minnesota gophers

The Minnesota Gophers (8-5) ended their season last night with a 21-17 loss to the Syracuse Orange (7-6) in the Texas Bowl in Houston. The Gophers led late in the 4th quarter, before Syracuse scored the go-ahead touchdown with 1:14 remaining to secure the win.

The Gopher football team will play Syracuse Friday night in Houston for the Texas Bowl at 5pm, pregame on WJON at 4pm. The Gophers are 8-4 while Syracuse is 6-6.

The Minnesota Golden Gopher men’s basketball team topped Wofford 79-57 Thursday night at Williams Arena. Minnesota shot just over 50% from the floor and jumped out to a 24-2 lead to start the game. Elliot Eliason scored 11 points with 11 rebounds and seven blocked shots to pace the Minnesota victory...

I guess when you win four Big Ten games in a row (for the first time in as long as I can remember) you start getting some attention. Here's the story on ESPN.com. Big one this weekend at The Bank vs. the Badgers. Go Gophers!

The St. Cloud State Huskies ended their regular season yesterday with a convincing 64-27 win over MSU-Moorhead in St. Cloud, ending with a final record of 10-1. St. John's fell at home yesterday to #6 Bethel 28-7, wrapping up their regular season with a 7-3 record (5-3 in the MIAC).

The #21 SCSU Huskies (8-1) clobbered Bemidji State (2-7) 45-6 this afternoon in Bemidji. During the game, SCSU quarterback Phillip Klaphake became the all-time leading Husky passer. The Minnesota Gophers also collected a road win today, while Saint John's lost at Gustavus.

The SCSU Huskies (7-1) are on the road this afternoon to face NSIC North Division foe Bemidji State (2-6) at 1pm. Saint John's (6-1) is also on the road today, traveling to St. Peter to take MIAC rival Gustavus (4-3) at 1pm. The Minnesota Gophers (6-2) will go up against Indiana (3-4) on the road in Bloomington at 2:30 this afternoon.

I sure hope the Vikings don't screw up a perfect football weekend. Wait, they don't play until Monday night. I am guaranteed to go to work Monday with a football smile on my face. SCSU beat the U of Mary. St. John's remains unbeaten vs. Carlton. And the Gophers topped Northwestern for the first time in four years.

The 25th ranked St. Cloud State Huskies (5-1) are on the road today to face the University of Mary (4-2) in Bismarck at 2:30. St. Johns (5-1) will be in Northfield to battle Carleton College (3-2) at 1:00. And the Gophers (4-2) travel to Northwestern (4-2) to take on the Wildcats at 11:00.

The St. Cloud State Huskies (4-1) take he field at 1pm this afternoon at Husky Stadium against visiting University of Minnesota-Crookston (1-4). St. Johns (4-1) hosts Augsburg (3-1) at 1pm in Collegeville. And the Minnesota Gophers (4-2) kickoff at 19th ranked Northwestern (4-1) at 11am CT.

The St. John's football team traveled to Northfield this afternoon and ran over St. Olaf 31-0, improving the Johnnies record to 2-1 in the MIAC, and 4-1 overall. The #18 Huskies weren't as fortunate, falling to the #11 UMD Bulldogs 34-7 in Duluth. The Gophers dropped to 0-2 in the Big Ten after stumbling at Michigan 42-13.

It's a big weekend for area college football teams, and they're all on the road today. The premiere matchup takes place at 1:00 this afternoon in Duluth when the 18th ranked St. Cloud State Huskies (4-0) take on the 11th ranked UMD Bulldogs (3-1). St. John's is at St. Olaf, and the Gophers are at Michigan.