This will probably be my first and last story ever written about AJ Barker. Barker, the Gopher’s leading receiver (30 receptions – 577 yards), has decided to leave the Gopher’s team and transfer to a different school. Why? Well, Barker does the deed of explaining that to you by leaving quite a lengthy memoir …
Well, the folks in the Big Ten keeping defying the logics of mathematics and are looking to increase the number of conference teams from 12 to 14. Of course, prior to having Nebraska join last season the Big Ten had been stuck at 11 teams when Penn State joined in 1993. The addition of Rutgers …
The Minnesota Gopher’s football team has been less than stellar the last few seasons. Which means only one thing, the student season ticket sales have been down drastically since their second season at TCF Bank Stadium. The Gophers at this point are just over the 2,000 mark for student season ticket sales, right about where …
University of Minnesota must be proud of their hockey team as earlier this week Erik Haula stood outside a bar after closing and urinated on the street for others to watch. It was a classy move by the Finland native forward who was cooperative with police according to the officer who witnessed the event. Haula …
One of the big obstacles facing new Gopher’s athletic director Norwood Teague was the contract situation with men’s basketball coach Tubby Smith. Today, the hurdle was cleared with a contract extension going through the 2016-17 season. Smith is coming off a 23 win season and appearance in the NIT championship game. He has led the …
Okay, in all honesty, I think the Gophers are always thinking Hockey, it is there best sport consistently. Anyway, we just received a great tweet from @gophersports with a picture of an artist rendering showing Soldier field (where the Chi Bears play) as a hockey arena for the Hockey City Classic. I love summer, but …
With the deal finalized we can all take a big sigh of relief. The lawmakers did the right thing, and the Vikings will be around for at least another 30 years. Which really gives us here at MinneSPORTa something to talk about in that time frame.
Rick Spielman is at it again! Making another monster signing in the name of Anthony Jacobs, via ESPN. Okay, we will settle down a bit. Jacobs is a former Gopher defensive lineman who will was lucky enough to stick on after rookie mini-camp. The question is now whether he can stay on after preseason and …
