Eastern Kentucky brought the snow to Minneapolis on Saturday, and because of an ice-cold start by the Minnesota menâÄôs basketball team, the Colonels brought a scare to Williams Arena for much...
PHILADELPHIA âÄî Tubby Smith can now claim that his No. 22 Gophers can win a tough game on the road against a team that, while young and untested, kept clawing back. St. JosephâÄôs cut...
Joel Maturi doesnâÄôt sleep very much.
The Minnesota athletics director of eight-plus years asserts that his REM cycle conundrum has nothing to do with a recent 51-day search to find the next Gophers...
Devoe Joseph hasnâÄôt played a game away from Williams Arena since Xavier knocked the Gophers out of the NCAA Tournament on a neutral court in Milwaukee. Sure, he joined the team in Vancouver in...
The next Minnesota football coach will not be the richest headman in the Big Ten, but he stands to make a killing if the Gophers are competitive on the field and in the classroom.
Over the weekend, Jerry...
Jerry Kill will be the next Minnesota head football coach, the athletics department announced Sunday night.
Kill, who signed a five-year contract, has been the head coach at Northern Illinois since 2008,...
It would be too obvious to point out that Jerry Kill, MinnesotaâÄôs 27th football coach, shares few similarities with Tim Brewster.
On first glance, Kill is simply smaller and less intimidating...
The search for Minnesota's next football coach is soon coming to an end, according to a source close to the team.
"Standby for this weekend or early next week," the source said via text message.
Zach Johnson...
Tubby Smith was thrilled that the Minnesota menâÄôs basketball team had 44 free-throw attempts Saturday night because it meant the Gophers were feeding the post and playing aggressive.
He didnâÄôt...
Being head coach of the Miami Hurricanes was Randy Shannon's dream job. He was born in Miami, played for the Hurricanes and only lived outside Miami when he played two seasons for the Dallas Cowboys.
After...
The problem: Virginia gave the No. 15 Minnesota menâÄôs basketball team a harsh dose of reality, beating the Gophers, 87-79, while exploiting glaring defensive problems that exist when the Gophers...
What was an implausible celebration Saturday quickly became a harsh reality for at least 26 people connected to MinnesotaâÄôs football program.
The 15 seniors played the final game of their careers...
Troy StoudermireâÄôs performance Saturday perfectly represented the Minnesota defenseâÄôs body of work this season: Start poorly, finish strong and end on the highest note. Iowa successfully...
The main goal of the Big Ten/Atlantic Coast Conference Challenge has always been to see which conference reigns supreme.
Generally, that means the Minnesota menâÄôs basketball team draws a middle-of-the-road...
The No. 15 Minnesota menâÄôs basketball team will have to battle through some adversity in the coming weeks if it hopes to keep its record unblemished.
Starting point guard Al Nolen could miss...
Since reports about athletic director Joel Maturi possibly meeting with San Diego State football coach Brady Hoke surfaced earlier this week, both sides have confirmed what sounds like an informational...
For Blake Hoffarber, it was just one of those nights.
MinnesotaâÄôs senior guard hit from short, medium and long and finished the game with 24 points, including 15 in the first half, as the No....
Two seasons ago the Minnesota menâÄôs basketball team sat at 5-0 with an in-season tournament âÄî the NABC Classic âÄî title already in hand before cruising to 90-76 victory over...
The last time MinnesotaâÄôs football team won a coveted trophy game was Nov. 18, 2006, in a 34-24 victory over Iowa that capped a three-game winning streak and made the Gophers bowl eligible in...
After winning three games en route to a Puerto Rico Tip-Off title, the undefeated Minnesota men's basketball team (5-0) has the respect of the media.
The Associated Press released its updated college basketball...
By firing head coach Brad Childress on Monday, the Minnesota Vikings proved what everyone shouldâÄôve already known.
TheyâÄôre the Gophers of the National Football League.
The Vikings have...
Opening the season with a difficult nonconference schedule, the Minnesota menâÄôs basketball team had a chance to make an early statement. By beating No. 8 North Carolina 72-67 on Friday then upending...
If there was any doubt, it's now pretty clear: look out for Tubby Smith's squad in early season tournaments.
The Minnesota menâÄôs basketball team upset No. 8 North Carolina on Friday in the Puerto...
After starting the 2010-11 season with two lackluster wins, the Minnesota men's basketball team finally used its size to dominate a smaller opponent, beating Western Kentucky 95-77 in the first round of...
The timing of the Puerto Rico Tip-Off couldnâÄôt be better for the Minnesota menâÄôs basketball team. The Gophers open the eight-team tournament in San Juan against Western Kentucky, a...
Normally a plane delay is aggravating, but MinnesotaâÄôs interim football coach Jeff Horton didnâÄôt mind sitting around with his team for three hours after beating Illinois in Champaign,...
Before the 2010-11 season began, Minnesota menâÄôs basketball coach Tubby Smith said he hoped his team could handle a schedule that started with two games against teams that made the NCAA tournament...
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. âÄì After nine consecutive losses, the Minnesota football team just wanted to have fun on Saturday against Illinois. Interim head coach Jeff Horton told the Gophers on Friday night...
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. âÄì To Adam Weber, something special happened to the Minnesota football team this week. The senior quarterback said it had something to do with interim head coach Jeff HortonâÄôs...
The Minnesota men's basketball team officially signed two of the nation's top 100 guards to the 2011-12 recruiting class Wednesday, according to a press release.
Joe Coleman from Hopkins and Andre Hollins...
Anyone who has ever golfed understands the Minnesota football teamâÄôs struggles with kicking this season, interim head coach Jeff Horton said Tuesday.
In practice, punter Dan Orseske and kicker...
When Jeff Horton took over as interim head coach of the Minnesota football team Oct. 17, his e-mail inbox became flooded with requests to move MarQueis Gray back from wide receiver to quarterback. Three...
If Minnesota menâÄôs basketball guard Blake Hoffarber wanted to prove heâÄôs honed his offensive skills other than the three-point shot, his performance in the Gophers first exhibition...
The Minnesota football team needed just four plays to reach the red zone on the first drive during SaturdayâÄôs game against No. 16 Michigan State.
After three plays moving backward or for no gain,...
The already ailing Minnesota football team (1-8, 0-5 Big Ten) will play shorthanded in what could be the GophersâÄô most difficult game of the season at No. 16 Michigan State on Saturday.
Junior...
Nobody âÄî fans, players or coaches âÄî wanted this to be the fate of the 2010 Minnesota football team.
It was never going to be easy to replace the connection between quarterback Adam...
In its exhibition opener, the Minnesota menâÄôs basketball team looked ready to start the regular season, even if its opponent Tuesday night didnâÄôt have anyone taller than 6-foot-7.
Behind...
The 2010-11 Minnesota menâÄôs basketball season hasnâÄôt even started, but point guard Al Nolen has something to prove.
The senior captain missed the final 17 games last season due to academic...
Entering SaturdayâÄôs game, Ohio State junior running back Dan âÄúBoomâÄù Herron had never reached 100 rushing yards in a game. He had eclipsed 90 yards five times and reached a...
Ohio State coach Jim Tressel said Tuesday heâÄôs been seeing MinnesotaâÄôs senior quarterback Adam Weber in his sleep this week.
If thatâÄôs the case, the No. 10 BuckeyesâÄô...
Regardless of whoâÄôs coaching, everyone on the Gophers football team knows itâÄôs difficult to win games with self-inflicted wounds. But like the six weeks before, that understanding wasnâÄôt...
The Minnesota football team hasnâÄôt won since Sept. 2, so the players should have felt more urgency than ever before to take down Penn State and win the GovernorâÄôs Victory Bell on Saturday,...
Since the Pohlad family's $2 million May donation brought fundraising up to about $3.5 million, the total has steadily increased to about $4 million, according to booster Bob McNamara.
The athletics...
Jeff Horton is in a strange position.
After just seven games as the Minnesota co-offensive coordinator, heâÄôs been cast as interim head coach in place of Tim Brewster, who was fired Sunday.
The...
Former Texas Tech coach Mike Leach addressed the vacant head coaching position at Minnesota just a day after athletics director Joel Maturi fired Tim Brewster Sunday.
The winningest coach in Red Raiders...
The search for Tim BrewsterâÄôs replacement is on, and since Minnesota is the first Football Bowl Subdivision program to fire its head coach this season, the options are plentiful.
Athletics director...
Just eight days after seeing his record in trophy games fall to 0-10 at the hands of Wisconsin, MinnesotaâÄôs fourth-year head football coach Tim Brewster received the ax.
But it wasnâÄôt...
It picked up during the Minnesota football teamâÄôs embarrassing loss to South Dakota.
âÄúFire Brewster,âÄù roared the student section âÄî and others âÄî during...
According to a story from ESPN's Twin Cities radio network, Gophers head football coach Tim Brewster will be coaching with his job on the line Saturday at Purdue.
Team spokesman Andy Seeley would not confirm...
Troy Stoudermire needs just 45 yards to break the Big Ten record for kickoff return yards held by former Michigan State star Derrick Mason.
The junior averages about 25 yards per return, so unless the...
CBSSports.com released its Week 7 college football power rankings, and it requires a decent amount of scrolling down the page to find Minnesota.
The Gophers (1-5, 0-2 Big Ten) rank 114th of the 120 Football...
MADISON, Wisc. âÄî Entering the third quarter against No. 20 Wisconsin on Saturday, the momentum was all on the Minnesota sideline.
The Gophers had scored the final nine points of the half, held...
MADISON, Wisc. âÄî If losing a seventh straight border battle to No. 20 Wisconsin wasnâÄôt bad enough for Minnesota, watching Badgers coach Bret Bielema try a two-point conversion when...
Gophers senior safety Kim Royston hasnâÄôt played a game at Camp Randall Stadium since Nov. 10, 2007 when Wisconsin trounced No. 13 Michigan, 37-21. Royston wore a cardinal and white jersey that...
An opportunity for salvation.
ThatâÄôs how a number of the Minnesota football players view SaturdayâÄôs game at No. 20 Wisconsin, the 120th edition of the longest running rivalry in college...
Northwestern did everything it could to give SaturdayâÄôs game away in the first three quarters. Even after stealing a 29-28 win at Minnesota, coach Pat Fitzgerald said he needs a haircut to remove...
Junior Troy Stoudermire rejoined the Minnesota football team this week after being reinstated for a âÄúself-inflictedâÄù suspension that coach Tim Brewster said was âÄúconduct detrimental...
Less than week after announcing Troy Stoudermire's indefinite suspension, Minnesota football coach Tim Brewster reinstated the junior wide receiver Tuesday. "He will be back with our team, and thatâÄôs...
About a week after announcing Troy Stoudermire's indefinite suspension, Minnesota football coach Tim Brewster said the junior wide receiver has been reinstated.
"He will be back with our team, and...
When Northern Illinois took a 20-13 lead into the second half, the chants were as loud as theyâÄôve ever been at TCF Bank Stadium. âÄúFire Brewster,âÄù bellowed much of the student...
The last time the Gophers lost three games in a row was in 2007, when they dropped their final five and had to wait eight months to end the drought. The season before saw the Gophers lose their final 10...
Minnesota football coach Tim Brewster gave little explanation as to what junior wide receiver Troy Stoudermire did to be indefinitely suspended for âÄúconduct detrimental to the team, saying only,...
The GophersâÄô secondary played substantially better with the return of senior safety Kyle Theret against Southern California last Saturday, but the group remains hobbled by Kim RoystonâÄôs...
Junior running back Duane Bennett saw little playing time in the Gophers 32-21 loss to then-No. 18 Southern California because he was not 100 percent, coach Tim Brewster said Sunday.
Bennett averaged 145.5...
Minnesota (1-1) is set to host No. 18 South California at TCF Bank Stadium. Kickoff is set for 2:30 p.m. Check back for live updates throughout the game. All Twitter fans can follow the action @mndailysports...
The most-hyped game in recent Minnesota football history is finally upon us as the Gophers host No. 18 Southern California at 2:30 p.m.
Minnesota coach Tim Brewster promised to add top-notch...
At the 7:15 mark in the first quarter Saturday, No. 18 Southern California trailed for the first time since first-year head coach Lane Kiffin took over. Kiffin wasnâÄôt worried about the 7-0 deficit...
Gophers wide receiver Connor Cosgrove has been diagnosed with an acute form of leukemia, coach Tim Brewster said after WednesdayâÄôs practice. Cosgrove, 19, is a redshirt freshman who walked on...
The pain was instant. The swelling soon followed. The film might be locked away. All memories of the Minnesota football teamâÄôs loss to South Dakota may be pushed deep down. But the Coyotes collectively...
Tackling The GophersâÄô defensive line and linebackers struggled to perform this most-basic football skill in SaturdayâÄôs 41-38 loss to South Dakota. âÄúTackling is tackling,âÄù...
It was a classic trap game. Minnesota was a Big Ten program playing in its shiny second-year stadium, a 30-point favorite against South Dakota, a team that couldnâÄôt manage a winning record last...
Jon Hoese's status for the upcoming Gophers game is again uncertain this week and understandably so.
His father Terry, 53, died Monday night after being in critical condition following an Aug. 26 stroke.
With...
Moving into a new house is often one of the more exhilarating moments in peopleâÄôs lives, but many questions arise during the early stages of the change. Most importantly, often, is how long itâÄôll...
It took until his junior season, but Duane Bennett finally looks like the star running back the Gophers have lacked the past few seasons. He was the definition of a work horse Thursday, running 30 times...
And the score is final: Gophers 24, MTSU 17. Gophers played fairly well on the whole, but special teams and the passing game certainly need work before Big Ten play begins. Duane Bennett had a MONSTER...
Unfortunately, I missed the second half of the third round of the NFL Draft Friday night. I had to leave midway through to see the Caleb Truax fight, but I was quickly alerted when the Denver Broncos took...
When sports fans donâÄôt have a vested interest in a sporting event, they often look for any reason to cheer for one side or the other. The explanation can be as simple as rooting for David to...
Look, itâÄôs a foregone conclusion that if the Division I MenâÄôs Basketball Committee wants to expand the Big Dance to 96 teams, then itâÄôs going to happen. And since it appears...
For anyone who follows hockey, the apparent fall of the Minnesota menâÄôs team became all too real this year. The end of the 2009-10 season saw the Gophers miss a second-straight NCAA tournament....
The Gophers football team will open spring practice Tuesday with many unanswered questions for the 2010 season. MinnesotaâÄôs tough schedule next fall includes a Sept. 18 matchup with Southern...
The term âÄúMarch MadnessâÄù is thrown around so loosely that it has almost lost its meaning. But with Selection Sunday coming up this weekend, I find it difficult to describe the NCAA...
I truly feel for Tubby Smith . With the Gophers menâÄôs basketball teamâÄôs devastating loss to Northwestern on Sunday, the third-year head coachâÄôs streak of 20-win seasons is...
Despite compiling a 14-24 record in his first three seasons with the Gophers, Tim Brewster signed a two-year extension last week to remain MinnesotaâÄôs head football coach until 2013. Though some...
Jan. 9 at Williams Arena: Minnesota 73, Ohio State 62. Jan. 31 in Columbus, Ohio: Ohio State 85, Minnesota 63. Although these games could just signify the importance of home-court advantage in the Big...
As someone who has not lived in Minnesota my entire life, I feel I can offer a relatively objective opinion on the state of Minneapolis-based Minnesota teams. I hate to bring up the Vikings so soon after...
Two road conference duals offered Minnesota a chance to start the Big Ten season by making a statement. Yet the wins over Michigan State on Friday and Michigan on Saturday were two very different statements....
Adam WeberâÄôs tough career as MinnesotaâÄôs quarterback may soon become even more complicated. Should current Gophers offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach Jedd Fisch accept a job...
The Minnesota menâÄôs basketball team had a golden opportunity to climb the rankings this weekend after a win over then-No. 12 Butler in the 76 Classic on Thursday. But the next two games shed...
After two open meets, the Gophers started their dual-meet season in dominant fashion with a 31-9 victory over Cal State Bakersfield. The contest did not start how No. 4 Minnesota had hoped, with the Roadrunners...
After two open meets, the Gophers wrestling team started its dual-meet season in dominant fashion with a 31-9 victory over Cal State-Bakersfield. The contest did not start how No. 4 Minnesota had hoped,...
