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Minnesota Football: RoWINg to Iowa – Opponent Preview

Hate Week is here as the Minnesota Golden Gophers (5-2) head to Iowa City to take on the Iowa Hawkeyes (5-2) in a battle for the Floyd of Rosedale at 2:30 p.m. CST on Saturday, Oct. 25. Can Iowa score on offense? Iowa is essentially running a service academy offense this season under coordinator Tim […]

4 months ago | 5 reads

Minnesota Football vs. Nebraska: The Elite, The Meh & The Ugly

The Minnesota Golden Gophers (5-2) played their best game of the season Friday night, upsetting the No. 25-ranked Nebraska Cornhuskers (5-2) to notch their sixth straight win over the Huskers. The Elite Nine sacks. After failing to record a sack in either of their last two games, the Gophers’ pass rush looked like a caged […]

4 months ago | 0 reads

The ground game returns as Minnesota beats No. 25 Nebraska, 24-6

Darius Taylor and the Gopher offensive line found their footing against the Nebraska defense as Minnesota beat Nebraska 24-6, the sixth straight win in this rivalry. Taylor, having been bottled up and injured for the team’s first six games of the season, broke out for 148 yards and 1 touchdown. And the defense did their […]

4 months ago | 2 reads

#3 Gophers Host #2 Buckeyes in Huge Early Season Series

The #3 ranked Minnesota Golden Gophers get their first early season test this weekend when the #2 ranked Ohio State Buckeyes come to Ridder Arena for a WCHA series. While it’s always a big deal when the Gophers and Buckeyes face off, this series takes on even more weight considering it will be the only […]

4 months ago | 0 reads

Gophers Renew Rivalry With Fighting Hawks in Grand Forks

The Minnesota Golden Gophers hockey team has had a mixed first few weeks of the season thus far. After a split with Michigan Tech to open the season the Gophers lost the first game against Boston College last weekend and would take a 2-2- tie in the second one. But in that second game the […]

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4 months ago | 5 reads

Minnesota Golden Gophers Weekend Schedule and How to Watch:

It’s a very full weekend of Minnesota Golden Gophers action with nine different programs and 11 different teams if you include both men’s and women’s swimming and diving and cross country. With the football game on Friday night, and two of the Gophers teams on the west coast, that opens lots of potential viewing windows […]

4 months ago | 1 read

3 Keys to the Gophers beating Nebraska on Friday night and how to watch

Minnesota gets to host Nebraska under the lights. The Cornhuskers started out as 5 or 6-point underdogs and that number quickly moved up to 9.5-point dogs. Often, the Nebraska betting lines move significantly toward the Huskers because of many irrational Husker fans. Was that the case here? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Can Minnesota get another home win and […]

4 months ago | 2 reads

Minnesota Football vs. Nebraska: Staff Predictions

The Minnesota Golden Gophers (4-2) draw their first Friday night matchup of the season when they host the No. 25-ranked Nebraska Cornhuskers (5-1) at 7 p.m. CST on Friday, Oct. 17, at Huntington Bank Stadium. This Week’s Thoughts: gopherguy05: The Huskers have a good offense. Minnesota will need to play their best defensive game of the […]

4 months ago | 0 reads

Minnesota Golden Gophers in the NFL: Week 6

Week 6 was a mostly quiet week but saw the season debut of Esezi Otomewo and the NFL debut of Danny Striggow in Jacksonville where he recorded his first NFL tackle. Safety U was in full view as both Tyler Nubin and Antoine Winfield had their most productive games of the season thus far. Here […]

4 months ago | 1 read

Big Ten Football Power Poll: Week 7

Well that was a very eventful week in the Big Ten. Indiana with a huge win for their program and are now a serious CFP contender. Northwestern sends James Franklin packing and Penn State now has a very realistic chance to not make a bowl. USC making a strong argument as the 4th best team […]

4 months ago | 4 reads