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Scoggins: College football can't start soon enough
Change hit college football hard this offseason, and we can't wait to see how it all plays out.
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Powerful Tommies thirst to dominate even more in MIAC football
St. Thomas, which has won 28 consecutive MIAC games and three straight conference titles, is tied with St. John's for the longest string in league history.
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Tommies, Johnnies expected to stay put at top of conference
Coaches' preseason poll again picks same Big Two.
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Football hopes are high for MSU Mankato
Mavericks top league in coaches' preseason poll.
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Once again, UMAC race is tight at the top
The UMAC race this season is expected to be just as tight as three teams — MacMurray, St. Scholastica and Northwestern — received first-place votes in the conference preseason poll.
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MIAC preseason football coaches' poll
St. Thomas and St. John's were the leading vote-getters, followed by Concordia (Moorhead) and Bethel.
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Fleck effect: What's a realistic expectation for Gophers in Year 2?
P.J. Fleck showed in his first job that he can turn a program around quickly. Can he do it again, this time in the Big Ten?
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P.J. Fleck's second year at Western Michigan saw a big jump
P.J. Fleck's Western Michigan team took a big step forward in its second year in Fleck's system. Will the Gophers do the same?
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U football schedule has challenges, offers paths to bowl eligibility
The Gophers should be evenly matched with several opponents during the 2018 season that begins next week. So what's the difference between winning and losing?
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Columnist: Football training deaths are college problem and coaches are 'killers'
College coaches wield an immense amount of power — even more so than NFL coaches — and where there is power there is bound to be abuse.
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College football coaches: Ferentz, Kiffin among most overrated
The nation's 129 major college football coaches were asked to name the most overrated (and underrated) coaches in the country. There are a names on the list that will interest Gophers fans.
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Scoggins: Turmoil at three Big Ten schools lessens excitement for football season
Ohio State, Maryland and Michigan State are under heavy scrutiny before the games begin.
Sports
Reusse: Storied Moorhead program has another taking his shot at NFL
A breakthrough by Brandon Zylstra — from Division III Moorhead to the Vikings — would be a long-shot success, but not unprecedented.
Sports
Pence congratulates UMD Bulldogs ... for high school hockey title
Somebody needed to do a better job of preparing Vice President Mike Pence for the platitudes part of his speech in Duluth on Wednesday.
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NCAA announces 'enormously significant' reforms
The NCAA adopted a series of sweeping new legislation and policy Wednesday that University of Minnesota president Eric Kaler called, "Perhaps historically remarkable."
St. Paul
Brooks: Macalester athletes want to give new meaning to 'locker-room talk'
Ethan Levin, a sophomore defensive lineman, will return to St. Paul Central, his old high school, with his new teammates and a message.
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College football coaches rush to agreement: New redshirt rule is good
Beginning this season, Division I players are allowed to play up to four games without burning a year of eligibility. Under the old system, playing even one game, in most cases, would have cost the player a year.
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College football's redshirt change: Comparing the old and new rules
On June 13, the NCAA adopted a new rule regarding redshirts for Division I football. A look at the old rule and new rule:
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Fleck schooling Gophers on an accelerated curve
Four days into training camp, P.J. Fleck gave the public its first view of his second Gophers football team, with Saturday's open training camp practice at the new indoor facility.
Sports
Northwoods League no longer a sleepy little summer outpost
Northwoods League alumni continue rising to prominence in major league baseball. Need an example? Max Scherzer and Chris Sale, the starting pitchers in the last two All-Star Games, both spent a summer in the wood-bat league.
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