Minnesota Gophers Football: Fantasy Recap And Outlook
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2011 began a new era of Gopher football, but ended with a relatively similar result. While things are sure to improve in the future, this season was a transition year as new head coach Jerry Kill looks to put his stamp on the Minnesota program. One piece Kill did inherit was starting quarterback MarQueis Gray who had to battle through injuries throughout the season. When...
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Maturi steps down as Gophers' athletic director
MINNEAPOLIS Joel Maturi is stepping down as the University of Minnesota's director of athletics, the school announced Thursday. Maturi will retire when his contract ends June 30.
"It's been a great 10 years," Maturi said Thursday. "It's been a wonderful journey."
Maturi, who will turn 67 next week, has spent the past decade as Minnesota's AD...
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11 days ago
Maturi steps down as Gophers' athletic director
MINNEAPOLIS Joel Maturi is stepping down as the University of Minnesota's director of athletics, the school announced Thursday. Maturi will retire when his contract ends June 30.
"It's been a great 10 years," Maturi said Thursday. "It's been a wonderful journey."
Maturi, who will turn 67 next week, has spent the past decade as Minnesota's AD...
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11 days ago
Gophers benefit from Kill's first full offseason
MINNEAPOLIS Golden Gophers head football coach Jerry Kill finally had his first full offseason to recruit, and it appears to be paying dividends.
Kill, who took over the program in December prior to the 2011 season, has been able to keep much of Minnesota's high school talent in the state. It's a concept that had eluded Gophers teams in years past, as Minnesota saw top...
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14 days ago
Gophers benefit from Kill's first full offseason
MINNEAPOLIS Golden Gophers head football coach Jerry Kill finally had his first full offseason to recruit, and it appears to be paying dividends.
Kill, who took over the program in December prior to the 2011 season, has been able to keep much of Minnesota's high school talent in the state. It's a concept that had eluded Gophers teams in years past, as Minnesota saw top prospects...
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14 days ago
Gophers' Stoudemire relieved to be back
MINNEAPOLIS Troy Stoudermire had no choice but to play the waiting game. In the end, he got the result he wanted.Stoudermire, a senior cornerback and kick returner for the University of Minnesota football team, suffered a season-ending arm injury early during the Gophers' 2011 season. He played in just four games before he was shut down for the remainder of the year. But the...
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20 days ago
Gophers' Stoudemire relieved to be back
MINNEAPOLIS Troy Stoudermire had no choice but to play the waiting game. In the end, he got the result he wanted.Stoudermire, a senior cornerback and kick returner for the University of Minnesota football team, suffered a season-ending arm injury early during the Gophers' 2011 season. He played in just four games before he was shut down for the remainder of the year. But the...
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20 days ago
Minnesota standout Stoudemire gets fifth year
MINNEAPOLIS Troy Stoudermire had no choice but to play the waiting game. In the end, he got the result he wanted.Stoudermire, a senior cornerback and kick returner for the University of Minnesota football team, suffered a season-ending arm injury early during the Gophers' 2011 season. He played in just four games before he was shut down for the remainder of the year. But the...
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20 days ago
Minnesota standout Stoudemire gets fifth year
MINNEAPOLIS Troy Stoudermire had no choice but to play the waiting game. In the end, he got the result he wanted.Stoudermire, a senior cornerback and kick returner for the University of Minnesota football team, suffered a season-ending arm injury early during the Gophers' 2011 season. He played in just four games before he was shut down for the remainder of the year. But the...
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20 days ago
Kill takes advantage of first full offseason
MINNEAPOLIS A year ago, the University of Minnesota football team ended its season with an emotional win over rival Iowa. That victory, however, was followed by a winter of uncertainty, as head coach Tim Brewster had already been fired and his successor had not yet been chosen.
This past November, the Gophers again ended their season on a high note, defeating Illinois in the last...
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21 days ago
Kill takes advantage of first full offseason
MINNEAPOLIS A year ago, the University of Minnesota football team ended its season with an emotional win over rival Iowa. That victory, however, was followed by a winter of uncertainty, as head coach Tim Brewster had already been fired and his successor had not yet been chosen.
This past November, the Gophers again ended their season on a high note, defeating Illinois in the last...
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21 days ago
Good news for Gophers as Stoudermire granted a waiver
The 2011 season wasn’t particularly bountiful on the good-news front for Minnesota, but 2012 is starting off a little bit better for the Gophers. Senior cornerback Troy Stoudermire suffered a fractured arm in September and did not play the remainder of the season. At the time it was thought he might’ve played his final game…
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January 14, 2012
Stoudermire granted medical hardship waiver
Minnesota defensive back Troy Stoudermire has been granted a medical hardship waiver by the NCAA that will allow him to return for a fifth season with the Golden Gophers.
The school made the announcement Friday.
Stoudermire started the first four games last season before going down with a broken forearm. He had two interceptions in the four games and will return as the Big Ten...
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January 13, 2012
Stoudermire Granted Medical Hardship Waiver
University of Minnesota cornerback/kick returner Troy Stoudermire has been granted a medical hardship waiver by the Big Ten Conference. Stoudermire’s participation in the 2011 season will not count against him. He will have one season of eligibility remaining.
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January 13, 2012
Running game highlighted Gophers' 2011
Running offense: B-
HIGHLIGHT: Minnesota saved the best for late in the season in terms of the running game. In the second-to-last game of the year, senior running back Duane Bennett and junior quarterback MarQueis Gray both rushed for over 100 yards against Northwestern. Gray led all rushers with 147 yards on the ground nearly surpassing the entire Wildcats squad while Bennett...
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November 30, 2011
Running game highlighted Gophers' 2011
Running offense: B-
HIGHLIGHT: Minnesota saved the best for late in the season in terms of the running game. In the second-to-last game of the year, senior running back Duane Bennett and junior quarterback MarQueis Gray both rushed for over 100 yards against Northwestern. Gray led all rushers with 147 yards on the ground nearly surpassing the entire Wildcats squad while Bennett...
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November 30, 2011
Royston is Co-Defensive Player of the Week
MINNEAPOLIS University of Minnesota safety Kim Royston's last play as a Gopher football player was a sack Saturday against Illinois. Two days later, the senior earned Big Ten Co-Defensive Player of the Week honors.
Royston, a Minneapolis native, also recorded 13 tackles and had a pass breakup in the Gophers' 27-7 win against the Illini. He finished his senior year with...
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November 28, 2011
Minnesota seniors exit on a high note
MINNEAPOLIS The Golden Gophers football team won just three games all year, saving its most convincing victory for last. Minnesota defeated reeling Illinois by a 27-7 final on Saturday and held the Illini offense to 160 yards for the game. For Illinois, the loss was its sixth straight after starting the year 6-0.The Gophers now head into the offseason with a victory for the second...
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November 26, 2011
Minnesota seniors exit on a high note
MINNEAPOLIS The Golden Gophers football team won just three games all year, saving its most convincing victory for last. Minnesota defeated reeling Illinois by a 27-7 final on Saturday and held the Illini offense to 160 yards for the game. For Illinois, the loss was its sixth straight after starting the year 6-0.The Gophers now head into the offseason with a victory for the second...
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November 26, 2011
Gophers end 2011 campaign on a high note
MINNEAPOLIS It was just the third winof the season for the University of Minnesota football team, but Saturday's 27-7 victory over Illinois perhaps carried the most weight of the three.It ended the Gophers' season on a high note as head coach Jerry Kill's first season came to an end. While Minnesota finished with an identical 3-9 record in 2011 as it did in 2010, Saturday...
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November 26, 2011
Gophers end 2011 campaign on a high note
MINNEAPOLIS It was just the third winof the season for the University of Minnesota football team, but Saturday's 27-7 victory over Illinois perhaps carried the most weight of the three.It ended the Gophers' season on a high note as head coach Jerry Kill's first season came to an end. While Minnesota finished with an identical 3-9 record in 2011 as it did in 2010, Saturday...
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November 26, 2011
Gray guides Minnesota past skidding Illinois 27-7
MarQueis Gray rushed for 167 yards and two touchdowns and threw for another score, guiding Minnesota past backsliding Illinois 27-7 on Saturday in the season finale and sending the Fighting Illini to their sixth straight defeat.
Gray took off 27 times to break the single-season rushing record for a Golden Gophers quarterback, giving him 966 yards. Billy Cockerham had 831 yards rushing...
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November 26, 2011
Gophers seniors prepare for life after football
MINNEAPOLIS Sixty minutes.
For the seniors on the Minnesota Golden Gophers football team, thats all that remains of their college careers. For many, those 60 minutes will be the final hour of organized football theyll ever play.
Its just weird. I was thinking about it. Next Tuesday at this time, Ill be probably at home working on homework or trying to get a job, stuff like that...
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November 23, 2011
Gophers seniors prepare for life after football
MINNEAPOLIS Sixty minutes.
For the seniors on the Minnesota Golden Gophers football team, thats all that remains of their college careers. For many, those 60 minutes will be the final hour of organized football theyll ever play.
Its just weird. I was thinking about it. Next Tuesday at this time, Ill be probably at home working on homework or trying to get a job, stuff like that...
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November 23, 2011
Kill, Smith share unique kinship at Minnesota
MINNEAPOLIS Tubby Smith and Jerry Kill aren't all that different.
Both are small-town guys with small-town values Smith is from Scotland, Md., Kill from Cheney, Kan.
Both Smith, the Minnesota Gophers men's basketball coach, and Kill, the first-year football coach, had winding career paths that brought them to Minneapolis, where each inherited struggling programs.
And...
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November 17, 2011
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