91-Year-Old Gopher Fan Headed To Citrus Bowl
Andy Dyrdal loves the Minnesota Gophers. The team's colors -- maroon and gold -- run through his veins. The 91-year-old said he's been a fan as long as he can remember.
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Andy Dyrdal loves the Minnesota Gophers. The team's colors -- maroon and gold -- run through his veins. The 91-year-old said he's been a fan as long as he can remember.
While Gopher fans focus on Thursday's bowl game, Governor Mark Dayton is thinking ahead to next season. The governor doesn't want the Gophers starting any more home games before noon. In fact, he'd like to see a law in Minnesota making those early starts illegal.
The preparations started last week as the Gopher football team departed for a date in Orlando, and a bit of a mission.
Having lost its three most recent games leading into Christmas break, Purdue was greeted in its first post-holiday practice by a routine of painful wall sits, mixed with sprints to the opposite baseline.
At Minnesota, fourth-year coach Jerry Kill and the Golden Gophers (8-4) are celebrating a return to a New Year's Day bowl for the first time since 1962.
Twin Cities restaurants are gearing up for the Citrus Bowl. Even though the game is in Orlando, Fla., Buffalo Wild Wings regional manager Sue Benson said the Gopher team excitement should help restaurants gain many customers on New Year's Day.
When Minnesota coach Jerry Kill came back from a leave of absence sooner than expected, everyone took notice. Last year, after a bout with epileptic seizures forced Kill to miss an entire game for the first time in his career, he appeared in the locker room at Northwestern to give the Gophers a surprise pep talk.
After a big win over Nebraska Monday night, the University of Minnesota women's basketball team got a weekly honor Tuesday from the Big Ten Conference. Amanda Zahui B., a sophomore center, was named the league's Player of the Week.
Amanda Zahui B. scored 20 points — including a pair of free throws with 6 seconds left — and blocked a last-second shot to secure Minnesota's 72-69 win over No. 12 Nebraska on Monday in both team's Big Ten opener.
Minnesota wide receiver Donovahn Jones has been dismissed from the program for what the school says is an unspecified violation of team policy.
arlos Morris scored a career-high 24 points as Minnesota defeated UNC Wilmington 108-82 on Saturday. Morris hit 8 of 15 shots and all seven of his free throws as the Gophers (11-2) overcame an early nine-point deficit to win going away.
It's down to business for the Gophers football squad. The University of Minnesota team is on the ground in Orlando, Florida ahead of its Jan. 1 Citrus Bowl matchup with Missouri. The Gophers were headed to a high school field Friday for a 75-minute practice.
Among the number of people heading down to Florida to watch the Minnesota Gophers take on the Missouri Tigers in the Citrus Bowl on New Year's Day is the O'Brien family.
The countdown to touchdown is officially underway as the Minnesota Gophers take off for Florida Thursday to play in the Citrus Bowl. They face number 16-ranked Missouri. The two teams square off on New Year's Day at noon on national television. The coaches and players arrived on campus around 8:30 a.m. with their luggage in tow.
Joey King made 8 of 11 shots and scored 19 points as Minnesota got past Furman 86-76 on Monday.
