Minnesota Golden Gophers NCAA Football News

Nickname : Golden Gophers. Most gophers are brown, including this handsome devil .

The Golden Gopher football program enters 2009 with a pair untested kickers, Eric Ellestad and David Schwerman.

Posted by DUSTIN HOCKENSMITH, Of The Patriot-News Tuesday June 16, 2009, 7:16 PM AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File Ohio State coach Jim Tressel, left, talks with Chris Wells in the first half of a 2007 game at Washington.

From the opening selection to the final round, the 2009 First-Year Player Draft was deep with pitching prospects.

Wednesday was a dream come true for Derek McCallum, not to mention many others selected in the Major League First-Year Player Draft.

The Big Ten Conference announced the start times for the University of Minnesota's football games against Purdue and Ohio State this year.

A two-out single in the eighth inning by Minnesota catcher Kyle Knudson broke an 8-8 tie and four hits by left fielder Justin Gominsky helped lead the Gophers to a 11-8 victory over Southern to eliminate the Jaguars in game 3 of the NCAA Baton Rouge Regional Saturday at Alex Box Stadium.

Shaver Hansen hit a two-run homer, Baylor starter Willie Kempf pitched six shutout innings and the Bears beat Minnesota 5-0 in both teams' opening game in the NCAA tournament on Friday night.

Ranking the Big Ten's top 30 players ... No. 18 Adam Weber , QB, Minnesota, Jr., 6-3, 217 Why he's here -- Weber might not be the flashiest quarterback, but there are numerous coaches around the country who would love to have him taking snaps for their team.

Minnesota is not Florida, Texas, or even Missouri when it come to turning out numbers of Division One football recruits, but as is evidenced by the number one player in the country, Seantrel Henderson , Minnesota does turn out high end players.

If the Vikings and free-agent quarterback Brett Favre can't agree on a contract, the Vikings could end up looking somewhat foolish.

Government inspectors sorted through the Dallas Cowboys' flattened practice facility Monday, trying to figure out why fierce winds sent the tent-like structure crashing during a rookie workout session.

The Browns promoted George McDonald to wide receivers coach. McDonald joined the Browns' staff on February 11 as offensive quality control coach.

The teams last met during the Depression, but that will change with an upcoming home-and-home series.

It's just a small step. But still, it's a step in the right direction. On Monday, the NFL's New York Jets announced the signing of undrafted rookie free-agent tight end Jack Simmons.

The New York Jets signed free agent defensive tackle Anthony Harris and undrafted free agent tight end Jack Simmons on Monday.

The lights went on -- and were to stay on all night -- in a test of the 268 1,500-watt fixtures at the new University of Minnesota Gophers football stadium.

As just about everyone involved stressed, over and over, the Gophers' annual spring football game might signal the end of spring practice but it is not an end in itself.

Darren "Doogie" Wolfson has a passion for sports, but not a consistent forum in which he's allowed to spew his thoughts.

For the first time since 1999, nobody from the University of Minnesota was taken.