OPEN THREAD: Sparty at the Bank to face the Gophers
Let’s remain undefeated at home.
4 months ago | 3 reads
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Minnesota Gophers Women’s Hockey Faces #1 Wisconsin in Border Battle in Madison
The #3 ranked Minnesota Golden Gophers women’s hockey team will complete it’s run through the top four ranked teams in the nation this weekend when they head to Madison to face the #1 ranked Wisconsin Badgers. The Gophers have faced off against #2 Ohio State, #4 Minnesota-Duluth, and now #1 Wisconsin in three consecutive weeks, […]
4 months ago | 1 read
Gopher Men and Women Both Finish 7th at Big Ten Cross-Country Championships
The 2025 Big Ten Cross-Country Championships took place Friday morning in East Lansing, Michigan. Both the Gopher men’s and women’s teams finished in 7th place in the overall standings. The 8 K men’s race was first up with the gun going off at 9:35 a.m. CT. Aiden Jones was the top men’s finisher coming in […]
4 months ago | 3 reads
Minnesota Football vs. Michigan State: Staff Predictions
The Minnesota Golden Gophers (5-3) return home with their tail between their legs but an opportunity to right the ship against the reeling Michigan State Spartans (3-5) at 2:30 p.m. CST on Saturday, Nov. 1. This Week’s Thoughts: gopherguy05: I feel a bounce-back game coming. I’d feel even better if the Gopher offensive line could block […]
4 months ago | 1 read
Gophers Head to Madison to Open Big Ten Schedule
The Minnesota Golden Gophers men’s hockey team will face an intense rival for the third weekend in a row as they head to Madison for a Thursday/ Saturday series against the #14 Wisconsin Badgers. The series is the Big Ten opener for both teams. Minnesota will look to try and get back on track after […]
4 months ago | 0 reads
3 Keys beating Michigan State and how to watch
Fortunately, the Gophers return home for a week. How to WatchTV: BTNTime: 2:30Stream: FoxSports.com I know that Michigan State is 0-5 in the Big Ten and the Gophers are undefeated at home this season. But the Spartans have played a fairly rigorous conference schedule facing four teams who have been ranked at one point this […]
4 months ago | 5 reads
Gophers Host Illini In Important B1G Volleyball Match
The #20 ranked Minnesota Golden Gophers volleyball team returns home to Maturi Pavilion on Wednesday night to hist the Illinois Fighting Illini. It’s a huge match between a pair of closely ranked opponents in both the conference and nationally. Minnesota is the higher ranked team nationally coming in at #20 in this week’s AVCA Poll, […]
4 months ago | 1 read
What has gone wrong with Gopher Basketball?
This is starting to feel a little too familiar. Gopher basketball is opening the season with a new coaching staff and in today’s college basketball landscape, that means we are essentially starting with a new roster. An offseason with a coaching change is nothing new for Gopher basketball. This program has not had sustained success […]
4 months ago | 3 reads
Minnesota Golden Gophers in the NFL: Week 8
The Gophers stars came out on Week 8. Antoine Winfeld had his best game of the season with an interception and a fumble recovery. Thyer Johnson scored a touchdown and led the Jets in receiving. Both Daniel Faalele and Aireonte Ersery had great games on the line for their teams. A proud week for the […]
4 months ago | 2 reads
Minnesota Football: RoWINg to Michigan State – Opponent Preview
The Minnesota Golden Gophers (5-3) return home with their tail between their legs but an opportunity to right the ship against the reeling Michigan State Spartans (3-5) at 2:30 p.m. CST on Saturday, Nov. 1. Can Michigan State score on offense? Second-year starting quarterback Aidan Chiles has not taken the step forward this year that […]
4 months ago | 2 reads
Big Ten Football Power Poll: Week 9
Indiana took it personally that UCLA was being called the hottest team in college football and put a stop to that immediately in Bloomington last Saturday. The Hoosiers are in great shape to finish 12-0. Wisconsin actually gave Oregon a game, and Iowa just demolished the Gophers to move up a bit. We get a […]
4 months ago | 2 reads
Box score nuggets from Gopher basketball’s exhibition schedule
Two exhibition games are in the books and Gopher hoops is 2-0 against our neighbors to the northwest. With a new coaching staff and the expected roster turnover, there is very little we know about this year’s squad. Having North Dakota State and North Dakoa in the books, here’s what we have gleaned by scouring […]
4 months ago | 0 reads
The Monday Perspective after the Iowa dumpster fire
Things don’t feel quite as bad a day or two after Saturday’s embarrassing loss. TMP doesn’t typically dwell on the past; we’re mostly ready to move on to Michigan State. But PJ Fleck is now 1-8 against Iowa and that is a trend we would like to see reversed. How does a loss like that […]
4 months ago | 8 reads
Minnesota Football vs. Iowa: The Elite, The Meh & The Ugly
There is nothing from this game that is worth taking the time to write about. Unacceptable. Inexcusable. Embarrassing. The worst performance of the P.J. Fleck era. Au revoir. Let it rip in the comments.
5 months ago | 1 read
Iowa wins 41-3
This game was over from the opening kickoff. The Iowa Hawkeyes showed up ready to play and completely overpowered Minnesota, winning 41-3. In the first half, Iowa scored a defensive touchdown, a special teams touchdown and the offense added 17 more to take a 31-0 lead into halftime. The second half was a formality. At […]
5 months ago | 4 reads
OPEN THREAD: Gophers in Iowa City, looking for Floyd
Bring Floyd home.
5 months ago | 2 reads
How to watch Minnesota at Iowa and 3 Keys to a Gopher win
Is this the biggest game of the year? I think so. How to WatchTV: CBSTime: 2:30Stream: CBSSports.com PJ Fleck managed to come out of Iowa City with win two years ago. Can he do it again? What makes me nervous were his comments after that win in 2023, which were something to the effect that […]
5 months ago | 2 reads
Gophers Host Minnesota-Duluth in Ranked In-state Rivalry
The Minnesota Golden Gophers men’s hockey team returns home for their second of three consecutive weekends of rivalry series when they host the Minnesota-Duluth Bulldogs at 3M Arena at Mariucci this weekend. Minnesota sees the Bulldogs filling the sandwich between their series at North Dakota last weekend, and the Big Ten opening series at Wisconsin […]
5 months ago | 3 reads
Minnesota Women Head to Duluth For A Top-5 Matchup
The #3 ranked Minnesota Golden Gophers Women’s Hockey Team will face their second of three consecutive Top-5 matchups when they head up I-35 to face the #4 ranked Minnesota-Duluth Bulldogs for a two game series. Minnesota will need to deal with the talented Bulldogs shorthanded on Friday as both Chloe Primerano and Gracie Graham will […]
5 months ago | 4 reads
Minnesota Football vs. Iowa: Staff Predictions
Hate Week is here as the Minnesota Golden Gophers (5-2) head to Iowa City to take on the Iowa Hawkeyes (5-2) in a battle for the Floyd of Rosedale at 2:30 p.m. CST on Saturday, Oct. 25. This Week’s Thoughts: gopherguy05: We are going full reverse jinx here. If it worked last week, then let’s make […]
5 months ago | 3 reads
Minnesota Volleyball Heads to Indiana for a Pair of Top 25 Matchups
The Minnesota Golden Gophers volleyball team heads to Indiana this weekend for a pair of games against ranked opponents. The #20 ranked Gophers will face #23 Indiana in Bloomington on Friday night before heading northwestward to face #11 Purdue on Sunday afternoon. It will be just the second and third ranked opponents that Minnesota has […]
5 months ago | 3 reads
Gophers Close Out 2025 Soccer Season on Sunday
The Minnesota Golden Gophers soccer team will close out the 2025 season with one final home game on Sunday when the Purdue Boilermakers come to town. A season after advancing to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament, the Gophers will not be one of the ten teams to qualify for the Big Ten tournament […]
5 months ago | 2 reads
Gopher WBB Senior Mallory Heyer Announces Intention to Transfer
Minnesota Golden Gophers basketball fans were surprised on Wednesday night when Gopher senior Mallory Heyer posted on social media that she intended to transfer from Minnesota due to “personal reasons” and will not play for the Gophers in the 2025-26 season. Heyer intends to graduate from Minnesota in December and will be a grad transfer […]
5 months ago | 3 reads
Minnesota Golden Gophers in the NFL: Week 7
Week 7 was a quiet week as several of the Gophers did not make a real impact. Tyler Johnson had his best game of the season for the Jets, and Blake Cashman returned from injury for the Vikings. This week will feature lots of byes, so it will be a more limited week. Hopefully the […]
5 months ago | 12 reads
Big Ten Football Power Poll: Week 8
It was pretty much proven this past week that the Big Ten had three great teams, about 12 ok teams, and three garbage teams. Teams ranked #4 and 5 last week go down, But do 6 and 7 really deserve to move up? I really don’t know. We will get a bit more sorting this […]
5 months ago | 5 reads
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