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Minnesota loses star RB Ibrahim to season-ending leg injury

September 6, 2021 Rick Solem

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — With a senior-laden lineup led by running back Mo Ibrahim, Minnesota entered the season with a prime opportunity to bounce back from a rough year and compete with rivals Wisconsin and Iowa for the West Division title. One week in, the Gophers have already been handed a major setback. Ibrahim will miss […]

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No. 12 Wisconsin, No. 19 Penn State eager for fresh starts

September 2, 2021 Associated Press

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin and Penn State believe they are ready to contend for Big Ten titles again after struggling through uncharacteristically inconsistent seasons amid unusual circumstances last year. Both should have plenty of motivation heading into Saturday’s season-opening Big Ten matchup between the 12th-ranked Badgers and 19th-ranked Nittany Lions. “We had a below-average […]

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Experienced Gophers talking unfinished business this season

August 17, 2021 Rick Solem

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — P.J. Fleck turned 40 last year, still one of the youngest major college football coaches in the country entering his fifth season at Minnesota. This year, Fleck has one of the oldest teams. The Gophers have a bounty of experience returning, due to the NCAA’s decision not to count the pandemic-altered 2020 […]

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Big Ten football: Season win totals

July 26, 2021 Dave Carney

Dave Carney 7/26/2021 What’s on the table today?: Big Ten season win totals The college football season is rapidly approaching and because America LOVES football more than perhaps any other sport, I want to start diving right into the betting aspects of the coming season. How will the Big Ten stack up against the Big […]

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College Football: Week 1 matchups and odds for all Big Ten teams

July 21, 2021 Dave Carney

Dave Carney 7/21/2021 What’s on the table today?: Week 1 College Football matchups and odds for Big Ten teams The Milwaukee Bucks finally did it, they won the 2nd NBA Championship in team history on Tuesday night with a 105-98 Game 6 win over the Phoenix Suns at the Fiserv Forum. With the win, the […]

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End of recruiting pause has football programs catching up

June 1, 2021 Associated Press

Minnesota’s P.J. Fleck spoke for many coaches nationwide last December when he noted he still hadn’t shaken the hands of about half the prospects who were about to sign with his program. Those days finally are coming to an end. The NCAA has lifted the recruiting dead period that has been in place since March […]

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Big Ten & NCAA tourney: Odds to win

March 8, 2021 Dave Carney

Dave Carney 3/8/2021 What’s on the table today?: Big Ten Tournament & NCAA March Madness odds to win. With the Big Ten Tournament set to tip-off on Wednesday with two games *(#13 Minnesota vs #12 Northwestern)* and *(#14 Nebraska vs #11 Penn St)*. The winner of the MNvsNW game will face #5 OSU, and the […]

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BIG history: The Battle for Paul Bunyan’s Axe.

December 21, 2020 Dave Carney

Dave Carney 12/21/2020 On Saturday the Badgers beat Minnesota 20-17 in OVERTIME to win the 2020 match up and secure Paul Bunyan’s Axe. The Wisconsin vs Minnesota game is the longest running (consecutive) FBS game, not missing one since 1906, and the history behind the Battle for Paul Bunyan’s Axe is equally as historic. In […]

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Big Ten, Pac-12 pull plug on fall football, amid pandemic

August 11, 2020 Associated Press

The Big Ten and Pac-12 called off their fall football seasons on Tuesday because of concerns about COVID-19, taking two of college football’s five power conferences out of a crumbling season. Five months after the first spikes in coronavirus cases in the U.S. led to the cancellation of the NCAA basketball tournament, the still raging […]

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‘Color us red’: Target sorry for ‘Minnesota Badgers’ onesie

February 11, 2020 Associated Press

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Target admits a onesie it carried in some stores misidentified the mascot for the largest university in its home state. The Minneapolis-based retail giant apologized to University of Minnesota Golden Gophers fans Tuesday for carrying a maroon onesie with the words “Minnesota Badgers,” the nickname of Big Ten rival Wisconsin. The fan […]

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