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Big Ten quarterback honors over the past four decades
The Gophers are tied with Wisconsin for the least number of Big Ten QB honors for the 10 schools existing through this entire era
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Deep Gophers volleyball roster shines in season-opening victory
The Gophers got a match-high 14 kills from sophomore Stephanie Samedy against Florida State at Target Center, the most potent weapon in a balanced attack.
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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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Gophers volleyball opens national title quest tonight at Target Center
National-power Minnesota opens the season against tough opponents this weekend at Target Center, where the volleyball Final Four will be held in December.
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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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Big Ten/ACC Volleyball Challenge
The Gophers are at Target Center this weekend along with Wisconsin, North Carolina and Florida State.
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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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University of Minnesota football roster
Here are the players that coach P.J. Fleck will choose from for the 2018 season.
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2018 Gophers football schedule
From New Mexico State to Wisconsin, here is Minnesota's 2018 football schedule.
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Breck's Roddy will visit U, Northwestern; choose between sports
Breck 2019 forward and quarterback David Roddy hasn't decided if he'll play hoops or football in college, but he scheduled official basketball visits to Northwestern, Minnesota and Colorado St
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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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Gophers women open under Whalen on Nov. 9 vs. New Hampshire
Tough Big Ten stretch in January highlights new coach's debut schedule.
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Pitino's Gophers open Big Ten play at Ohio State, return to face Nebraska
Three of the final four Big Ten games for Richard Pitino's team are on the road.
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Gophers men's basketball team's Big Ten schedule
The conference slate kicks off Dec. 2 in Columbus.
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Full Gophers women's basketball schedule
Lindsay Whalen's first season as head coach begins Nov. 9
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Mariucci Arena opened 25 years ago today (and has aged nicely)
Bigger and arguably better college hockey facilities have been built since, but Mariucci remains among the best. And 25 years ago, it had a debut worthy of its stature.
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Fleck: Freshman walk-on Annexstad not on 'short leash' as U's starting QB
Zack Annexstad arrived on the University of Minnesota campus in January, young enough to still be in high school but bold enough to dream big.
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Gophers teammates say they believe in their new quarterback
"The biggest thing for me is that when you talk about Zack Annexstad, he's a guy who completely blows away people's expectations," linebacker Carter Coughlin said.
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Hurting Vikings sign former U fullback McCrary, offensive guard
After Saturday's preseason loss left the Vikings with a slew of injuries, they needed to add and subtract players from the training-camp roster.
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Volleyball's 'Coach K': U's McCutcheon has a winning formula
Hugh McCutcheon, 48, already has coached the American men to an Olympic gold medal, the U.S. women to silver and the Gophers to two Final Fours.
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Around the Region
- LSU women's basketball great Seimone Augustus will return as an assistant on Kim Mulkey's staff
- Power conferences, NCAA to vote on landmark $2.7 billion settlement as smaller leagues balk at terms
- Auburn running back Brian Battie on ventilator after weekend shooting in Florida, coach says
- Michigan beginning alcohol sales at football games following successful rollouts at its other venues
- UNC interim chancellor backs AD Bubba Cunningham after trustee criticism, audit push
- EA Sports College Football 25 comes out on July 19. Edwards, Ewers, Hunter are on standard cover
- St. Thomas hockey to follow Arizona State into NCHC, as league expands to 10 teams
- Like a Caitlin Clark 3-pointer, betting on women's sports is soaring
- Green Bay's Doug Gottlieb believes he can balance his new coaching job with his national radio show
- With CFP snub still stinging, Atlantic Coast Conference ponders how to boost football perceptions
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