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I was trolling through some old 1950's NFL highlights on YouTube and found a tape that included 2 passes caught by "Harry" Grant. They can be found back-to-back at the 4:50 mark of a video called "1952 Pittsburgh Steelers". I loved those highlight films as a kid, complete with corny alliteration...

With his 10 completions this season, Streveler now has 27 in his NFL career, just 5 behind our NFL alumni leader.....Bronko Nagurski! Quite sad that our leader wasn't even a quarterback. Not to stir up a hornet's nest, but could he have been better than Leidner if given the opportunity? It...

Sarurday's game inspired me to do a little digging into past wins over the Badgers. Maybe you can supply the names of some of the Gophers cited below who contributed in big ways is some of these victories. 1936- Minnesota 24 at Wisconsin 0 A touchdown is scored on a 45-yard pass play to a...

The 2021-2022 Gophers feel to me a lot like the 1956-1957 editions. Yes, I am THAT old. Warmath's 1956 squad went 6-1-2 and blew a Rose Bowl bid by losing to Iowa in a game Minnesota dominated statistically. The 1957 team returned lots of talent and it raced off to a 3-0 start and a #4 national...

A number of posters have suggested that if Trickett had made that short field goal and if Brown-Stephens had made that easy catch, then the Gophers would have been up 13-10 at the break. I don't think it works that way. If Trickett makes his kick, the next play is a Gopher kickoff and not a...

At road games I look for the camera to pan the Gopher contingent and note their level of enthusiasm. Last night I didn't notice any attempt to sweep through the faithful, just a a still shot of some older fans who were noticeably lacking in animation. A poster on another thread, I believe...

If the Gophers had made it to Indianapolis to play Michigan, would it qualify as an opportunity to win back The Jug, or would it have to be a regular season game? I have attended several Michigan games at home and find the arrogance of their fans a little more nuanced than that which the...

In the first half of yesterday's game, a Gopher ball-carrier was dragged out of bounds and then thrown down. No flag was thrown. A GH poster implied after the game that the non-call didn't really matter because the drive fizzled anyway. I would say that we can't know how the drive would have...

This spring we were in Grand Teton and stopped in at this western bar in Jackson Hole. I was wearing a Gopher hat and this guy came up and sat down next to my wife and me. We got to talking about Minnesota and after a while he mentioned that he had played for the Gophers and had 9 interceptions...

Did some digging today since some GH posters expressed some curiosity about past Gopher defensive performances that resembled what we saw today. Here are a few, though none were exactly recent. 1998- Michigan 15 Minnesota 10. Michigan has -23 rushing yards but Brady has enough passing yards to...

I listened to the first 8 minutes of Dr. Izzo's post-mortem and I have never before heard a coach of a ranked team say so many nice things about his squad after just getting trashed by 25 points. He sounded like MSU had actually won the game when he talked abut how they met a number of pre-game...

My Gopher fandom has been dominated by football this fall. I was looking forward to seeing some impact from this reputed sharpshooter from Turkey, but I don't even see him on the roster. Some details, please? Thank you!

Just for fun, how many of these Gophers can you name? November 20, 1965 Minnesota 42 Wisconsin 7 John Hankinson throws a 37-yard touchdown pass to this 230-pound senior end from Port Arthur, Texas. Her would go on to play 9 years in the NFL and play in Super Bowls I and IV with the Chiefs...

Thank you for reading and responding to the previous submission. Let's try these games. November 6, 1935 Minnesota 40 Michigan 0 Gophers get 59 and 72 yard scoring runs by a sophomore from Minneapolis who will go on to play for Green Bay (1938-1943) and earn a spot in the Packer Hall of Fame...

I miss Minnesota football so today I will entertain myself by looking back on some past Gopher wins. Maybe you will have fun naming the players referred to below. 1) October 24, 1931 Minnesota 34 Iowa 0 Gophers get a scoring plunge and 4 extra points from a running back from South Dakota who...

I've been thinking about when Fleck said the Gophers can change how we are seen by outsiders by beating good teams. Well, were on a cruise in early November, on which I spotted a lady wearing a Penn State sweatshirt. I had on a Minnesota hat and asked if she was enjoying the success of the Lions...

He is now 4th all-time in scoring at Minnesota, with 1,784 points, 16 points behind #3 Willie Burton. I was surprised to learn that his scoring average is slightly under last year's average. I guess there were fewer scoring options last year, especially after the season became a death march.

We know about his rise to the top in rebounds. Here is how he stands in other categories. FIELD GOALS He is 9th with 606. He is just behind Quincy Lewis (609), Tommy Davis (613), Trent Tucker (631), Sam Jacobson (638), Willie Burton (646), Randy Breuer (681), Kevin McHale (714), Voshon Lenard...

As a kid, I liked watching this game and the Blue-Gray game to watch Big 10 players against players from the west. For example, the 1965 game featured a scoring pass from Hankinson to Aaron Brown and Ken Last caught a touchdown pass in the 1966 game. At the gym today, the East-West Shrine Game...

That was the line this morning for tonight's game at Illinois, which I found surprising. The Wisconsin win and the dominating win vs. Rutgers don't seem to count for much against a team that is winless in the conference. I would think that the loss to a surging Maryland team wouldn't be that...