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Gopher Football: A positive spin on a tough schedule ahead

The Big Ten Conference released their 2014 football schedule this week. While this would receive nominal exposure in year’s past, this release includes addition of Rutgers and Maryland to the…Read More

Gopher Football: Offense shows up to 2013 Spring scrimmage

The University of Minnesota Golden Gopher football team picked a beautiful day to hold their first outdoor practice of the season in the 2013 Spring Game. The sun was out and the scoreboard temperature…Read More

Gopher football starts spring practice — indoors

The Minnesota Gophers football team put on their gear for the first time since December on Tuesday for the first day of spring practice. Due to at least an inch of snow on the outdoor field, the Gophers…Read More

Gopher football 2012 season exceeded expectations

If someone told you that Philip Nelson would boom from third in the quarterback depth chart to the starting signal caller by the beginning of the season, you would not have thought that Minnesota would…Read More

Top 5 Gopher football moments of the season

5. Minnesota beats Syracuse, 17-10, extending record to 4-0 on the season The Gophers were warned about Syracuse’s passing attack led by senior Ryan Nassib — but the Gophers forced him to…Read More

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Meineke Car Care Bowl Live Blog

  UPDATE: Texas Tech beats Minnesota, 34-31.  The Red Raiders have a game winning 28-yard…Read More

Gophers look to avoid repeat of ’06 Insight Bowl against Red Raiders

Nearly six years to the day, and a thousand miles west of where the Gophers will play their first bowl…Read More

Five Gophers that will decide the Meineke Car Care Bowl

Minnesota has not won a bowl game since 2004, when they beat Alabama 20-16 in the Music City Bowl, but…Read More

Houston, we have a problem

Wednesday marks day 32 without a Gopher football game.  With only two days left until Minnesota battles…Read More

Shortell’s camp distances themselves from transferring Barker

The news of sophomore quarterback Max Shortell’s intention to transfer from the University of…Read More

Shortell will draw recruiters as he looks for transfer schools

Max Shotell is only a sophomore but he has already had experience in 15 games. That experience and the…Read More

Backup quarterback, Max Shortell, transferring

In an interesting move on Tuesday, the Minnesota football program announced that sophomore quarterback…Read More

Five Observations: Spartan’s Bell continues trend of opponent running backs

“Not if we win, but when we win.” That’s what Michigan State head coach, Mark Dantonio, told the…Read More

Spartan’s Bell rushes for 265, beat Gophers 26-10

The Michigan State Spartans became bowl eligible with a dominating win over the Minnesota Gophers Saturday…Read More

Five Observations: The Gophers are still going bowling

It needs to be mentioned that Saturday’s game against Nebraska was not as awful as it looked.  The…Read More

Bowl bound, but where in the South?

The Gophers are bowl bound for the first time since 2009, reaching the six win pinnacle in a victory…Read More

Kirkwood carries Gophers to 17-3 win over Illini

It wasn’t easy, but the Gophers accomplished a feat that seemed to be in question half-way through…Read More

Another must-win puts Gophers in driver’s seat for bowl bid

The success or failure of the roller coaster that is this season has essentially boiled down to today’s…Read More

With Barker out, receivers need to step up

Update: Receiver Derrick Engel has been ruled out of today’s game.  After injuring his right…Read More

Road to bowl game runs through Illinois

Jerry Kill won’t call it a “must-win” for his young Gophers. But with one win separating…Read More