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Scoggins: Coach Bart Miller molding a meaner Gophers' offensive line
Bart Miller wants workouts to be hellacious. He's not fond of shortcuts or excuses.
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Comparing numbers on offense: 2015 Gophers vs. Michigan
Michigan was 50th in scoring offense last year, a ranking for the Gophers to shoot for.
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College football preview week schedule
A day-by-day breakdown of college football preview stories in the STar Tribune leading up to Thursday's Gophers season opener.
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Tough early schedule will test No. 3 Gophers volleyball
Minnesota suffered two losses to open 2015 but rolled to 24 wins in the next 25 matches and made the Final Four. The early-season experience might be more of the same in 2016.
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Jeff Jones back in jail; fall from U mega-recruit status continues
For the second time this summer, Jones violated the terms of his release from jail.
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Young Gophers' D will experience early 'trial and error'
Gophers defensive coordinator Jay Sawvel said the staff needs to learn about several key members of the secondary in season's early weeks.
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Hartman: Pirsig sees changes working for Gophers football
Offensive lineman Jonah Pirsig said the arrival of O-line coach Bart Miller has been a welcomed addition to the Gophers family.
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Gophers 2016-17 men's basketball schedule
The regular season kicks off Nov. 11 against Louisiana Lafayette
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Big Ten's big powers await Gophers at start of conference season
The Gophers play Michigan State and Ohio State each twice in the first month of the Big Ten season. Five of their first eight conference games are on the road.
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Oregon State, Gophers' football opponent next week, hosting open tryouts
The Beavers finished 2-10 and on a nine-game losing streak last season and it appears they're still looking for more talent.
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Gophers basketball targets John, Sims visit Cal and Texas this week
Gophers targets and local big men Theo John and Jericho Sims to take official visits to California and Texas this week, respectively
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Darrell Thompson never slowed down after football career
Darrell Thompson looks after at-risk youth like he looks after his own children
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Short sale of home brings felony charges for ex-Gopher basketball star, wife
The charges accuse Sam Jacobson of orchestrating a short sale of his Apple Valley house to his future wife, who quickly flipped it for a $176,000 profit.
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Where will 'easier' schedule take 2016 Gophers?
There's no Ohio State or Michigan on the Gophers' football schedule. With the same quarterback, most top skill-position players and a similar defense, this theoretically should mean more wins.
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Gophers football 2016 schedule
The season opens Sept. 1 at home against Oregon State.
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Backups to Gophers quarterback Mitch Leidner fall into place
Connor Rhoda is the No. 2 quarterback, with Demry Croft at No. 3. Meanwhile, Seth Green is running the scout team as fellow freshman Mark Williams recovers from an injury.
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Gophers expect about 44,000 fans for Oregon State game
The Gophers announced several security reminders for fans entering TCF Bank Stadium ahead of the Sept. 1 opener against Oregon State.
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Former U.S. champion, Gophers track star Grunewald begins third bout with cancer
Less than two months after competing at the U.S. Olympic Trials, Gabriele Grunewald posted a photo on Instagram showing where the cancer had returned.
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Arizona State hockey officially applies for NCHC membership
ASU athletic director Ray Anderson expressed in a two-page letter to NCHC commissioner Josh Fenton the program's desire to enter the league in 2018-2019 and offered details of their plans to improve facilities and staff.
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Gophers volleyball picked to finish second in Big Ten
The Gophers volleyball team won the Big Ten championship last season, but it is picked to finish second this year behind Nebraska.
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Around the Region
- 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
- Scoring sensation Lucy Olsen transfers to Iowa. Ex-Villanova player helps fill void of Caitlin Clark
- Hanna and Haley Cavinder say they're returning for 1 last season at Miami
- NCAA allows transfers to be immediately eligible, no matter how many times they've switched schools
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- Former Cooper football star Howard transfers from LSU to Gophers
- Former Hopkins basketball star transferring from Michigan to U
- U football adds No. 6 in-state recruit to 2025 class, loses 3 to portal
- Gophers men's basketball lands big-man transfer Mitchell from Canisius
- Mitchell, a 6-8 rebounding machine, likes the fit with U men's basketball
