News and notes from the Gophers’ 2021 class
Dec. 16, 2020: Wednesday, officially marks the beginning of the Early National Signing Period. Gophers football has gotten busy, as their 2021 recruiting class continues to take shape. Early National Signing Day has officially begun! Starting today, high school and junior college prospects can put pen to paper and sign their National Letter of […] READ MORE
Gophers take home $5 Bits of Broken Chair Trophy in win over Nebraska
Dec. 12: The University of Minnesota Golden Gophers defeated the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Cornhuskers (SCORE) to take home the $5 Bits of Broken Chair Trophy. Game Recap: The Gophers returned to the gridiron for their first game in 22 days. They headed to Lincoln, Nebraska to take on Scott Frost’s 2-4 Cornhuskers. The game […] READ MORE
Luther McCoy set to join Gophers in 2021
Dec. 9, 2020: The University of Minnesota Golden Gophers’ football team received a verbal commitment from 2021, defensive lineman Luther McCoy. Early National Signing Day is almost a week away, but P.J. Fleck and the Gophers’ recruiting team is putting some final touches on their 2021 recruiting class before then. 3-star defensive lineman, Luther […] READ MORE
Minnesota takes down Boston College 85-80 in ACC/Big Ten Challenge
Dec. 8: The Minnesota Golden Gophers defeated the Boston College Eagles at Williams Arena 85-80 in a part of the ACC/Big Ten Challenge. Game recap: Head coach Richard Pitino and his Gophers team faced their first “high-major” opponent of the young 2020 season. Boston College entered with a 1-3 record on the season, but […] READ MORE
Both Gach shines in Gophers win over North Dakota
Dec. 4 The Minnesota Golden Gophers defeated North Dakota Fighting Hawks 76-67 to begin their 2020 campaign 4-0. Following the Gophers’ unique two-game series against Loyola Marymount, they were slated to take on the University of North Dakota of the Summit League. The Fighting Hawks came into their matchup with the Gophs’ following a […] READ MORE
Minnesota picks up FCS grad-transfer LB Jack Gibbens
Abilene Christian graduate-transfer linebacker, Jack Gibbens has verbally committed to the University of Minnesota. While the Gophers’ football operations have been on pause for two-plus weeks, P.J. Fleck has had some free time to get busy on the recruiting trail. He did just that, adding 6-foot-4, 240-pound linebacker Jack Gibbens as a graduate-transfer from […] READ MORE
Marcus Carr carries Gophers for 2-0 sweep over Loyola Marymount
The Minnesota Gophers have defeated the Loyola Marymount Lions twice in three days to begin the 2020-21 season 3-0. COVID-19 provides unique scheduling circumstances for college basketball, and the Gophers got a taste of that early in the season with a two-game home series against the Loyola Marymount Lions of the West Coast Conference. […] READ MORE
Gophers blow past Phoenix in season opener 99-69
The Minnesota Gophers began their 2020-21 basketball campaign Wednesday night, defeating the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Phoenix 99-69. Game Recap: The Gophers began the night on fire, jumping out to a 12-0 lead. A rather dominating first half saw Minnesota take a 53-22 lead into the locker room. Utah transfer, Both Gach was as-good […] READ MORE
Gophers escape with 34-31 win over Purdue
The Gophers survive, taking down Purdue 34-31 in a shootout to record their first home win of the 2020 season. Game Recap: The night couldn’t have really started any worse for P.J. Fleck’s Gopher team, as 25 total players and staff were ruled out due to COVID-19 or injury prior to kickoff. Oddly enough, […] READ MORE