“I know the atmosphere’s going to be insane. It’s going to be bumping with both Gopher fans and Badger fans. I wouldn’t want anything less in a game this big. We’re all just really excited.

Former Gophers star left tackle Aireontae Ersery was selected by the Houston Texans with the 48th overall pick in the second round of the 2025 NFL draft. The Texans traded up with the Raiders to ...

Former Gopher standout Justin Walley was selected by the Colts in the third round with the 80th overall pick. Ersery is the third Gopher offensive lineman to be drafted in the last four years ...

During that cleanup, park officials noticed something had changed across the more than 1,100-acre park – an exploding gopher tortoise population. Fort De Soto Park Manager, Dave Harshbarger ...

was a two-sport athlete (hockey and football) at the University of Minnesota before returning to his alma mater as head coach of Gopher Hockey from 1952-1955 and 1956-66 (taking one year off to lead ...

But one team of scientists had an idea about how they could help speed up the process: sending a few gophers there on a day trip. Plant life struggled to return to the area around Mount St Helens ...

The Guardian reports that Fort de Soto county park’s gopher tortoise population has actually increased since Hurricane Helene. Park rangers recently reported 84 active burrows in the Florida ...

Tucked away in the back of the Santa Fe College Teaching Zoo lies a shaded grassy area where 10 rescued gopher tortoises spend their days grazing and burrowing — unable to return to the wild but ...

Tyler Williams’ stay with the Gophers football team didn’t last a full year. Williams arrived in Minnesota in June 2024, caught one pass last fall, didn’t crack the top end of the U rotation ...

The Golden Gophers will face three Big Ten opponents twice, with another 14 games, in either a home or road contest. This marks the second season of this format, with the expansion to 18 Big Ten teams ...

Gophers football might challenge its program record for amount of selections in the NFL draft this week. Minnesota set the modern-day, seven-round record at five picks in 2020 when Antoine ...