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BTN football rankings: Gophers ahead of Badgers (and many others)
Maybe the Big Ten — and particularly the West — is just so wide open that it's hard to predict this season. Maybe there is just a lot of faith in Tracy Claeys' team.
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U women's basketball opens Big Ten schedule with top title contenders
Gophers women's basketball opens Big Ten play Dec. 28 at Ohio State and Jan. 1 vs. Maryland at home. The conference schedule was released Monday.
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Smith, McCrary ready to run for Gophers against Oregon State
Rodney Smith was effective as a freshman, and junior college transfer Kobe McCrary has emerged as the top backup with Shannon Brooks recovering from a broken bone in his foot.
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Going deep on Gophers football 'mystery' offense
The Gophers ranked 105th in scoring offense last year, capping a five-year grind under offensive coordinator Matt Limegrover. So new coach Tracy Claeys replaced him
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Jim Harbaugh positioned to laugh last at Michigan
It's easy to get distracted by the noise surrounding Michigan's colorful head coach: The rap video, the recruiting slumber parties, the endless satellite camp controversy.
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Big Ten East football: a closer look
In predicted order of finish by Star Tribune college football writer Joe Christensen
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Big Ten football: How they did in 2015, and how they start in 2016
A look back and ahead in the Big Ten:
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Minnesota Scene: Gophers volleyball team falls at Stanford
The four-set loss dropped the U to 1-1.
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Gophers football: Ailing linebackers coach Mike Sherels comes to practice
Sherels, still out indefinitely after suffering complications from an undisclosed health issue, returned to practice for the first time since before fall camp.
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No. 3 Gophers defeat San Diego in volleyball opener
Next up: No. 11 Stanford on Sunday.
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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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Around the Region
- Settlement could cost NCAA nearly $3 billion; plan to pay athletes would need federal protection
- Georgia's Kirby Smart becomes the nation's highest-paid college football coach at $13m annually
- Paying college football players could reverse trend of bowl game opt-outs, boost non-CFP postseason
- Wisconsin tries to regain supremacy in the trenches under its 4th O-line coach in as many years
- Organizers of Eurovision Song Contest ready to remove Palestinian flags or symbols
- Say hello (again) to EA Sports College Football. The beloved video-game behemoth is back
- New Big 12 out to prove bigger bank accounts don't always mean better football teams in 12-team CFP
- UConn, Kentucky among those with big changes through transfers in college basketball's portal window
- National 3-point shooting leader Koby Brea becomes the 5th transfer this week to land at Kentucky
- UNC's RJ Davis is returning to school for a 5th season. He was an AP 1st-team All-American last year
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- WWE releases Gable Steveson, closing a chapter for former Gophers sensation
- U's Christie enters transfer portal after previously declaring for draft
- U gets Macalester star, N. Mexico St. wing who has been at 3 other schools
- Postseason push runs out for U women's basketball with WNIT championship loss
- Tough question for Gophers donors: Give to the U or to the athletes?
