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Chart: Badgers 'D' allows less than a point per possession
Wisconsin's defense, strong against both the run and pass, ranks No. 1 in the nation in points allowed.
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Gophers football loses two 2016 recruits to other schools
A linebacker from Florida and a defensive end from Texas have flipped their commitments to South Florida and Oklahoma State, respectively.
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U regents say they were kept in dark about Teague complaints
Regents say they were kept in the dark initially as sexual harassment complaints led to resignation of Norwood Teague.
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Rayno: A look at the next month for Gophers' basketball
The question now is whether Minnesota can move past a bad long weekend and pick up some steam through the rest of this month and next – or whether a not-so-easy slate between now and New Year's will put the Gophers on the path toward the basement.
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Leidner, Stave should be good to go Saturday
Mitch Leidner and Joel Stave were both dinged up after last week's games, but signs point to both playing Saturday, when the Gophers meet the Badgers.
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U to release results of athletic department investigations
The reports include a review into sexual harassment in the athletics department and an internal financial audit under former athletic director Norwood Teague.
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Gophers women's basketball-Kent State game preview
After a 2-0 start at home, the Gophers hit the road to play three games in five days. They have surpassed 90 points in each of their first two games.
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Bowl game with a losing record? NCAA developing a plan
Minnesota is one of those schools that could benefit. The Gophers are 5-6 going into Saturday's game at Wisconsin, a team they haven't beaten since 2003.
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Video: Watch Shannon Brooks' two long touchdown runs
Shannon Brooks gave Minnesota the lead on a long touchdown run and scored the final touchdown on a longer one. Take a look at the video.
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Brooks wins third Big Ten Freshman of the Week honor
Gophers freshman Shannon Brooks was honored again Monday after rushing for 174 yards and three touchdowns against Illinois.
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Gophers hoping to stick an Axe in their season
The Gophers are 0-11 against Wisconsin since they last defeated the Badgers in 2003, but Saturday will be Minnesota's best chance in years.
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Replay: Gophers 32, Illinois 23
Four true freshmen came up with big plays for the banged-up Gophers.
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Tubby's revenge: Texas Tech pulls away from Gophers for 81-68 win
Minnesota's offense never got going vs. Texas Tech, and lapses on the boards and on defense proved too much to overcome as the Gophers lost to Tubby Smith, their former coach
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Postgame: Minnesota shows its youth and inconsistency in loss to Tubby
The Gophers are young and inexperienced and while the future may be bright, the present is tenuous, at best.
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Kill will attend Wisconsin game; Leidner's OK but Croft will be ready
Former Gophers coach Jerry Kill will be at TCF Bank Stadium for Saturday's game against Wisconsin, as it's Senior Day and the annual Epilepsy Awareness Game.
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Gophers vs. Texas Tech and Tubby Smith is a big one
A loss vs. the coach Richard Pitino was hired to replace would not be great for Minnesota.
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Patrick Plus: Big Ten Network comes at a cost
Men's ice hockey is slightly more important to the Big Ten Network's revenue stream than women's field hockey, yet the conference was willing to blow up college hockey.
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Gophers' win is a triumph, but not a trophy
Tracy Claeys' first win as Gophers' head coach put a bowl bid and Paul Bunyan's axe at stake next week vs. Wisconsin.
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Gophers' rebounding issues stand out early
The Gophers haven't beaten anyone on the boards yet, at any level.
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Gophers women's hockey goes 3-for-3 on power play in beating Yale
Sydney Baldwin's first goal of the season, unassisted with 24 seconds left in the first period, turned out to be the winner.
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Around the Region
- 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
- Kansas adds AJ Storr after he led Wisconsin in scoring this past season
- Virginia law allows the state's colleges and universities to directly pay athletes through NIL deals
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- Changing up the guards: Oregon transfer interests Gophers, visits campus
- Ex-Gophers forward Payne transferring to Texas A&M
- McCauley makes golf history for Gophers with comeback for the ages
- After saying he'd stay, U point guard Hawkins entering transfer portal
- Gophers get transfer commitment from 6-foot-8 Clemson defensive end
