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 …
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 …
The Minnesota Gophers officially announced their new Athletic Director Norwood Teague to replace Joel Maturi. On February 2nd, Maturi made the announced he is stepping down effective July 1st and the Gophers have been looking for a replacement since. Teague was the AD with Virginia Commonwealth (VCU) since 2006 and helped VCU become a powerhouse in the …
The Minnesota Gophers have released the roster for the upcoming spring football game. The game will feature Maroon versus Gold and as far as starters go, their isn’t many surprises. I was pleased to see RB James Gillum on the Maroon team. Gillum is a junior college transfer and someone who I predicted could have a …
Joel Maturi said on Thursday that he will retire as Gophers Athletic Director as of June 30th and will remain at the university as an assistant to President Eric Kaler. Maturi and Kaler will hold a press conference Thursday at 11am CT at TCF Bank Stadium. Maturi has had some good hires and some bad …
