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I have to admit that it just seems right that the Minnesota Vikings will honor their 50th anniversary team with a setting morelike the one most of the players in franchise history played in. Of course...
Posted on 12/15/10 at 12:39 AM
Kill has a big challenge ahead with Gophers 
As Joel Maturi conducted a lengthy search for the next face of the Minnesota football program, he had to swallow his pride and give an honest assessment of what has transpired at the school over the last 40 years.
By Jon Krawczynski / AP Sports Writer , December 08, 2010
New Minnesota football coach Jerry Kill keeps introductory news conference light
MINNEAPOLIS – Jerry Kill landed in the Twin Cities late Sunday night and quickly realized Minnesota’s disillusioned fans were largely disappointed they didn’t get the big-name football coach they were promised two months ago.
By Jon Krawczynski / AP Sports Writer , December 07, 2010
Gophers go for Kill: Minnesota hires Northern Illinois coach to take over football program
MINNEAPOLIS – Joel Maturi traveled the country to interview candidates to be the Gophers’ new football coach. But the man he chose might have offered his best pitch for the job last September, right in front of his new team.
By Phil Miller / McClatchy Newspapers , December 06, 2010
Report: Kill to be named next coach for Gopher football program
Jerry Kill, the head football coach at Northern Illinois, has accepted the job at the University of Minnesota, the Minneapolis Star Tribune is reporting on its website.
By Forum staff reports , December 05, 2010
Gophers will bring good feelings into ’11
The Minnesota football program bottomed out again this season, with the firing of head coach Tim Brewster and a losing streak that reached nine games by the first weekend in November.
By Dave Campbell / Associated Press , November 30, 2010
College football: Minnesota gets pig back, beats No. 24 Iowa 27-24
MINNEAPOLIS – Duane Bennett’s touchdown run with 4:31 left lifted Minnesota to 27-24 victory Saturday over 24th-ranked Iowa, as the Hawkeyes lost another fourth-quarter lead while falling to the rival Gophers for the first time in four years.
By Dave Campbell / AP Sports Writer , November 27, 2010
Gophers pick up first Big Ten football victory of the season
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Minnesota came to Illinois on Saturday as 21-point underdogs, with a long losing streak that cost coach Tim Brewster his job weeks ago and, you might think, leaving them little to play for.
By Associated Press , November 14, 2010
Gophers snap nine-game losing streak en route to first Big Ten football win of season
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – DeLeon Eskridge rescued Minnesota from its tenth loss Saturday, leading the Gophers to a 38-34 comeback upset of Illinois with a last-minute touchdown run.
By Associated Press , November 13, 2010
College football: Gophers suspend three defensive players
MINNEAPOLIS – The news isn’t getting any better for slumping Minnesota and its beleaguered defense.
By Associated Press , November 02, 2010
College football: Penn State gets past Minnesota
MINNEAPOLIS – Matt McGloin threw two touchdown passes to Derek Moye for Penn State in relief of injured starter Rob Bolden, and the Nittany Lions used struggling Minnesota to get their first Big Ten win, 33-21 on Saturday.
By Associated Press , October 23, 2010
Statistically speaking
15-30
Tim Brewster’s record during his 3½ seasons as the University of Minnesota’s head football coach. Brewster, the 30th head coach in Gopher history, was fired on Sunday.
By Forum staff reports , October 19, 2010
College football: Maturi wants to make a splash with new coach
Athletic director Joel Maturi insists Minnesota has all the resources and amenities to attract a big-time football coach to resurrect a program that hasn’t been to the Rose Bowl in nearly 50 years.
By Jon Krawczynski / AP Sports Writer , October 19, 2010
Schnepf: Maturi tires of Brewster’s sales pitch
Tim Brewster called it the “most miserable experience of my life.”
By Kevin Schnepf , October 19, 2010
Dungy not interested in replacing Brewster
MINNEAPOLIS – Tony Dungy has told Minnesota that he’s not interested in returning to the sidelines to coach his alma mater.
By Associated Press , October 18, 2010
Minnesota fires football coach Tim Brewster in his fourth season
MINNEAPOLIS – Tim Brewster arrived at Minnesota in 2007 promising to bring the Golden Gophers back to the Rose Bowl, to heights not seen on campus in more than a generation.
By Jon Krawczynski / AP Sports Writer , October 18, 2010
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