Adam Rossow is the Gophers Football Analyst for 1500ESPN.com. He is a 2007 graduate of Carleton College and recently completed his master’s degree at Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism. Adam is also the co-founder and lead writer for NorthstarFootballNews.com.
TCF Bank Stadium opened on the University of Minnesota campus in September 2009 with the standard pomp and circumstance of a new, taxpayer-funded venue. There have been 55 games played at the beautiful stadium since…
P.J. Fleck is on his way to Dinkytown. The 36-year old coach will reportedly sign a five-year contract worth close to $3.5 million annually after leading Western Michigan to a 13-1 record and Cotton Bowl…
Even with the modest success the team earned in his first full season as head coach, there was a growing feeling Tracy Claeys was never going to be Mark Coyle’s long-term solution to lead the…
The Holiday Bowl was finally played Tuesday evening, and under a national microscope, the Golden Gophers football team partook. But rather than a characterless performance from a new lineup against Washington State, the shorthanded Gophers…
There aren’t many football similarities between Tracy Claeys and Mike Leach. Claeys coaches a throwback style of football predicated on stopping the run defensively and wearing out opponents with a run-heavy, ball-control offense. Any unconventional…
The Gophers ended their boycott of football activities Saturday morning after a day of meetings and negotiations with university brass provided enough explanation about suspensions leveled earlier this week against 10 players. The decision preserved…
“Effective immediately, we will boycott all football activities.” With those eight words from senior Drew Wolitarsky’s mouth, Minnesota football players took a stand on Thursday night. For anyone who’s been following the developments in Dinkytown the…
Any buzz created by the Gophers’ Holiday Bowl berth was silenced late Tuesday afternoon when the University of Minnesota suspended 10 Gophers football players indefinitely based on an investigation into their involvement in an alleged…
The Gophers were 6.5-point underdogs for their Holiday Bowl matchup with Washington State as of Sunday afternoon, when the Maroon-and-Gold wrapped up its second practice preparing for the Cougars. Spotting only a touchdown might still…
The scenario that played out early Sunday afternoon couldn’t have produced better results for the Gophers’ bowl destination. Rather than make the program’s fourth trip to Nashville since 2002 for the Music City Bowl, Minnesota…
It’s likely Saturday’s loss at Wisconsin didn’t have much impact on the Gophers’ bowl game destination. Most pundits agreed prior to the 31-17 setback it was going to be either San Diego for their first…
It didn’t have to end this way for the Gophers. Check that. It absolutely had to end this way. Another brilliant first-half performance against a tough Big Ten opponent. Another second-half lead squandered. Another flabbergasting interception by…
When the Gophers last won a football game at Wisconsin, fifth-year seniors Mitch Leidner, Nick Rallis and Jonah Pirsig were in diapers. The last time the Maroon-and-Gold defeated the Badgers, period, the three Minnesota natives…
The Gophers’ defensive performance during Saturday’s win over Northwestern was the kind of display people expected out of the highly-regarded unit coming into the season. The catalyst for the stout effort, though, was probably nothing…
A single hand. That’s all you need to count the Gophers teams with eight or more regular-season victories the last 50 years. It’s happened exactly five times — twice since 2013 — but the 2016 squad…
