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Big Opportunity Awaits as Gophers Face Top-Ranked Buckeyes on Saturday Night
Ohio State’s JT Barrett played a big role in Ohio State’s win last season, but will be suspended Saturday night. One week after coming painfully close to defeating then-No. 15 ranked Michigan, the Minnesota Golden Gophers will face another nationally respected Big Ten opponent. Minnesota will take on the No. 1-ranked Ohio State Buckeyes on […] READ MORE
The Good, The Bad and The Interesting: The Season of Hope is Here Edition
Say what you will about the actual talent on the Gophers roster this year, but even with a huge amount of attrition from last season’s team, Richard Pitino is delivering when it comes to recruiting. Hey, we’re back! After another can’t-make-it-up offseason (as if there’s there any other with the program), we head into the […] READ MORE
News, Notes, Tid-Bits & Quotes: Gophers Stuffed on Goal Line, Fall 29-26 to Michigan
It feels all too familiar for Gopher fans. A heartbreaking loss that leaves spectators stunned, numb. In an emotional game playing for Jerry Kill, the Maroon and Gold came up a half yard short of a historic upset. With the last-second, goal-line stop, Michigan topped the Gophers, 29-26, and took back the Little Brown Jug […] READ MORE
Gophers Basketball Has Big Recruiting Weekend Hosting: Hurt Brothers, Reuvers, McCabe, Trapp and Kalscheur
Nathan Reuvers, a 6-foot-9 junior from Lakeville (MN) North, has emerged the past few months as one of the state’s top prospects in the Class of 2017. Minnesota will have several top football recruits as the football team faces the Associated Press’ #15 team Michigan for the Little Brown Jug at TCF Stadium at 6pm […] READ MORE
Saturday Night Lights: Gophers Look to Retain Jug For Kill
Following Wednesday morning’s announcement that beloved head coach Jerry Kill would retire immediately due to health reasons, it seemed surreal to think the Gophers still had a game to play on Saturday. The upcoming game against No. 15 Michigan was set to be a difficult matchup, even more so now without the team’s devoted leader […] READ MORE
Golden Nuggets: Gophers Gear Up for Big Recruiting Weekend
Minnesota Gopher fans had been long pointing to this upcoming weekend as one of the most important contests in recent memory. The football team faces the Associated Press’ #15 team Michigan for the Little Brown Jug at TCF Stadium at 6 o’clock on Halloween night. Gopher fans were hoping that they would have plenty […] READ MORE
Gophers Head Coach Jerry Kill Retires, Cites Health
Gopher fans awoke to shocking news on Wednesday as head coach Jerry Kill retired immediately due to health reasons. He finishes his Minnesota career with a 29-29 record, but also as one of the most beloved coaches in program history and will be remembered as a man who led the Gophers with passion and integrity. […] READ MORE
Michigan Seeks To Capture Jug From Emotionally-Inspired Gophers
It will be an emotionally charged game on Saturday night for the Gophers. A damp, dreary day in the Dinkytown area commenced Wednesday with the startling news that Minnesota head coach Jerry Kill was retiring immediately. In an impromptu early morning presser, Kill listed his deteriorating health condition as his primary reason for leaving the […] READ MORE
Road to Selection Sunday: Gophers’ 2015-16 Peer Group Includes Cornhuskers, Huskies
WAIT ‘TIL NEXT YEAR, MINN. — Greetings, gentle readers, and welcome to another year on the Road to Selection Sunday. As I finally warm up to the 2015-16 Gopher basketball season, I do so with no visions of grandeur. For the first time since Tubby Smith’s 1st season as Gopher head coach (2007-08), I have zero expectation that the Gophers’ season […] READ MORE