Minnesota Football: Grading the 2022 Season
The Gophers entered the season with hopes of going to Indianapolis for a chance to win a Big Ten title. Why were the aspirations so high? The Gophers brought back some key contributors on both sides of the ball, other teams in the division had weaknesses, and the schedule was pretty favorable. Many had Minnesota […] READ MORE
Gophers Win In Exciting Fashion For Bob Motzko’s 100th Career Win With Minnesota
January 8th, 2022: Gophers head coach Bob Motzko dramatically earned career win number 100 as Logan Cooley scored with 18 seconds left in overtime. –> Follow @Dylanloucks4 on Twitter Minneapolis, MINN – Logan Cooley has played five games in the last seven days, three for Team USA in the 2023 World Juniors and two for the Gophers. […] READ MORE
St. Cloud’s Jaxon Castor Blanks The Gophers To Start The Second Half
January 7th, 2022: Jaxon Castor stopped all 23 shots he faced, shutting out the Gophers for the first time since March 28th, 2021. –> Follow @Dylanloucks4 on Twitter St. Cloud, MINN – It’s been 650 days since the Gophers have been shut out. They were shut out by Minnesota State to end the season back in […] READ MORE
Big night from Garcia not enough, Gophers fall 81-79 to Nebraska
Jan. 7, 2023: Dawson Garcia’s first double-double in a Gophers uniform was not enough as the Gophers dropped another game 81-79 to Nebraska. –> Follow @Tony Liebert on Twitter Full Game Recap: First Half: Big threes early from Taurus Samuels and Jamison Battle gave the Gophers an 8-7 lead heading into the first media timeout. The […] READ MORE
Gophers upset bid comes up short 63-60 in Madison
Jan. 3, 2023: Gophers put together arguably their best performance of the season, but come up short in upset bid in Madison, falling 63-60 to the Badgers –> Follow @Tony Liebert on Twitter Full Game Recap: First Half: Wednesday’s game started in classic Big Ten fashion. After starting the game with a combined 2 of 16 […] READ MORE
Know your opponent: Six questions answered by a Syracuse reporter…
Minnesota enters the bowl game after finishing 8-4 in the regular season. After a three-game losing streak, Minnesota would win four of its final five games, including defending Paul Bunyan’s Axe against Wisconsin in the season finale. The Gophers square off against Syracuse in the Pinstripe Bowl at Yankee Stadium on December 29th. Minnesota enters […] READ MORE
Early National Signing Day: Gophers’ 2023 class recap
Dec. 21, 2021: The majority of Minnesota’s 2023 recruiting class put pen to paper today on National Signing Day, ranking as the No. 33 overall class in the country according to 247sports. –> Follow @Tony Liebert on Twitter During a time when the transfer portal is dominating any conversation about roster construction in college football, National […] READ MORE
Minnesota adds UNC EDGE Chris Collins from transfer portal
Dec. 20, 2022: North Carolina transfer EDGE Chris Collins committed to the Gophers Monday, becoming the Gophers’ fifth official off-season addition from the transfer portal. –> Follow @Tony Liebert on Twitter The Gophers’ read-hot transfer portal streak continued Monday. North Carolina transfer EDGE defender Chris Collins committed to Minnesota Monday afternoon. Collins appeared in 34 games […] READ MORE
Gophers flip TWO (2) 2023 All-American WRs commitments
Dec. 19, 2022: Three-star Decator, Geo. WR Kenric Lanier and three-star Indianpolis, Ind. WR both committed to the Gophers Monday, bringing Minnesota’s 2023 recruiting class to 20 total players –> Follow @Tony Liebert on Twitter After adding two wide receivers from the transfer portal, the Gophers were not done. Wide receivers Kenric Lanier (Vanderbilt) and T.J. […] READ MORE