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Huskers vs. Gophers: Know Thy Enemy
Regardless of how bad things look for Minnesota, there's still a game to be played. The main concern for Husker fans will be that the team plays down to their opponent, but the reality of the situation is even that isn't very likely this year against the Golden Gophers. The guys from the SB Nation...
Corn Flakes Is Wondering - Are Gopher Fans Insane?
It is a quiet week. Let's face it, there isn't a whole lot of interest in Nebraska playing Minnesota - and I'm saying that full well knowing that the game is on ABC this weekend. So, I've search out a bunch of links that are all over the board, and the only commonality I can find is that Minnesota...
Basketball Development Center Update With Renderings
A constant topic among University of Minnesota basketball fans in recent weeks (and really ever since Tubby Smith arrived) is the University's efforts to keep up with the Jonses and build a basketball development center for the men's and women's basketball programs. Both Coach Smith and Pam Borton...
Jerry Kill Will Be Minnesota's Next Coach
Rivals is reporting confirmation that Northern Illinois' Jerry Kill will be the next coach of the Golden Gophers. Joe Schad of ESPN is reporting the same on his Twitter feed. And the STrib is confirming as well. It's real. Use the thread below to say nice things about Joel Maturi and his coaching...
Plenty of Blame to go Around in White Saga
Let's start with a hearty round of applause for City Attorney Susan Segal (Senator Amy Klobuchar's former deputy) for changing a young man's life because he, like millions of other students every year on every college campus around the country, entered another student's dorm room. You see,...
Lucia Gets Support from AD
With speculation running rampant after a third straight disappointing season, Minnesota athletic director Joel Maturi said Don Lucia will be Minnesota's coach next year, if he chooses to do so. You have to wonder if the same will be true for Lucia's two assistant coaches, neither of which are all...
Golden Nugz for 5.26.09
As GN noted below, the Gophers drew Baylor in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. Here's what UofM communication folks put out about the postseason berth. This NCAA Tournament bid is the 29th for Minnesota, which is the most among any program in the Big Ten. It is also the 16th appearance...
"We're Committed to Him"
That's what AD Joel Maturi said about Coach Tubby Smith as the latest rumors circulated about the Minnesota coach looking at other offers. I'll leave the rest of the rumors to other sites, but I'd like to concentrate on what Maturi's statement actually means. With the hiring of Tubby Smith, Maturi...
Figuring Out the Field
Well, now that all of the games have been played and plugged into the computer, the field of 16 should look like this according to the PWR: 1. Boston University(Automatic Qualifier) 2. Notre Dame(Automatic Qualifier) 3. Denver 4. Michigan 5. Yale(Automatic Qualifier) 6. Northeastern 7....
Golden Nuggets for 2.9.09
I don't pretend to know much of anything about hockey, so it's hard for me to cover it here. But I do follow the team, and very much get into playoff hockey. And it's hard not to note that Don Lucia's Gophers are struggling. Gopher Puck Live's headline says it all: "Another Day, Another Loss." And...
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