Coach Tubby Smith and the Gopher Basketball Team Are Eager for the 2009-2010 Gopher Basketball Season to Start

Williams Arena got a facelift, the Minnesota Golden Gophers Basketball Roster got 5 new players, Tubby Smith has new ideas that he hopes will add more Wins to the Gopher Basketball Scorebook, now all that is missing is the start of the season.

The Minnesota Gophers Men's 2009-2010 Basketball starts tonight with an exhibition game against Minnesota-Duluth at Williams Arena at 7:00. The two teams will play again on Monday at Williams Arena with tip-off at 7:00 as well.

The Regular 2009-2010 Gopher Men's Basketball Season will start Friday November 13th against Tennessee Tech. The game tips-off at 7:00 at Williams Arena. Gopher Basketball Tickets are still available!

Minnesota Gophers Hockey turns it around to sweep Alaska

The Minnesota Gophers Men's Hockey team had been off to a rough start this season. After winning their first exhibition game, the Gopher Hockey Roster seemed as if they forgot how to skate. They lost their season opener, tied their next game and then got swept by Denver.

This weekend the bad luck changed for the Minnesota Golden Gophers Men's Hockey team. This past weekend they swept Alaska, Anchorage with a 5-1 win on Friday and a 4-1 win on Sunday. The Gopher Hockey team needed the win to get themselves back on track after the rough start. They play next in Friday November 6th in Madison, WI.

Minnesota Golden Gophers Football beat the Michigan State Spartans

While most of the country was dressed up in costumes tricking and treating, the Minnesota Golden Gophers football roster was dressed up in their Gopher football jerseys winning. The Gophers played the Michigan State Spartans on Saturday at TCF Bank Stadium.

The victory was the sweetest for University of Minnesota Senior, Adam Weber who had a career and school record day for passing with 505 yards of total offense. Weber who has had a great season so far anyway, showed his coaches, teammates and fans alike that he deserved the leadership spot he was given this summer.

After just 20 seconds in the game, the Gophers had already scored and the momentum never slowed down. With a final score of 42-34 the Minnesota Golden Gophers Football roster walked away on Saturday very happy.

Minnesota Gophers Men's Hockey continues to be disappointing

The Minnesota Golden Gophers Men's Hockey team took on Denver at Mariucci Arena last weekend and had 2 very disappointing games. Both Friday and Saturday left Gopher Hockey fans walking away from Mariucci after 0-3 losses.

On Friday despite control of the puck for the first 10 minutes of the game and a spirited comeback in the last 10 minutes, the Gophers could not prevent the shut-out. Saturday's game was much the same with several strong plays and a 30-26 attempted shot advantage, the problem... the Gophers couldn't get the puck to the net.

Its hard to see the bright side in losing, but if you are a die hard Golden Gophers Hockey fan you can take heart in knowing that with multiple losses in a row Minnesota Gophers Hockey Tickets will be cheaper right now on the re-sell, so why not head out to Mariucci Arena for a game and cheer the Gophers on to a win, its got to be about time for one of those!

Looks like I will be playing a nurse this Halloween as Eric Decker is out with a leg injury

My heart skipped a beat last weekend, then it skipped a few more as Eric Decker, the love of my Gopher Centered Life, came off of the football field at Ohio State injured. What appeared to be an ankle injury at the time reportedly as Eric on Crutches and me running for my nurses uniform. Reports are unclear how long Eric Decker will be listed as injured on the Gophers Roster or what will be needed to repair the damage done to his lower left leg, all I know is that if he is in need of a little TLC, I'm his girl!

Get Well Soon Eric!

Golden Gophers Football play at Ohio State and lose second game in a row

The Minnesota Gophers football program is in need of a pick me up... Last Saturday the Golden Gophers played at Ohio State losing to the Buckeyes 38-7 in large part because of costly turnovers. The loss dropped the Gophers to 4-4, making their Halloween Game against Michigan State crucially important if they want to stay Bowl Game viable.

Saturday's loss could have been prevented which makes it even harder to swallow. There were 3 turnovers in the second half that let the Ohio State Buckeyes score 21 points. Without Eric Decker (more on that later as details emerge) the Gophers never really had a solid run at comeback. This weekend it will be very important that the healthy players on the Minnesota Gophers Football Roster make good plays and hold onto the ball. Without my love E-Deck, the Gophers are really going to have to step up to beat Michigan State.

Gopher Basketball Tubby Tip-Off Event

The Minnesota Golden Gophers Men's Basketball Team kicked off their 3rd season with Coach Tubby Smith with the annual Tubby Tip-Off Event. Friday nights festivities happened at Williams Arena, where the new floor was debuted along with introductions to all of the Minnesota Golden Gophers roster, including the five new players.

The Gophers Basketball Players then participated in a three-point shooting contest, a slam-dunk contest, and a scrimmage. The entire event was a huge success and Coach Smith showed off his new Gophers to alumni and donors.

The Golden Gophers start regular season games November 13 vs. Tennessee Tech. Minnesota Golden Gophers Tickets are available online now. Minnesota Gophers Basketball Tickets has great deals on U of M Basketball tickets, check them out now!

Golden Gopher Hockey left lots to be desired in North Dakota

The Minnesota Golden Gophers Men's Hockey Team opened their season Friday against North Dakota and in one word the game, SUCKED.

The Men's Gopher Hockey Team lost to North Dakota 0-4. North Dakota scored twice on a power play and the Gophers seemed to be lost as to what to do when they were in the same position. This was the first season opener in 3 seasons that the Gophers lost.

Saturday night's game against the Fighting Sioux was slightly better with the final score being 3-3. The Minnesota Golden Gophers are now 0-1-1 overall, while North Dakota is 3-0-1 and extended its home unbeaten streak to 16 games. If the Gophers want to have a prayer of turning their season around they will need to win against Denver this weekend. Minnesota takes on Denver at Mariucci Arena Friday at 7:00.

Golden Gophers Football Team Suffer a Hard Loss Against Penn State

The Minnesota Golden Gophers Football Team suffered a rough loss last weekend against Penn State, losing on the road 0-20. The Penn State Nittany Lions shut the Minnesota Gophers out completely and in the 2nd and 3rd quarters they kept the Gophers to only 7 minutes with the ball... something the Minnesota Golden Gophers have not had happen to them in several games.

Coach Brewster told the press, "We didn't play well enough offensively to sustain anything really from the beginning. Give credit where credit is due. Penn State was better than we were and I thought they played extremely well. Penn State's defense is outstanding. We still, obviously, have a lot of things that we need to improve upon offensively to be a better football team."

Next week the Gophers take on Ohio State on the road, lets hope this game goes a little better...

Minnesota Golden Gophers Hockey kicks off against the North Dakota Fighting Souix

The Minnesota Golden Gophers Hockey season gets started this season on Friday with a game against the North Dakota Fighting Sioux. Friday's game starts at 7:30 at Mariucci Arena and Saturday's game starts at 7. The game will be televised on Fox Sports North, but lets be honest... wouldn't you rather check the 2009-2010 Gophers Men's Hockey Team out live? I know I would, I already have my tickets, but for those of you who don't Minnesota Gophers Hockey Tickets are still available and great deals can be found online.