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Coach Fleck on ESPN's Coaches Film Room Broadcast of National Championship Game

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Want to get to know Coach Fleck a little? Hear his thoughts on football things? Watch the National Championship game's broadcast of the Coaches Film Room.

Gophers are going to San Diego for the Holiday Bowl per Brett McMurphy!

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It's official. The Holiday bowl has taken the Gophers, where they will face off against Washington State. Make of that what you will, but San Diego in Late December is a pretty pleasant place to be. Matchup is going to be pretty rough, but here's hoping the Gophers can get win number 9!

Tai'Yon Devers ruled out for Penn State game

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It looks like we won't be seeing any highlight reel hits on Saturday afternoon. Devers is out with a left ankle injury. How will this affect the Gophers' defense against Penn State?

STrib: Mike Sherels Details Life-Threatening Struggle

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This is a must-read.

We've known for a few weeks now that Gopher linebackers coach Mike Sherels was hospitalized for several unexpected surgeries during preseason camp and that he would be sidelined for quite a while. Details were kept private at the request of the Sherels family. Well, now Mike and his wife Emily have detailed his harrowing experience to Chip Scoggins, and his story is both heart-wrenching and inspiring. What an ordeal. But it's a true testament to his strength and character that he is even alive, let alone observing pre-game warm-ups last Thursday night.

If you weren't a huge Mike Sherels fan before, prepare to be one now. Because he is one Gopher that you'll have no trouble rooting for.

Gopher Twitter Unveils New Hype Video

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With one month standing between us and the return of college football, the Gopher Football Twitter account has unveiled a new hype video that makes it clear we're in for a painstaking wait, and that the only people more excited for Sep. 1 at TCF Bank Stadium than Gopher fans are the men who've spent all offseason preparing.

So go watch the video a couple times and try not get too hyped up. After all, we're a month out.

At Least Two Gopher Football Schedule Posters Revealed

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On the second day of the Big Ten Media Days, the 14 coaches (13 this year with Mike Reilly and Nebraska staying home to mourn Sam Foltz) all sit in a big ballroom and fans who have bought a ticket to the coaches luncheon get to wander around, get autographs and make small talk. Most of the teams bring promotional items to be signed by the coaches and for fans to bring home with them. It appears that the Gophers brought at least two versions of their 2016 schedule poster.

The first version shows a [pair of Gopher gloves coming together to show off the block M. The second shows a great nighttime shot of TCF Bank Stadium with a quote from Tracy Claeys. Both pretty sharp.

The Gophers had seven different posters last season to go with the seven different ticket designs. I would bet this they may have cut that back to just these two this season, but only time will tell. As always I'm sure these posters will be available from the football offices in the Bierman Complex and of course at the State Fair, which amazingly begins just four weeks from Thursday.

The Gopher Gnomes already know the Food Bracket winner...

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This is too late to count you say?

They didn't bother picking any other venues?

The Gnomes laugh at your "rules" and suggest you heed the wisdom of their selection.

Oh, and they want to remind you to vote for favorite St. Paul venues if you haven't already.

Indiana State Game Time Changed to 11AM

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To 'avoid a conflict with another major event...that evening." I wonder what is planned that would divert a football game?

Mitch Leidner Named to Maxwell Award Watch List

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All aboard as the Mitch Leidner hype train passes through yet another station en route to the start of next season, as this morning the Gophers' starting quarterback was named to the Maxwell Award Watch List. The award is presented annually to the best college football player in the United States, according to a panel of sportscasters, sports writers, and head coaches.

"Maxwell Award winner Mitch Leidner" has a nice ring to it, no? We're lovin' it on Leidner Island.

Goldy Has Had Enough of the StribSports Twitter Account

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The @Stribsports twitter account has a bit of a love/hate relationship with the Gophers depending on which sports writer/editor/intern is running it on any given day. There have been a few incidents of them making fun of Minnesota or indirectly ripping the Gophers program. This morning, Goldy decided that it had gone too far.

The account was talking about the new North Dakota logo revealed Wednesday, which is a whole different postworthy topic in itself, and North Dakota fans were complaining that the "hawk" on the logo does not look "fierce enough". When a fan asked if blood dripping from its beak would be better, the reply back from the twitter fee was, "Maybe carrying @GoldytheGopher or @buckyBadger into the sunset in his talons? #mascot2point0"

Goldy did not take lightly to this and the rest of his tweet shows him blocking the @Stribsports account.

Yes, its probably in jest, but Goldy is only doing what many Gopher fans either have wanted, or have already done I'm sure.