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Gopher Women Set for Home and Home vs Minnesota State

The #2 ranked Minnesota Golden Gophers women’s hockey team will face Minnesota State in a home and home series this weekend. The teams will face off Friday night at Ridder Arena in Minneapolis before heading down Highway 169 for a tilt Saturday afternoon at the Mayo Clinic HSEC in Mankato. Minnesota will look to build […]

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4 months ago | 2 reads

Minnesota Football vs. Northwestern: Staff Predictions

The Minnesota Golden Gophers (6-4) make their final road trip of the regular season, paying a visit to the Windy City to take on the Northwestern Wildcats (5-5) at 11 a.m. CST on Saturday, Nov. 22, at Wrigley Field. This Week’s Thoughts: GopherNation: I was going to go with a low-scoring, ugly game, but I’m […]

4 months ago | 7 reads

Gophers Make Final Regular Season Road Trip to East Coast

The #19 ranked Minnesota Golden Gophers volleyball team closes out the road portion of their regular season schedule this weekend when they head to the East Coast for a pair of matches at Maryland and Rutgers. Both the Terrapins and Scarlet Knights have been overmatched in the Big Ten this season with Maryland entering Friday’s […]

4 months ago | 4 reads

Minnesota Golden Gophers in the NFL: Week 11

Week 11 saw even more injuries hit as Tyler Nubin and Rashod Bateman both missed time. Blake Cashman had an insane game but couldn’t help the Vikings to a win, and Danny Striggow had the best game of his young NFL career for Jacksonville. Here is a full recap of how all the former Gophers […]

4 months ago | 3 reads

Big Ten Football Power Poll: Week 12

We had a lot of big spreads last week and got a lot of big results. The game of the week was USC hanging on to knock out Iowa from anything exciting postseason wise. Michigan also got a huge boost with their walk-off in Wrigley. Print the shirts now. This week USC and Oregon have […]

4 months ago | 4 reads

Gophers escape disaster, slip by Chicago State 66-54

One game after going to overtime with the lowly Green Bay Gottliebs the Gophers found themselves in an unexpected rock fight with the perennially lowly Chicago State Cougars on Tuesday night. After racing out to a 22-8 lead to begin the game, it looked like Minnesota would get back to cruising over 300+ KenPom teams […]

4 months ago | 1 read

Gopher Women Face First Road Test Against Kansas

The Minnesota Golden Gophers women’s basketball team has looked invincible so far this season en route to starting with a 4-0 record. Minnesota has knocked off a trio of weak smaller conference opponents, and dominated a Marquette team that was predicted to finish second in the Big East. But all four of those games were […]

4 months ago | 2 reads

3 Keys to beating Chicago State and how to watch

The Barn 7:00 B1G+ Chicago State Minnesota Golden GophersRecord: 3-1KenPom Rank: 91 Chicago State CougarsRecord: 0-4KenPom Rank: 351 The Gophers started the season with five very strong halves of basketball and it has been kind of ugly for the last three. Can they put it back together to take down the Cougars? KEYS TO A […]

4 months ago | 1 read

Minnesota Football: RoWINg to Northwestern – Opponent Preview

The Minnesota Golden Gophers (6-4) make their final road trip of the regular season, paying a visit to the Windy City to take on the Northwestern Wildcats (5-5) at 11 a.m. CST on Saturday, Nov. 22, at Wrigley Field. Can Northwestern score on offense? There is nothing that the Wildcats do exceptionally well on the […]

4 months ago | 2 reads

The Monday Perspective wonders if we are ready for the final two games

We are down to the final two weeks of the season and it is time to see if this 2025 team is ready to finish the season strong. Three scenarios exist for these final two games and how they finish will absolutely define this season. The final scenario means a dramatically different feeling about the […]

4 months ago | 0 reads

Minnesota Football: Bowl projections after Week 12

A 42-13 loss to the No. 8-ranked Oregon Ducks on Friday did nothing to help the Minnesota Golden Gophers’ (6-4) bowl game prospects. But with two winnable games on tap for the final two weeks of the regular season, the Gophers have an opportunity to bolster their bowl standing. For now, here are the latest […]

4 months ago | 1 read

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

The Minnesota Golden Gophers (6-4) had safe flights to and from Oregon this week and played a game in between, dropping a minor 42-13 setback to the No. 8-ranked Oregon Ducks (9-1) on Friday night. The Elite Minnesota scored a touchdown on the road. Dating back to the fourth quarter against Cal, the Gophers had […]

4 months ago | 0 reads

3 Keys to a Gopher win over Green Bay and how to watch

The Barn 8:00 BTN Green Bay Minnesota Golden GophersRecord: 2-1KenPom Rank: 76 Green Bay PhoenixRecord: 1-3KenPom Rank: 343 Former radio host, Doug Gottlieb, is the head coach of the Phoenix and his team continues to struggle. The Phoenix are 1-3 with their only win coming over Ripon, a small D3 school in Wisconsin. KEYS TO […]

4 months ago | 3 reads

#8 Oregon overwhelms Minnesota 42-13 in Eugene

The high-powered offense of Oregon overwhelmed Minnesota, racking up 510 yards and cruising to a 42-13 win. Dante Moore was nearly perfect for the Ducks, completing 27 of 30 passes for 306 yards and two touchdowns. Despite being the expected result, this was another frustrating performance for Minnesota as they appeared to be unprepared for […]

4 months ago | 1 read

3 Keys to Minnesota beating Oregon and how to watch

Another Friday Night game for Minnesota, this time against the #8 team in the country. How to WatchTV: FoxTime: 8:00Stream: FoxSports.com The Ducks are extremely talented and their athletic superiority should be evident KEYS TO A GOPHER WIN Say your prayers – I’m not going to pretend like this is a game we can win […]

4 months ago | 1 read

Minnesota Gophers Weekend Previews and How to Watch

It’s a busy weekend for the Minnesota Golden Gophers with tons of action from multiple sports including several home games with cheap tickets to get in the building. If you ever wanted to check out a Gopher sporting event in person this weekend would be a great chance with home games starting at Noon and […]

4 months ago | 1 read

Minnesota Football vs. Oregon: Staff Predictions

Coming off their final bye week of the season, the Minnesota Golden Gophers (6-3) hit the road for a daunting visit to Autzen Stadium to face the No. 8-ranked Oregon Ducks (8-1) at 8 p.m. CST on Friday, Nov. 14. This Week’s Thoughts: gopherguy05: This one won’t be close. Our road woes, plus a significantly more […]

4 months ago | 1 read

Gophers Ink Several Recruits on National Signing Day

Wednesday was National Signing Day for all of the Minnesota Golden Gophers sports with the exception of football. Several Gophers teams inked their full recruiting classes for the 2026-27 seasons on Wednesday, while others will be spread out over the next few days, weeks and even months. As always recruits can get added to classes […]

4 months ago | 2 reads

Minnesota Golden Gophers in the NFL: Week 10

Week 10 had the injury bug hit the former Gophers again as they had several players not playing after getting banged up. A great game for Jack Gibbens helping the Patriots to a huge win over Tampa Bay. Here is how all the former Gophers did in Week 10. Baltimore Ravens Wek 10 @ Minnesota […]

4 months ago | 4 reads

3 keys to beat Missouri and how to watch

MIZZOU Arena 7:00 PM SEC/ESPN+ Missouri Minnesota Golden GophersRecord: 2-0KenPom Rank: 64 Missouri TigersRecord: 3-0KenPom Rank: 37 The Gophers step up their competition tonight, taking on a tough team from the SEC. The Missouri Tigers hold a KenPom ranking of 37th, which is very good. Nationally, that would put them right around a 6 or […]

4 months ago | 1 read