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Gophers a likely bowl candidate, even with losing record. Here's why
Because there are 40 bowl games, there aren't always enough six-win "bowl eligible" teams to fill all 80 spots. That's when the academic progress of Gophers football players will fit into the equation.
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Making adjustments: Eden Prairie's Mittelstadt off to strong start for Gophers
The pressure on freshman forward Casey Mittelstadt has intensified, partly because the team's top returning scorers have gotten off to slow starts.
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The Gophers are better than...? Our latest Big Ten power rankings
The Gophers head to Michigan to battle for the Little Brown Jug, and they're slightly ahead of the team that the Wolverines beat last weekend in Ann Arbor.
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November Madness: College football's next 3 weeks will shape playoffs
You doin't have to wait until Thanksgiving weekend for the big games that will define and decide the college bowl picture and playoffs. Here are some games of note over the next few weeks.
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Minnesota college football weekly update
A look around the Minnesota college football scene for this weekend.
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On the line: Gophers can't afford another meltdown against Michigan
Iowa ruined a great start for the Gophers' pass-protection scheme last week. Michigan on Saturday brings an even bigger threat to Minnesota.
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Gophers ranked No. 15 in preseason AP men's basketball poll
It's the first time in eight years the Gophers were a preseason top 25 AP team; they opened the 2009-10 season at No. 25.
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Scoggins: Iowa's 'Wave' to children's hospital – our best sport has new best tradition
To see that remarkable act of kindness on television stirs emotions. To experience it live, with those kids in plain view, brings an overwhelming sense of joy and sadness at the same time.
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Minnesota Scene: Concordia (St. Paul) No. 1 in Division II volleyball after beating SW Minnesota State
Concordia (St. Paul) unseated Southwest Minnesota State as the No. 1 team in NCAA Division II in Monday's American Volleyball Coaches Association poll.
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Fleck knows beating Iowa, bringing home Floyd will win over Gophers fans
The Hawkeyes have won seven in row vs. the Gophers at home. P.J. Fleck knows all about the pressure to break that streak. "I can't tell you how many tweets I had, 'Beat Iowa. Beat Wisconsin,'" he said.
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Adekunle Ayinde filling every need for Gophers defense
Senior has become a most valuable player in Minnesota's secondary.
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Bargains and busts among billions in college football coaching money
USA Today on Wednesday published its annual database of head coaches' salaries for all 130 Football Bowl Subdivision teams
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Minnesota college football weekly update
Winona State (8-0, 4-0 NSIC South) at MSU Mankato (8-0, 4-0) is the game of the week.
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