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John Michael Schmitz, a 6-foot-4, 285-pound offensive lineman from Homewood Flossmoor, switched his commitment Friday from Western Michigan to Minnesota to follow head coach P.J. Fleck. He was a two-year starting left tackle, who helped his team average over 40 points a game and finished 20-3 the past two years. Gopher Hole caught up […] READ MORE
University of Minnesota Athletics Director Mark Coyle announced today that P.J. (Philip John) Fleck has been named head football coach at the University of Minnesota. The University and Fleck have agreed to a five-year term. Fleck comes to Minnesota after spending four years as the head coach at Western Michigan, where he was 30-22 […] READ MORE
The name that is being tossed around most for the Gophers job is Western Michigan’s young and energetic boat captain, PJ Fleck. He has been sensational at WMU most notably pulling in the MAC’s #1 recruiting class every year since 2013 even earning a Top 40 spot from 247Sports for his 2015 class which ranked […] READ MORE
Blaise Andries, a 6-foot-6, 295-pound senior offensive tackle from Marshall (MN) High, committed to Minnesota in April. Andries helped pace the Tigers to an 11-1 mark this year, losing to Benilde-St. Margaret’s 44-34 in the semifinals of the Class AAAA state tournament. Gopher Hole recently caught up with Andries to talk about the […] READ MORE
Minnesota (8-4 overall, 5-4 Big Ten) vs. Washington State (8-4 overall, 7-2 Pac-12) When: Tuesday, 6:00 p.m. CT – San Diego, Calif. Stadium: Qualcomm Stadium (70,561) TV/Radio: ESPN, KFAN 100.3 FM Coach: Mike Leach (5th season) Spread: Washington State -10, o/u: 61 INSIDE THE GAME Cougars at a Glance WSU and Minnesota have met five […] READ MORE
No. 11 Minnesota (7-5-2 overall, 1-1-0-0 B1G) vs. Michigan State (4-6-1 overall, 0-0-0-0 B1G) Date: Friday, Dec. 9, 2016 Location: Munn Ice Arena | East Lansing, Mich. Puck Drop: 5:33 p.m. CT TV: Big Ten Network Stream: BTN2Go Radio: 1500 ESPN, Gopher Radio Network Date: Saturday, Dec. 10, 2016 Location: Munn Ice Arena | East […] READ MORE
Gophers have been selected to face off against Washington State in this years Holiday Bowl! The Bowl takes place in San Diego, California on December 27th. Media met with Coach Tracy Claeys and WR Drew Wolitarsky briefly tonight to get their opinions on the bowl. Drew Wolitarsky commented on being excited to go back to […] READ MORE
No. 10 Ohio State (8-1-4 overall, 0-0-0 Big Ten) vs. No. 11 Minnesota (6-4-2 overall, 0-0-0 Big Ten) Date: Friday, Dec. 2, 2016 Location: Mariucci Arena | Minneapolis, Minn. Puck Drop: 8:03 p.m. CT TV: Big Ten Network Radio: 1500 ESPN, Gopher Radio Network Stream: BTN2Go Date: Saturday, Dec. 3, 2016 Location: Mariucci Arena | […] READ MORE
Minnesota (8-3 overall, 5-3 Big Ten) at No. 5 Wisconsin (9-2 overall, 6-2 Big Ten) When: Saturday, 2:30 p.m. CT – Madison, Wis. Stadium: Camp Randall (80,321) TV/Radio: BTN, KFAN 100.3 FM Coach: Paul Chryst (2nd season) Spread: Wisconsin -14, o/u: 44 INSIDE THE GAME Badgers at a Glance The Minnesota/Wisconsin border-battle has been played […] READ MORE
No. 8 Minnesota vs. Northeastern Date: Friday, Nov. 25, 2016 Location: Matthews Arena | Boston, Mass. Puck Drop: 6:00 p.m. CT Stream: GoNU.com/xstream Radio: 1500 ESPN, Gopher Radio Network No. 8 Minnesota vs. No. 3 Boston College Date: Sunday, Nov. 27, 2016 Location: Conte Forum | Chestnut Hill, Mass. Puck Drop: 12:00 p.m. CT Stream: […] READ MORE