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Gophers' Peter Mortell declares himself 'Holder of the Year'

By Michael Rand

December 2, 2015 at 10:53PM

Gophers punter/holder Peter Mortell is a redshirt senior awaiting the possibility that his 5-7 team will play in a bowl game. In other words, he can pretty much do what he wants on Twitter. And he is:

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Michael Rand

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Michael Rand is the Minnesota Star Tribune's Digital Sports Senior Writer and host/creator of the Daily Delivery podcast. In 25 years covering Minnesota sports at the Minnesota Star Tribune, he has seen just about everything (except, of course, a Vikings Super Bowl).

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