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With nine months of waiting, a primetime telecast, and a stadium packed full of loud fans, Thursday had the feeling that something special could happen. Unfortunately for the Maroon and Gold, they found out why TCU is considered the No. 2 team in the entire country. Despite holding the high-powered Horned Frog offense to 23 […] READ MORE
No. 2 TCU (0-0 overall, Big 12 0-0) at Minnesota (0-0 overall, 0-0 Big Ten) When: Thursday, 8:00 p.m. CT – Minneapolis, Minn. Venue: TCF Bank Stadium (50,805) TV/Radio: ESPN, Watch ESPN; Kool 108 Series: Series tied 1-1 Last Meeting: Sept. 13, 2014, TCU won 30-7 in Fort Worth, Texas. Coach: Gary Patterson (15th season, […] READ MORE
The wait is almost over Gophers fans!! Kickoff is less than 48 hours away. In advance of the big game, we caught up with our friends at KillerFrogs.com, who run a fantastic TCU fan community. We’ve enjoyed reading their message boards over the last few weeks and have had some great TCU fans posting on […] READ MORE
The Texas Christian University Horned Frogs will enter TCF Bank Stadium on September 3rd as a 14-point favorite against the University of Minnesota. The initial Associated Press Top 25 poll lists TCU as the second-ranked team in the nation. There is little doubt that Minnesota is an underdog in the opener. But let’s take a […] READ MORE
Two of the key leaders for the Gophers this season are Briean Boddy-Calhoun and Rodrick Williams. GopherHole’s Luke Gildemeister caught up with each for these quick chat Q&As. Rodrick Williams Q: Rodrick take us through your preparation, obviously you have a tough opponent coming up, what have you been doing the past month or […] READ MORE
Today’s Sports Huddle was at the Minnesota State Fair. There were several questions for Jerry Kill that were related to the opening game (Thursday night) with TCU. 1) Sid asked about the Horned Frogs: Jerry Kill spoke highly of the visiting opponent: “They’re number two (in the nation) for a reason . . . speed […] READ MORE
Below are notes from today’s press conference in advance of the season opener vs TCU. Jerry Kill: • It’s been a hard camp, the kids have been great. We open against the #2 team in the country, so we’ll find out where we’re at in a hurry. • It soaked into our players as soon […] READ MORE
The Horned Frogs are coached by Gary Patterson. In 14 full seasons, he has posted a 132-44 record, including 12 bowl game appearances and eight bowl wins. Not too shabby. We’ve heard it countless times by now: The Minnesota Gophers will open their 2015 campaign on September 3 against the 2nd ranked Texas Christian University […] READ MORE
Eden Prairie defeated Totino-Grace 38-20 Saturday. Eden Prairie hasn’t lost a game since 2012. Minnesota has nine in-state football commits with eight of them playing this year, and they finished 6-2 in their respective season openers. The group is part of an extremely strong local Class of 2016. Periodically, we will look at the newest […] READ MORE
Cory Dixon, a 6-foot-2, 200-pound senior running back/linebacker from Minneapolis (MN) Henry, attended the Minnesota summer football camp. Dixon is a two-sport standout who helped lead the Patiots to a 4-5 mark last season, losing to Breck 39-20 in the second round of the playoffs. Dixon rushed 102 times for 777 yards last […] READ MORE