OPEN THREAD: Gopher hoops against San Francisco in Sioux Falls
A semi-home game for the Gophers against the Dons. Hopefully, this can erase some of the sting from the football game.
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Minnesota loses to Northwestern 38-35
Minnesota lost to Northwestern at Wrigley Field 38-35. The Gophers drop to 6-5 on the season and 4-4 in Big Ten play. The first quarter was a textbook Minnesota first quarter. The offense did nothing and the defense gave up two scores. There was a bit of life at the end of the first when […]
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Minnesota and the Cubs are tied 28-28 at the end of the Third
The Highs and Lows After a three and out to start the quarter, the Gophers were given the gift of a muffed punt. Taking over at Northwestern’s 28, Minnesota immediately scored a touchdown on a play action pass from Drake Lindsey to Javon Tracy. It was Tracy’s third touchdown reception of the day. Northwestern responded […]
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Minnesota leads the Cubs 21-13 at the Half.
A much better second quarter at Wrigley. Koi Perich flew through a perfect tunnel block for a 95 yard return to set up first and goal at the end of the first quarter. The Gophers punched it in on a nice counter pitch to Darius Taylor to start the second. The defense continued a maddening […]
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3 Keys to beating San Francisco and how to watch
Sioux Falls 4:30 Peacock San Francisco Minnesota Golden GophersRecord: 4-1KenPom Rank: 94 San Francisco DonsRecord: 4-1KenPom Rank: 82 Now begins a portion of the schedule that is very interesting as the Gophers have three games in a row against similarly talented opponents. It starts with the Dons in Sioux Falls. KEYS TO A GOPHER WIN […]
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Minnesota stays in first quarter form by being down two possessions at the end of the First Quarter
Is having more penalty yards than offense good?
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Minnesota takes on the Cubs at Wrigley: Game Thread
We’re in a baseball stadium. Can Minnesota put up more points than a baseball team? Will they be as disappointing as the Twins ownership? Come find out together.
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3 Keys to beat Northwestern and how to watch
The Gophers get to play Northwestern at Wrigley Field. This should be a fun environment and hopefully a large number of Minnesota fans have made the trip. But can Minnesota get their first road win of the season? How to WatchTV: BTNTime: 11:00Stream: FoxSports.com Two teams that need this win. Northwestern needs one more win […]
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Gophers Host #5 Penn State to Close Out Home 2025 Slate
The Minnesota Golden Gophers men’s hockey team will play their final two home games of 2025 this weekend when the #5 ranked Penn State Nittany Lions come to 3M Arena at Mariucci. It will be Gophers fans first look at highly touted freshman forward Gavin McKenna for Penn State—but there is more than just him […]
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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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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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Starting today, comments and Feed posts on The Daily Gopher will have activity notifications
When you post on SB Nation, we don’t want you to miss all the conversations and responses that follow. So starting today, whenever a user replies to your comment or to your post on the Feed, you’ll see a notification at the top right corner of the page. And of course, this means that when […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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OPEN THREAD: Chicago State Cougars visiting the Gophers
Just get this win and let’s move on to more interesting opponents.
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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#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 […]
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