1. Gophers Look to Spring Practice to Fill Holes at Linebacker, Cornerback

    The Gophers football team was left with a sour taste in its mouth last year after a 34-31 loss to Texas Tech in the Meineke Car Care Bowl . Minnesota graduated 14 starters from that squad and eight on the defensive side...

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  2. Spring Q&A with Minnesota Coach Jerry Kill

    Minnesota coach Jerry Kill guided the team to a bowl game during his second season in Minneapolis despite some depth and injury problems in 2012...

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  3. Andre McDonald Is One Less Wideout for Promising Group of Quarterbacks

    The promising stable of young Gophers quarterbacks will not be slinging passes to wide receiver Andre McDonald during spring practice starting Tuesday, March 26...

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  4. Gophers Open Spring Football with Momentum, and Hope

    After going 3-9 and 6-7 in his first two years as Gophers coach, Jerry Kill is determined to take another big step forward this year...

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  5. Big Ten Football: Realignment Plan Favors Wisconsin

    When the Big Ten Conference split into two divisions for football, starting with the 2011 season, the University of Wisconsin and Iowa probably sacrificed more than anyone else...

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  6. Minnesota Lost Money on Alcohol Sales

    We live in a world full of mysteries that mankind has never been able to solve, but perhaps no mystery is greater than what occurred at the University of Minnesota this year...

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  7. TE Brandon Fritts on Gophers: Minnesota Seems Like a Really Great Place

    Brandon Fritts, a 6-foot-4, 215-pound from wide receiver/tight end from Mentor (OH) High, recently received a football offer from Minnesota...

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  8. Gophers Announce Full Spring Practice Schedule

    The Gophers football team announced its full spring practice schedule today, noting that all 15 sessions will be open to the public...

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  9. Gophers Player Capsule: DT Cameron Botticelli

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  10. Gophers Player Capsule: OL Zac Epping

    The Gophers football team is starting it season-ticket renewals today, and this web page plays off the charged atmosphere at the Syracuse game last fall...

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  11. Gopher Connor Relay for Life Fundraiser Set

    A few members of the Minnesota football office recently started a team for the Relay for Life in support of football player Connor Cosgrove, who is battling leukemia. They have named their team GOpher Connor and have organized a fundraiser from 4-7 p..

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  12. Gophers Player Capsule: WR Isaac Fruechte

    I'll be back at Ridder Arena tonight to see if the Gophers women's hockey team can extend its 44-game winning streak, as they play Ohio State in the semifinals of the WCHA Final Face-Off...

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  13. Cretin's Jashon Cornell Says It Appeals to Him to Be a Hometown Hero

    Jashon Cornell, a 6-foot-4 sophomore defensive end from St. Paul (MN) Cretin Derham Hall, is probably the top football player in the state in the Class of 2015...

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  14. Olson, Mottla, McDonald and Johnson to Miss Spring Practice

    Gophers coach Jerry Kill provided a few injury updates Sunday on his weekly radio appearance with Sid Hartman and Dave Mona on WCCO (hat tip to DL65 over at GopherHole...

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  15. Maturi Making Trip to China as a Teacher

    Former Gophers athletic director Joel Maturi is keeping busy these days. Besides his duties as a fundraiser and teaching classes at the University of Minnesota, Maturi will go to China ...

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  16. Cosgrove Recipient of the 2013 Courage Award

    The Minnesota Chapter of the National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame will honor outstanding individuals from the world of professional and amateur football in Minnesota at the Chapter's annual awards event on Sunday, April 28...

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  17. Vikings' Scott Studwell Says Ex-Gopher MarQueis Gray Could Be H-Back

    Vikings director of college scouting Scott Studwell, who watched ex-Gophers quarterback MarQueis Gray work out at Monday's pro day at the Bierman complex, said Gray had a decent showing...

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  18. Spring Breakout Player: Minnesota

    Spring practice is kicking off around the Big Ten, and we're taking a look at one potential breakout player for each team...

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  19. Former Gophers Great Bob Stein Listed on CFB Hall of Fame Ballot

    Bob Stein, an All-American defensive end for the Gophers in 1967, is one of 77 former FBS-level players on this year’s College Football Hall of Fame ballot...

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  20. Ex-Defensive Coordinator Kevin Cosgrove's Claim Dismissed

    Former Gophers defensive coordinator Kevin Cosgrove's claim against the University of Minnesota for further payment on his salary following coach Tim Brewster's midseason firing in 2010 was dismissed in the Minnesota Court of Appeals on Monday, March 4...

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  21. Gray's Ankle Still Recovering at Pro Day

    Former Gophers quarterback MarQueis Gray is trying to impress teams ahead of next month’s NFL Draft, but he acknowledged Monday that he’s still recovering from a left-ankle injury...

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  22. Gophers Participate in Pro Day

    The Minnesota football team held its pro day this morning at the Gibson-Nagurski Football Complex. Representatives from 13 NFL teams were in the Twin Cities to watch the former Gophers workout...

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  23. Report: Florida State Hires Tim Brewster as Tight Ends Coach

    Florida State has reportedly completed its 2013 coaching staff, hiring Tim Brewster from Mississippi State to serve as the Seminoles' tight ends coach. Warchant...

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  24. Raise Should Lift Jerry Kill's Salary Out of Big Ten Cellar

    Jerry Kill won't be the lowest paid football coach in the Big Ten Conference for much longer, Gophers athletics director Norwood Teague said during a news conference Thursday, Feb. 28...

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  25. Spring QB Battles: Minnesota

    Spring (practice) is in the air, and so we're taking a closer look at the quarterback battles looming for several Big Ten teams. They're guaranteed to get plenty of attention from fans during the 15 spring practice sessions and throughout the summer...

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