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Joe Christensen covered Major League Baseball for 15 years, including three seasons at the Baltimore Sun and eight at the Star Tribune, before switching to the college football beat. He’s a Faribault, Minn., native who graduated from the University of Minnesota in 1996. He covered Jim Wacker’s Gophers for the Minnesota Daily and also wrote about USC, UCLA and the Rose Bowl for the Riverside Press-Enterprise before getting this chance to cover football again.
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Gophers announce preseason practice schedule
Posted by: Michael Rand under Gophers preseason practice Updated: July 30, 2012 - 10:06 PM
The Gophers football program announced the team's preseason practice schedule Monday night. The first practice of preseason camp is Saturday. The first seven practices at the Gibson-Nagurski Complex and an ensuing scrimmage at TCF Bank Stadium are open to the public. Here are the times, dates and policies from a press release sent by the athletic department:
August 2, 12 p.m. – Pre-Camp News Conference, Gibson-Nagurski Team Room
August 4, 10:25 a.m. – Practice #1, Gibson-Nagurski Complex, Open to Public/Media
August 5, 10:25 a.m. – Practice #2, Gibson-Nagurski Complex, Open to Public/Media
August 6, 10:25 a.m. – Practice #3, Gibson-Nagurski Complex, Open to Public/Media
August 7, 10:25 a.m. – Practice #4, Gibson-Nagurski Complex, Open to Public/Media
August 8, 10:25 a.m. – Practice #5, Gibson-Nagurski Complex, Open to Public/Media
August 9, 9:10 a.m./4:40 p.m. – Practice #6/#7, Gibson-Nagurski Complex, Open to Public/Media
August 10, 10:25 a.m. – Practice #8 (Scrimmage), TCF Bank Stadium, Open to Public/Media
August 11, 9:10 a.m./4:40 p.m. – Practice #9/#10, Gibson-Nagurski Complex, First 20 Minutes Open to Media
August 12, No Practice
August 13, 9:10 a.m./4:40 p.m. – Practice #11/#12, Gibson-Nagurski Complex, First 20 Minutes Open to Media
August 14, 10:25 a.m. – Practice #13, Gibson-Nagurski Complex, First 20 Minutes Open to Media
August 15, 9:10 a.m./4:40 p.m. – Practice #14/#15, Gibson-Nagurski Complex, First 20 Minutes Open to Media
August 16, 10:25 a.m. – Practice #16 (Scrimmage), TCF Bank Stadium, No Availability
August 17, 9:10 a.m./4:40 p.m. – Practice #17/#18, Gibson-Nagurski Complex, First 20 Minutes Open to Media
August 18, 8:07 p.m. – Practice #19 (Scrimmage), TCF Bank Stadium, No Availability
August 19, No Practice
August 20, No Practice
August 21, 9:10 a.m./4:40 p.m. – Practice #20/#21, Gibson-Nagurski Complex, First 20 Minutes Open to Media
August 22, 10:25 a.m. – Practice #22, Gibson-Nagurski Complex, First 20 Minutes Open to Media
August 23, 10:25 a.m. – Practice #23, Gibson-Nagurski Complex, First 20 Minutes Open to Media
August 24, No Practice
Media availability for August 25 and beyond will be announced at a later date
August 25, 3:40 p.m. – Practice #24, Gibson-Nagurski Complex
August 26, 3:40 p.m. – Practice #25, Gibson-Nagurski Complex
August 27, 3:40 p.m. – Practice #26, Gibson-Nagurski Complex
August 28, 3:40 p.m. – Practice #27, Gibson-Nagurski Complex
August 29, Travel to Las Vegas
August 30, 8 p.m. – Game at UNLV
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