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ROSTER BUILDING: What has PJ Fleck been up to in the Transfer Portal?
Follow @Tony Liebert on Twitter With five different players once “committed” to the Gophers flipping their decisions to other programs, 12 Gophers players of their own entering the portal and seven new transfers “committed” as of now, PJ Fleck and his staff have been incredibly busy in the transfer portal this cycle. Since I have been contributing […] READ MORE
How did my bold predictions for Gophers football go?
Last fall, I wrote down nine bold predictions for the Minnesota Gophers heading into the 2023 season. These predictions involved just about every aspect of the team. I’ll be honest; I haven’t looked at them since about a week ago. Partly because I had a good idea of how far or close I was to […] READ MORE
Mistakes outweigh spurts as Gophers fall 6-4 to Colorado College
January 7th, 2024: The Gophers played a great game in spurts tonight but ultimately start the new year with a 6-4 loss to Colorado College. –> Follow @Dylanloucks4 on Twitter Minneapolis, Minn – A lot of what has hurt this Gophers team this year has been costly mistakes that the other team capitalizes on. Tonight […] READ MORE
COLUMN: Do Bowl Games still matter?
Follow @Tony Liebert on Twitter Today during the Gophers’ thrilling 30-24 victory over Bowling Green in the prestigious Quicklane Bowl, two things dominated my timeline; Cole Kramer and Katie Miller’s upcoming wedding and people telling me, “It doesn’t matter it’s the Quicklane Bowl.” So I asked myself, like most fans of college football do around this time […] READ MORE
Know Your Opponent: Bowling Green Falcons
Before every game, I ask a reporter who covers the Gophers upcoming opponent to give us a view from the opponent’s perspective. I asked Michael Burwell from the Toledo Blade six questions about the Bowling Green Falcons. Minnesota takes on Bowling Green in the Quick Lane Bowl on December 26th on ESPN. Huge thanks to […] READ MORE
Central Michigan transfer DL Quindario Lee chooses Gophers
–> 26 Gophers’ put a pen to paper signing with the Gophers today on Early National Signing Day, then one more joined them as Central Michigan transfer DL Quindario Lee committed to the Maroon & Gold. Follow @Tony Liebert on Twitter With all of the flipping and transferring craziness, the Gophers have ultimately addressed some needs this […] READ MORE
Early National Signing Day: Gophers’ 2024 class recap
––> The majority of Minnesota’s 2024 recruiting class put pen to paper today on Early National Signing Day, ranking as the No. 35 overall class in the country according to On3 Sports and No. 36 overall according to 247sports. Follow @Tony Liebert on X During a time when the transfer portal is dominating any conversation […] READ MORE
Ohio transfer RB Sieh Bangura commits to Minnesota
–> Two days after losing Indiana RB Trent Howland in a flip decision back to Bloomington, the Gophers have found his replacement, Ohio transfer RB Sieh Bangura. Follow @Tony Liebert on Twitter Ohio transfer RB Sieh Bangura was one of many portal visitors this weekend in Dinkytown. Monday afternoon he “closed his recruitment” via his Twitter, and […] READ MORE
TCU transfer DB Jai’Onte’ McMillan commits to Gophers
–> Sundays have seemed like the time for the Gophers to add commitments from the transfer portal, TCU CB Jai’Onte’ McMillan was the latest to do so. Follow @Tony Liebert on Twitter With FIU DT Jordan Guerad and Indiana RB Trent Howland both flipping their commitments to other schools, scholarships opened up for the Gophers. After visiting […] READ MORE