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MN embarrasses themselves with 13-10 loss to terrible Iowa. Battle for the Axe this week against WI!

Chris Anderson

7 hours ago
2 min

MN embarrasses themselves with 13-10 loss to terrible Iowa. Battle for the Axe this week against WI!

Imagine cheering for a school with high expectations that proceeds to lose to the worst college SPORTS team in the history of the world every single season? That is what we have going on in Minnesota. Overall, PJ Fleck has turned this program around since he arrived, but he has yet to beat the shitty, horrendous Iowa Hawkeyes in 6 attempts. It has just gotten ridiculous. RB Mo Ibrahim even ran for 263 yards and a TD and the Gophers still managed to lose 13-10. Don't try to te

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Gophers improve to 7-3 with a convincing 31-3 win over Northwestern. Iowa up next! WHO HATES IOWA?!

Chris Anderson

Nov 19
2 min

Gophers improve to 7-3 with a convincing 31-3 win over Northwestern. Iowa up next! WHO HATES IOWA?!

Mo Ibrahim led the charge with 178 yards and 3 TDs resulting in a dominant 31-3 victory over the Northwestern Wildcats. The Gophers started the season 4-0, lost 3 straight games, and now have bounced back by winning their last 3. The season is definitely not over as we have our 2 biggest rivals up next! We have a chance to win Floyd, win the Axe, and even win the Big Ten West if we can get a bit of help! In order for the Gophers to win the West, here is what we will need to h

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Gophers improve to 6-3 with a 20-13 victory over Nebraska. Hosting Northwestern next.

Chris Anderson

Nov 11
1 min

Gophers improve to 6-3 with a 20-13 victory over Nebraska. Hosting Northwestern next.

After starting the game slow and falling into a 10-0 halftime deficit, the Gophers turned to backup QB Athan Kaliakmanis and the usual workhorse, Mo Ibrahim, to eventually win 20-13 over the Nebraska Cornhuskers. The $5 Bits of Broken Chair Trophy stays in Minnesota! Let's go! Suck it, Nebraska! Mo Ibrahim extended his Nation leading 17 straight 100+ yard rushing performances. Just an incredible streak he's got going that almost seems to be going unnoticed. I don't know what

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Gophers get back on track, improve to 5-3 with win over Rutgers. Next, travel to Nebraska!

Chris Anderson

Nov 5
1 min

Gophers get back on track, improve to 5-3 with win over Rutgers. Next, travel to Nebraska!

Gophers took care of business with a 31-0 win over Rutgers, I predict a 31-13 win over Nebraska. I am on vacation this weekend with the Boys in San Diego so I didn't have as much time to sit down and write this week. #RowTheBoat #SkiUMah #GoGophers

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Gophers lose big to Penn State, 45-17. We suck. Rutgers up next at the Bank.

Chris Anderson

Oct 29
1 min

Gophers lose big to Penn State, 45-17. We suck. Rutgers up next at the Bank.

The Gopher's first 4 games went great, but the last 3 games they looked like a completely different team. There is no offensive flow and the team looks totally checked out. I really didn't see this coming especially since we had so many returning pieces including our old offensive coordinator from 2019. It feels like they have no confidence in each other and the weird coaching decisions have continued since the Purdue Homecoming game. Penn State kicked the crap out of the Gop

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Bonus Bye Week Vikings Post!! Vikings fans "It's the hope that kills you." ... Not so fast!

Chris Anderson

Oct 22
3 min

Bonus Bye Week Vikings Post!! Vikings fans "It's the hope that kills you." ... Not so fast!

I think sometimes my views on the Vikings come off negative at times. To me, I see it more as a realistic point of view backed by stats, numbers, and following what trends have stayed consistent over time. For example, it happens so often that if a career .260 batter in baseball starts the first half of the season batting .220...you can almost guarantee he will bat .300 in the second half to finish the season at his career average, .260. Another example is a career .500 QB wi

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Gophers lose again, 26-14 to Illinois. Next game @ #16 Penn State.

Chris Anderson

Oct 21
2 min

Gophers lose again, 26-14 to Illinois. Next game @ #16 Penn State.

Starting the season 4-0 with the Big Ten West there for the taking, the Gophers have proceeded to lose 2 in a row to Purdue and Illinois to drop to 4-2. The offense just couldn't get anything going for the second straight week and it has likely cost them their Big Ten West title hopes. There is still a lot of season left to go. They need to go back to playing loose, being confident, and REMEMBERING TO HAVE FUN! I know this team came into the season with very high expectations

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Coming off a Bye Week, 4-1 Minnesota will hit the road to face red hot 5-1, #24 Illinois in Week 7.

Chris Anderson

Oct 13
2 min

Coming off a Bye Week, 4-1 Minnesota will hit the road to face red hot 5-1, #24 Illinois in Week 7.

The Minnesota Gophers are coming off a MUCH needed bye week. Star RB, Mo Ibrahim, was a late game time scratch against Purdue that nobody saw coming and it affected the Gophers immensely. There were also a few other injuries to the Gophers that happened during the game, so an extra week of rest was key! The offense, defense, special teams, and coaching decisions all seemed to be sleep walking versus Purdue. This is annoying because the same thing happened in last year's homec

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Gophers lose on Homecoming to Purdue, 20-10. A much needed bye week upcoming.

Chris Anderson

Oct 7
2 min

Gophers lose on Homecoming to Purdue, 20-10. A much needed bye week upcoming.

The unexpected game time scratch of Running Back, and Heisman Candidate, Mo Ibrahim was the difference in this game. The Gophers entire team looked completely out of sync right from the start. It felt like a repeat of last year's Homecoming when they hosted Bowling Green. The team, once again, played like they were hungover and PJ Fleck made some very questionable decisions. I do need to add that Purdue is actually a very good, well-coached team...this isn't a horrible loss,

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Gophers pummel the Spartans 34-7 in Big Ten Opener to improve to 4-0, Homecoming vs Purdue Week 5!

Chris Anderson

Sep 30
3 min

Gophers pummel the Spartans 34-7 in Big Ten Opener to improve to 4-0, Homecoming vs Purdue Week 5!

The Minnesota Gophers opened Big Ten play in East Lansing by absolutely annihilating Michigan State, 34-7. It was essentially another shutout by the Gophers defense as the Spartans scored their only touchdown with :17 seconds left and against the Gophers 2nd string defense. Tanner Morgan and the offense stuck to their typical balanced attack, accumulating 508 total yards (240 rushing yards and 268 passing yards). Mo Ibrahim officially became the program's all time rushing tou

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Gophers crush Colorado 49-7, improve to 3-0 as they head to Michigan State for Week 4.

Chris Anderson

Sep 22
2 min

Gophers crush Colorado 49-7, improve to 3-0 as they head to Michigan State for Week 4.

The Minnesota Gophers continued their absolute dominance in the early season schedule, adding PAC-12 Colorado Buffaloes to that list. PJ Fleck called the team's 49-7 victory "A surgical performance. Offense, defense, special teams... they just continue to go out there and execute the game plan." Birdman's Blog said in the preview: "I predict the Gophers to win 45-10, but wouldn't be surprised if the final is an even larger margin." I was wrong by a touchdown in the margin, bu

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Gophers beat W. Illinois 62-10. Now are 2-0, ready to host Colorado in Week 3 matchup!

Chris Anderson

Sep 17
3 min

Gophers beat W. Illinois 62-10. Now are 2-0, ready to host Colorado in Week 3 matchup!

The Minnesota Gophers have now won convincingly in the first 2 games of the season to start 2-0 while outscoring their opponents 100-10, so far! It is a very nice feeling to finally be able to cheer for a Gopher Football team that just beats the inferior opponents like we know they should. The Leathernecks really stood no chance in this one. In fact, the Gophers scored 62 points (first time we have scored 60+ points in a game since 2006) and they racked up a total of 679 yard

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MN Gophers beat NMSU 38-0. Enter Week 2 at 1-0, ready to play FCS opponent W. Illinois Leathernecks.

Chris Anderson

Sep 9
2 min

MN Gophers beat NMSU 38-0. Enter Week 2 at 1-0, ready to play FCS opponent W. Illinois Leathernecks.

The Minnesota Gophers started the season on a high note, beating a team they should beat handily, 38-0. I say this with relief as the Gophers have struggled against their early season, non-conference opponents since PJ Fleck has come to town. It was a refreshing way to start the season seeing the Gophers assert their dominance early and often and from start to finish. The Gophers out-gained the Aggies in yardage by a total of 485-91. Jerry Kill and the New Mexico State Aggies

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Current Minnesota Golden Gophers in the NFL... Where are they?!

Chris Anderson

Aug 31
2 min

Current Minnesota Golden Gophers in the NFL... Where are they?!

The start of the football season is upon us! We have the drama of training camp, Hard Knocks, the start of College Football (where we get to watch Scott Frost and the "11-point favorite" Nebraska Cornhuskers get whooped by Evan Hull, Ryan Hilinski, Pat Fitzgerald, and the rest of the Northwestern Wildcats... which your very own Birdman's Blog <3 predicted), Fantasy Football drafts, and finally the NFL kicks off! If you are like me, then you love to see your Minnesota Golden

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Chris Anderson

Aug 30
3 min

Your 2022 Minnesota Gophers are BACK!

Football is back...GOLDEN GOPHER FOOTBALL IS BACK BABY! This is always such a fun time of year. Can you imagine being from England and having to get excited for soccer? Gross. Or WORSE... deciding to be a lifelong Wiscansin or Iowa fan?! Not me, not in a million years, not even if there's a fire. Go Gophers until the day I die! PJ Fleck has Minnesota winning consistently again for the first time in a long time and the buzz is growing in the Twin Cities. The Gophers are coming

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Minnesota Gophers beat West Virginia 18-6 in Guaranteed Rate Bowl, finish 9-4 on the season!

Chris Anderson

Jan 26
2 min

Minnesota Gophers beat West Virginia 18-6 in Guaranteed Rate Bowl, finish 9-4 on the season!

With all of the injuries the Gophers had to overcome, winning this bowl game was a fitting end to the season. The Gophers were clearly the better team in this matchup and really should have scored way more points. Before the game, the roof of the stadium was left open for pregame festivities and it was raining cats and dogs. This made no sense considering the game was already going to be played on a baseball field and in the desert. This only made the game sloppier and diffic

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MN Gophers (8-4) face West Virginia Mountaineers (6-6) in Guaranteed Rate Bowl at Chase Field

Chris Anderson

Dec 28, 2021
3 min

MN Gophers (8-4) face West Virginia Mountaineers (6-6) in Guaranteed Rate Bowl at Chase Field

We have made it to College Football Bowl season! Our Minnesota Golden Gophers finished the season at 8-4 and earned a spot in the Guaranteed Rate Bowl against the West Virginia Mountaineers, who finished 6-6 on the year and 6th place in the Big 12. The game will be played at Chase Field in Phoenix, AZ, home of the MLB’s Arizona Diamondbacks. It looks to be a pretty unique setting! Minnesota, rightfully so, comes into this matchup as 5-point favorites… and I honestly think th

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Minnesota Gophers DOMINATE Wisconsin Badgers 23-13 to win the Axe back, finish season 8-4.

Chris Anderson

Dec 1, 2021
4 min

Minnesota Gophers DOMINATE Wisconsin Badgers 23-13 to win the Axe back, finish season 8-4.

The Minnesota Gophers DOMINATED their biggest rival, the Wisconsin Badgers, 23-13 to bring home Paul Bunyan's Axe and prevent the Badgers from winning the Big Ten West. Instead, our other rival, the Iowa Hawkeyes, will be facing the Michigan Wolverines for the Big Ten Title. All week we heard about how dominant Wisconsin's defense was, but it ended up being Minnesota's defense that swarmed and won the day. The Gophers offense put up 23 points on the Badgers' defense, while th

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Battle for Paul Bunyan's Axe is HERE! Gophers (7-4) host the Badgers (8-3) in the Season Finale!

Chris Anderson

Nov 27, 2021
3 min

Battle for Paul Bunyan's Axe is HERE! Gophers (7-4) host the Badgers (8-3) in the Season Finale!

GET YOUR POPCORN READY! The Minnesota Gophers and Wisconsin Badgers have one of the oldest rivalries in all of college football. The Badgers have won 16 of the last 17 meetings and now own a 62-60-8 overall lead. Since the arrival of PJ Fleck though, the University of Minnesota football program has been completely turned around, both on and off the field. The Gophers are now a team that is becoming a consistent threat in the Big Ten West and will continue to do so in years to

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Gophers defeat Indiana 35-14, improve to 7-4

Chris Anderson

Nov 27, 2021
2 min

Gophers defeat Indiana 35-14, improve to 7-4

The Minnesota Gophers did exactly what they needed to do to defeat the Indiana Hoosiers. In my preview, I had predicted that the Gophers would win 34-10. The final score ended up being 35-14, in favor of the good guys. With all of Indiana's injuries, the Gophers were able to take advantage of that and win the game in every aspect. This was exactly the type of game the Gophers needed to gain some confidence and momentum moving into the final game of the season, after dropping

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Vikings winning streak ends after losing 40-3 to Cowboys. Next up, hosting Patriots on Thanksgiving!

Vikings keep to their winning ways, beat Buffalo 33-30 in OT! Next up, a tough Cowboys team.

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