Gophers Leading the Way

by rencito on Dec 4, 2008 12:54 AM CST

According to Adam Rittenberg's blog over at the four letter, Minnesota leads the way in academic all conference football players with 26 (tied with Ohio State and Northwestern). Last place is Illinois with just 7. Here is the complete list:

Illinois: 7
Indiana: 22
Iowa: 16
Michigan: 9
Michigan State: 11
Minnesota: 26
Northwestern: 26
Ohio State: 26
Penn State: 16
Purdue: 14
Wisconsin: 12

Congrats Golden Gophers! Good to see the guys are hitting the books when they aren't on the field. It does everyone at the U good if we keep this standard up.

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Great news. Absolutely.

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by PJS on Dec 4, 2008 7:13 AM CST reply actions

it is impressive

especially considering we have been at or near the bottom of grad rates for several years. Here are the Gophers who made the team…

William Brody (Sr., Garfield Heights, Ohio)
D.J. Burris (So., Kenton, Ohio)
Ryan Collado (So., Cincinnati, Ohio)
Steve Davis (Sr., St. Louis, Mo.)
Eric Decker (Jr., Cold Spring, Minn.)
Deon Hightower (Sr., Arlington, Texas)
Jon Heose (So., Glencoe, Minn.)
Justin Kucek (Sr., Canfield, Ohio)
Ben Kuznia (Sr., Olivia, Minn.)
Mike Maciejowski (Sr., Columbus, Ohio)
Chris Mensen (Jr., Solon, Iowa)
Barrett Moen (Jr., Bloomington, Minn.)
Joel Monroe (Sr., Brooklyn Park, Minn.)
Steve Moore (Sr., Coon Rapids, Minn.)
Tony Mortensen (Grad. Student, Hutchinson, Minn.)
Damola Ogundipe (So., New Brighton, Minn.)
Derrick Onwuachi (Jr., Newhall, Calif.)
Ryan Ruckdashel (Apple Valley, Minn.)
Marcus Sherels (Jr., Rochester, Minn.)
Jack Simmons (Sr., Libertyville, Ill.)
Eric Small (Jr., Naperville, Ill.)
Matt Stommes (Jr., Richmond, Minn.)
Pat Sveum (So., Rochester, Minn.)
Kyle Theret (So., Murietta, Calif.)
Jeff Tow-Arnett (Jr., Redwood Falls, Minn.)
Adam Weber (So., Shoreview, Minn.).