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Border Battle

border battle

The longest running rivalry in NCAA Division 1 football continues today when the Wisconsin Badgers play the Minnesota Golden Gophers. This is the 123rd meeting between the two schools, who first played each other in 1890.

The Badgers come in heavily favored, and rightfully so, they have one of the top B1G teams, but the Gophers have their best team in probably 10 years and there is excitement once again in Minnesota. Plus, it’s rivalry time, and any time these teams play the blood gets pumping. It should be kind of cool out in the stands, with highs in the upper teens, so hopefully it’ll be a hard fought, close contest to keep everyone warm.

It’s the Battle for Paul Bunyan’s Axe in Minneapolis.


Axe Week

MN vs WI 1900 6-5 MN Win

It’s Border Battle time as the Wisconsin Badgers get ready to cross The River to take on the Minnesota Golden Gophers on Saturday at TCF Stadium.
Here’s a photo of a game between the two schools from 1900. Minnesota won that game 6-5, which is a score you just don’t see often enough in football.

Photo courtesy of Golden Gopher Football


Gopher Football

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A shout out to the University of Minnesota football program who beat ranked, and heavily favored Nebraska 34-23 on Saturday at TCF Stadium on the U of M campus. The last time Minnesota beat Nebraska was in 1960, a period that includes 16 games. The 1960 Gophers were the seventh, and last National Championship team in football for Minnesota.


Goodbye Mad Duck

“Mongo only pawn in game of life.”

Legendary All-Pro Defensive Tackle Alex Karras has died from kidney failure. A member of the Detroit Lions “Fearsome Foursome”, Karras was a punishing lineman who wrecked havoc in the trenches.

Karras was 77.


Photo courtesy of Golden Gopher Football



Floyd Stays in Minnesota

After a very rough start in the Big Ten, congrats to the Golden Gopher football program on the huge victory vs. Iowa. Nice win!

Damn good hockey game vs. Anchorage last night as well.