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Copy shortlink: This might be Mike Sanford Jr.'s first time coaching in a Gophers-Wisconsin showdown, but it's certainly not his introduction to the rivalry. "I think I was in middle school, high school, where I saw highlights of a classic Minnesota-Wisconsin border battle game," the Gophers offensive coordinator said. " … I'll never forget seeing that Axe, and I was like, 'Wow, that's an incredible trophy.' " … It's a really unique rivalry in the sense that between these two states, it's humongous." The Gophers will meet the Badgers for the 130th time Saturday, a ...

Fargo, ND, USA / 740 The FAN Dec 17, 2020 9:45 PM Minnesota running back Mohamed Ibrahim (24) carries the ball away from Nebraska safety Marquel Dismuke (9), during the second half of an NCAA college football game in Lincoln, Neb., Saturday, Dec. 12, 2020. Minnesota won 24-17. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik) By; Steve Megargee Minnesota and Wisconsin managed to avoid interrupting the most-played Football Bowl Subdivision rivalry this season. Their annual battle for Paul Bunyan’s Axe just happens to be taking place a little later than expected. When a COVID-19 outbreak within Minnesota’s program c...

Gophers to face Nebraska with retooled offensive line Gophers coach P.J. Fleck said the team would miss more than 20 players from COVID-19 after a recent outbreak.   December 12, 2020 — 10:30am Text size Copy shortlink: In the first game back from a COVID-19 outbreak, the Gophers will be shorthanded. Coach P.J. Fleck had said earlier this week the team would be without more than 20 players just from positive COVID-19 tests after the team dealt with an outbreak throughout the past two weeks that peaked at 49 cases, inclu...

December 12, 2020 Nebraska will try to make it two in a row on Saturday when Minnesota comes to town for Saturday’s 11 am match-up. The Gophers will be down over 20 players due to COVID-19, as they’ve sat out the last two games against Wisconsin and Northwestern. Here are today’s keys to victory for the Huskers against the Gophers. NU enters today’s match-up as a 10.5 point favorite over Minnesota. KEY 1: Jump on the Gophers early Minnesota hasn’t played in a football game since Nov. 20. The Gophers were shut down for nearly two weeks. Nebraska needs to come out of the gates swingi...

December 10, 2020 Going into the 2020 season, I had my suspicions that Minnesota might struggle to match their 2019 success. It might have been the Gophers’ stumbles in their non-conference games, or the fact that they never beat anyone last season who had a returning starter. It might also have had to do with the fact that the Gophers only had four returning starters on defense. But Minnesota throttled Nebraska and Auburn, so I pretty much had to accept “scoreboard” as a reason that boat rowing was now a very real factor in the Big Ten’s West division. But all of that started to u...