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Tim Brewster insists he isn't going anywhere. "It's unfortunate that unsubstantiated, unfounded rumors circulate in the coaching profession this time of the year," said the University of Minnesota's third-year football coach after his team's first bowl practice Wednesday.

The University of Minnesota football team thought it had a legitimate shot at playing in a better bowl game than last season, but the Alamo Bowl passed the Gophers over for Michigan State for the second time.

Schneck crosses 1,000-point plateau St. Cloud State senior center Matt Schneck crossed the 1,000-point barrier for his career in the Huskies' win over Michigan Tech Saturday.

Decker was selected by the Big Ten coaches. Five other Gophers players, all seniors, received All-Big Ten honorable-mention honors from the coaches, including linebacker Lee Campbell , linebacker Simoni Lawrence and cornerback Traye Simmons .

The University of Minnesota's defense held its own in the first half against Penn State, Ohio State and Iowa this season.

Hawkeyes are actually rated 13th. At some point, one of the Star Tribune's sportswriters will learn how to do his homework.

Gulf Coast High grad and Minnesota linebacker Lee Campbell has 106 tackles entering Saturday's game against Iowa, easily eclipsing his total of 80 last year, when he led the team.

The 15th-ranked Iowa Hawkeyes will attempt to halt a two-game losing streak when they play host to the Minnesota Golden Gophers in a Big Ten Conference clash.Minnesota has won two of its last three games to move to 6-5 overall and earn bowl eligibility.

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It was a little more than a year ago that the Gophers were in Illinois, celebrating becoming a bowl-eligible team.

Believe Greg Jones when he says he didn't originally commit to the University of Minnesota because the Mall of America is in nearby Bloomington.

The 18th-ranked Ohio State Buckeyes will try to bounce back from a shocking loss, as they entertain the Minnesota Golden Gophers in Big Ten play this weekend in Columbus.

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Join columnist David Jones at 1:30 p.m. today when he talks about Penn State's Saturday showdown with Minnesota.

Gopher Traye Simmons tries to break up the pass to Derek Moye . AP Photo The Penn State Nittany Lions proved why it was ranked in the top 10 earlier this season with a dominant 20-0 victory over the Gophers.

There will be noise, lots of it. More than 100,000 fans in college football's biggest stadium.

See if you can follow this: One of the best middle linebackers in the Big Ten, despite having both a given name and zodiac sign that connote he should be a Lion at "Linebacker U," is actually a Minnesota Gopher.

The 14th-ranked Penn State Nittany Lions return to Big Ten play this weekend, as they welcome the Minnesota Golden Gophers to Beaver Stadium.The Lions stepped away from the Big Ten last weekend and continued their non- conference dominance with a 52-3 thrashing of Eastern Illinois, a FCS program.

Lee Campbell and Simoni Lawrence, a couple of senior linebackers, drew attention to themselves at the University of Minnesota's football practice Tuesday, hopping around, bobbing their heads and shouting, "Linebacker U, Linebacker U, Linebacker U." That traditionally has been a nickname for Penn State , ranked No.

So this is what senior co-captains do in important games: everything. Take Gophers middle linebacker Lee Campbell on Saturday against Purdue.