Will Gopher Recruit Rachel Banham Keep Pam Borton Off the Hot Seat?

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Other Gopher Sports Rachel Banham, a 5-foot-8 point guard from Lakeville (MN) North, committed to Minnesota last September. Banham was named the Pioneer Press Player of the Year and co-Star Tribune Player of The Year along with teammate Cassie Rochel. GopherHole.com caught up with Banham at the Pacesetter Sweet 16 and talked to her about […] READ MORE


University, Brewster agree to two-year contract extension

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Gopher Football Director of athletics Joel Maturi announced today that the University of Minnesota has agreed to terms on a contract extension with head football coach Tim Brewster through the 2013 season. Financial terms of the contract amendment, which adds two years to the agreement Brewster signed with the University in 2007, will be made […] READ MORE


Mr. (Tubby) Smith goes to the upper-half of the Big Ten?

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Gopher Basketball Thirteen straight hours of the same Mariah Carey song during NBA coverage and a continuous loop of consolidated credit commercials prompted this new blog entry. It was this or watch the Ch. 45 “Yule Log” that my wife DVR-ed. I hope she didn’t use up the space reserved for “Jersey Shore.” I have […] READ MORE


Tim Brewster hopes to say, “That swine is mine”

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Gopher Football Gophers coach Tim Brewster is 0-8 in trophy games; 0-7 in games against ranked opponents. He lacks a signature win and in year No. 3 has yet to win a conference game in November. All those negatives can go away with a win Saturday in Iowa against the Hawkeyes (13th in the BCS […] READ MORE


Jackrabbits found on the road to Detroit?

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Gopher Football Tim Brewster’s motivational ploy this week is simple: South Dakota State beat Northern Iowa, which gave Iowa fits in week 1. If you don’t prepare to the maximum, we will not win this game! Those few words should be enough for at minimum, the dozens of guys who were here for the 2007 […] READ MORE


After Sharing Maple Syrup and Hockey, Canada Continues Giving with Gift of Devoe Joseph

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Gopher Basketball For the most part, Devoe Joseph was a Gopher from the second he stepped into Williams Arena during his official recruiting trip to Minneapolis. Greeted by hundreds of students chanting “œWe want Joseph!” in a quickly filling Barn, he turned with a big smile and acknowledged his soon-to-be hometown fans. Citing that moment […] READ MORE


Gophers come out flat, lose to Illinois 35-32

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Gopher Football The Gophers suffered their first bad loss of the season Saturday when they were upset by Illinois 35-32. It was the first half that did the Gophers in, with Illinois jumping out to a 28-7 lead at halftime. The Gophers would mount a valiant comeback in the second half, but when the game […] READ MORE


Gophers win a wild game fit for Halloween

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Gopher Football After a day’s worth of watching college football I was starting to get sick of the cheesy Halloween puns. But after the Gopher ““ Michigan State game tonight I don’t know how you can avoid them. The game was full of tricks ““ including a team-record tying 16 penalties by the Gophers ““ […] READ MORE


Gophers lay an egg at Penn State, lose 20-0

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Gopher Football The Minnesota Gopher football team got whipped Saturday, losing to Penn State 20-0. There have been worse losses on the scoreboard in Gopher history, but I doubt there have been too many games where the Gopher offense has been as thoroughly dominated as they were on Saturday. Through about the first 40 minutes […] READ MORE


The Gophers have an Axe to grind

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Gopher Football Badgers WR and local product David Gilreath (Armstrong HS) this week: “I mean, it’s better than the dome,” he said about TCF Bank Stadium. “I’ve seen it. It’s OK, it’s nothing… well, I don’t want to talk it down. It’s good. It’s state of the art and its got its good points, but […] READ MORE