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The Minnesota Golden Gophers will open up Big Ten conference play this Saturday when they face the undefeated Northwestern Wildcats at Ryan Field. Northwestern is one of the biggest surprises so far this season, beating respectable programs in Stanford and Duke with a redshirt freshman quarterback and an intimidating defense. Defense on the Rise […] READ MORE
It was a career passing day for Gophers Mitch Leidner against Ohio. The circumstances may be extremely different, but the Golden Gophers’ record (3-1) resembles what many fans and analysts predicted it to be at this point. Minnesota narrowly defeated the Ohio Bobcats 27-24 on Saturday in front of an announced sellout homecoming crowd at […] READ MORE
A grueling non-conference schedule culminated with an exciting finish as the Gophers topped Ohio, 27-24, on homecoming. Minnesota was down four late in the game, but marched 78 yards for the game-winning touchdown with under a minute remaining. “It’s good to see us come back and win the game,” said Jerry Kill. “I told our […] READ MORE
The Gophers offense has struggled to ignite this season, but Minnesota still finds itself 2-1 heading into the last week of the non-conference schedule. It’s Homecoming for the Gophers and a 3-0 Ohio Bobcat team led by head coach Frank Solich comes to town. GopherHole caught up with Ted Thompson at BobcatAttack.com to lean all […] READ MORE
Ohio (3-0 overall, MAC 0-0) at Minnesota (2-1 overall, 0-0 Big Ten) When: Saturday, 2:30 p.m. CT – Minneapolis, Minn. Stadium: TCF Bank Stadium (52,525) TV/Radio: Big Ten Network, KFAN 100.3 Series: Minnesota leads the series 8-1-1 Last Meeting: August 13, 2003; Minnesota won 42-20 in Athens, Ohio Coach: Frank Solich (11th season, 74-56) National […] READ MORE
As I stumbled out of TCF Bank Stadium following the Gopher’s narrow 10-7 victory over Kent State, two disappointed strangers walking by seemed to perfectly summarize the mood of the program and its fans. “I though we were going to blow them [Kent State] out.” “Man, our offense was bad.” In the […] READ MORE
It’s hard to believe, but the Minnesota Gopher’s non-conference schedule is nearing completion. The Ohio Bobcats will come to Minneapolis on Sept. 26 in an attempt to spoil the Minnesota Gophers’ homecoming weekend. Below is all you need to know before the 2:30 p.m. kickoff on Saturday: Players to Keep an Eye on […] READ MORE
Sounds like they did a lot more reflecting on Sunday, and digging into issues. Here are my notes, not verbatim, just typing as they spoke: Jerry Kill: • 1st Sidbit of the day – Sid yells to Dan O’Brien (one of the best guys, ever) “Get your ass out of here!!!” • Kill thanked Sid […] READ MORE
It wasn’t flashy, it wasn’t pretty, but the Gophers pulled out a 10-7 win over Kent State on Saturday. Minnesota averaged just 2.4 yards per carry and scored just one touchdown but was picked up by their outstanding defense. “The bottom line is we won the game,” said Jerry Kill. “We found a way to […] READ MORE
Following Tuesday’s press conference, GopherHole.com’s Luke Gildemeister had a few minutes to chat with redshirt junior defensive lineman Scott Ekpe. Here is what he had to say: Q: How does the previous solid defensive play give your team confidence going into the last two non-conference games? A: “We prepared the moment the [2014] […] READ MORE