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TCU coach: Gophers played Ohio State as well as anybody last year
TCU coach Gary Patterson doled out praise for the Gophers in Monday's Big 12 coaches teleconference.
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Big Ten East preview: A Spartan existence amid the hype
Ohio State and Michigan hog the attention, but don't sleep on Michigan State.
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Minnesota scene: No. 2 Stanford drops Gophers volleyball team to 0-2
The Gophers, predicted by conference coaches to finish fifth in the Big Ten, got a match-high 13 kills from Daly Santana.
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Hartman: Gophers secondary wants to prove itself vs. TCU
Briean Boddy-Calhoun and his teammates have heard praise, but they want to be sure to earn it.
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Gophers' Maye leads the effort to get more from team's receivers
KJ Maye is usually the first teammate Gophers quarterback Mitch Leidner mentions when asked which receivers have been standing out in practice.
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Five Big Ten East story lines
In his "Way-too-early 2016 NFL mock draft," ESPN's Todd McShay listed seven Big Ten East players in his first 15 picks.
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Big Ten East scouting report
A look at the Big Ten East, in predicted order of finish by Star Tribune college football writer Joe Christensen:
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Hartman: TCU's Patterson could have ended up as Gophers coach
Gary Patterson interviewed for the Gophers job after going 11-2 in the Mountain West Conference in 2006 with the Horned Frogs but then didn't want to be considered for the position to replace Glen Mason.
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Scoggins: Gophers, TCU prepare with intensity and intrigue as clock ticks down
U's Kill and Co. set sights on the biggest opener in decades.
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Gophers say no to the no-huddle offense
The Gophers spent spring practice experimenting heavily with a no-huddle offense, but this month they've been huddling regularly again.
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Jerry Kill: Turnaround artist has done it again
Jerry Kill remade Gophers football in his first four seasons. It's not his first magic trick.
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Gophers' Williams tops talented pack of tailbacks
The Gophers believe they can fill David Cobb's shoes. Rodrick Williams Jr. is expected to be the starter Sept. 3, when the Gophers open against TCU
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Chart: Rodrick Williams' stats with the Gophers
This season, running back Rodrick Williams Jr. gets the first crack at being The Guy.
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Five Big Ten West storylines
This week, as an added feature, Chip Scoggins and Joe Christensen are rolling out a series of Top Five lists each day, looking at the Gophers and the national college landscape.
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Scoggins: College football programs on the upswing
Penn State among programs trending the right direction
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Rand: Many Gophers have fleet feet
By Jalen Myrick's count, he is one of eight Gophers players to top 22 mph on foot — after only two of them bested that mark the previous year.
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Gophers women will close Big Ten season against Frese, Maryland
Home games also include Michigan (Jan. 10), Indiana (Jan. 17), Northwestern (Jan. 20), Illinois (Jan. 26), Rutgers (Feb. 4), Nebraska (Feb. 11), Iowa (Feb. 15) and Ohio State (Feb. 24).
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Gophers get Buckeyes, Spartans early in Big Ten basketball season
Gophers men's basketball kicks off Big Ten play at Ohio State on Dec. 30 and opens conference play at home against Michigan State on Jan. 2, the conference announced Thursday.
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Gophers will take time in the hunt to find new athletic director
Multiple sources told the Star Tribune the process of hiring a new Gophers' athletics director is likely to extend through the football and basketball seasons, leaving interim athletic director Beth Goetz at the helm until at least the spring.
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Under 400 tickets remain for Gophers/TCU game
The Gophers are closing in on their first sellout since 2013 Wisconsin game.
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Around the Region
- Reggie Bush plans to continue his fight against the NCAA after the return of his Heisman Trophy
- Reggie Bush is reinstated as 2005 Heisman Trophy winner, with organizers citing NIL rule changes
- Former Green Bay player Kayla Karius leaves South Dakota to return to her alma mater as coach
- Longtime Hawkeyes football broadcaster Ed Podolak steps down from his radio analyst role
- Hailey Van Lith trying to make US Olympic 3x3 team; next college choice to come soon
- Sign of the times: NCAA approves coach-to-player helmet communication for 2024 football season
- UConn freshman Stephon Castle declares for NBA draft and becomes school's second one-and-done player
- FedEx pledges $25 million over 5 years in NIL program for University of Memphis athletes
- PWHL Minnesota allows late comeback to Montreal, fails to clinch playoff berth
- NHL team moving from Arizona to Salt Lake City will have a name starting with Utah
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