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Per Randy:
Kenan Stadium sits in the heart of the picturesque University of North Carolina campus and seats 50,500 on fall Saturdays for Tar Heels football. This weekend, the majority in attendance will wear Carolina blue, but a chunk of the crowd will sport maroon and gold.
The Gophers are making their first trip to play the Tar Heels in program history, and the nonconference matchup should be one of the more popular for Minnesota fans in the past couple of decades. Two years ago at Colorado, the Minnesota athletic department sold more than 3,000 tickets, and there appeared to be more than twice that total of Gophers fans at Folsom Field to watch the 30-0 thrashing of the Buffaloes.
Mike Wierzbicki, Minnesota's senior associate athletic director for external affairs, said the athletic department has sold more than 2,000 tickets for the North Carolina game. That doesn't count the fans who've used other avenues to purchase tickets, so the Gophers' representation should be strong.
Road games against Power Five opponents aren't an every year occurrence as teams try to schedule seven or more home games and seek paths to six wins and bowl eligibility. So, when a gem of a trip like a Colorado or a North Carolina makes its way onto the schedule, fans tend to buy in on something new and different.
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Go Gophers!!
Kenan Stadium sits in the heart of the picturesque University of North Carolina campus and seats 50,500 on fall Saturdays for Tar Heels football. This weekend, the majority in attendance will wear Carolina blue, but a chunk of the crowd will sport maroon and gold.
The Gophers are making their first trip to play the Tar Heels in program history, and the nonconference matchup should be one of the more popular for Minnesota fans in the past couple of decades. Two years ago at Colorado, the Minnesota athletic department sold more than 3,000 tickets, and there appeared to be more than twice that total of Gophers fans at Folsom Field to watch the 30-0 thrashing of the Buffaloes.
Mike Wierzbicki, Minnesota's senior associate athletic director for external affairs, said the athletic department has sold more than 2,000 tickets for the North Carolina game. That doesn't count the fans who've used other avenues to purchase tickets, so the Gophers' representation should be strong.
Road games against Power Five opponents aren't an every year occurrence as teams try to schedule seven or more home games and seek paths to six wins and bowl eligibility. So, when a gem of a trip like a Colorado or a North Carolina makes its way onto the schedule, fans tend to buy in on something new and different.
Gophers football schedule continues to deliver marquee trips for fans
Coach P.J. Fleck said a concerted effort has been made to schedule non-conference games against premier programs.
www.startribune.com
Go Gophers!!