Top 30 Games for ’07-08

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Gopher Basketball People often fantasize about how they would spend their lottery winnings if that lucky day would ever arrive-mansions, parties, women, cars, buying an island may top the list for many, but one of my more modest lottery goals would be having the ability to travel across the nation for the best college basketball […] READ MORE