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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
Theo John, a 6-foot-9 rising junior center from Champlin Park (MN) High, helped lead the Rebels to a 31-1 record as they finished runner-up to Apple Valley in the Class AAAA finals, losing 64-61 this spring. He received a scholarship offer from Minnesota this spring. John had seven points, nine rebounds and three blocked […] READ MORE
The following is a re-cap of Coach Kill’s comments and responses to questions by Sid Hartman and Dave Mona: 1) Sid opened the show asking for Kill’s thoughts and reaction on the resignation of former athletic director, Norwood Teague: “It’s a situation you feel bad for everybody involved . . . President Kaler did a […] READ MORE
Reed Nikko, a 6-foot-10, 235-pound rising senior center from Maple Grove (MN) High, who is considered one of the state’s top players from the Class of 2016, picked up an offer from Minnesota, Iowa and UC-Santa Barbara over the past few weeks. Nikko helped lead Maple Grove to a 23-4 record as a junior, […] READ MORE
Tyler Johnson is a coveted two-sport athlete. Tyler Johnson, a 6-foot-2, 179-pound rising senior from Minneapolis (MN) North, is one of the state’s top two-sport athletes. Johnson led Minneapolis North to a 12-1 record on the gridiron, losing to Dawson-Boyd in the Class A semifinals. He led the team in rushing and passing. Johnson […] READ MORE
The 2016 Gophers football recruiting class is turning out to be one of the best classes in decades for Minnesota. And the class got a monster addition on Saturday with the commitment of 4-star WR Dredrick Snelson from Pembroke Pines, Florida. The 6-0, 192lb WR picked the Gophers over an incredible offer list including Alabama, […] READ MORE
Class fo 2017 Gophers football recruit, Eric Rousemiller, is also a three-time national weightlifting champ! Eric Rousemiller, a 6-foot-3, 285-pound rising junior center from Lakeville (MN) South, is considered one of the state’s top player from the Class of 2017 and perhaps his own toughest critic. Rousemiller, who recently won his third national power lifting […] READ MORE
Gophers Jerry Kill is making the rounds on the radio interview circuit. Jerry Kill on replacing David Cobb and Maxx Williams…I feel good about the guys we have. That’s the part of recruiting. The better your program is, the better players you will lose, but we have guys that can step in. Rodrick Williams is […] READ MORE