Friday (Very special Gophers special teams practice) edition: Wha' Happened?

October 24, 2014 at 2:47PM

The Gophers' special teams unit has some characters on it, led by punter Pete Mortell and patriotic kicker Ryan Santoso.

They've gotten so big, apparently, that they need their own collective Twitter account. And a tweet from Thursday drew massive attention, including a shout-out from SportsCenter.

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Nuke punts. Talk about chicks. Watch Jeopardy. Sounds like a great football practice to us.

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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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