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Gophers vs. Boilermakers...Is tonight's game a "must win"?
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TDG Previews the Big Ten
I feel like I start every hoops post with "Man do I love college basketball". But I won't, even though I really love college basketball. And I really love watching Big Ten basketball. Now that the non-conference portion of the schedule is finished I think we can take a good look around the Big...
Eleven Questions for the Big Ten in 2010, Part I
It's hard to believe, but Big Ten Football is a week away. That's right. A week. On Thursday, September 2, 2010, both Ohio State and Indiana kick off their seasons with out of conference matchups in Columbus and Bloomington, respectively. Our long wait in the wilderness is almost over friends,...
The TDG Consensus on the 2009 Big Ten Final Standings
The team at The Daily Gopher has been having some friendly debates regarding the prospectus for the 2009 Big Ten season, and we've decided to take our differences public. We'll revisit this post at the end of the season in order to analyze how well our predictions held up. Following is each of...
Talking points: who wants Robert Marve?
Tennessee football Okay, so former Miami QB Robert Marve is yet to decide between Purdue and Tennessee, but he'll apparently announce his decision Friday, a statement that assumes he'll make a decision by Friday. Or maybe it will be like picking a hat out of . . . a hat . . . and surprise! It's...
Gopher baseball stays in the hunt with sweep of Purdue
This was a full weekend for sports fans. The NBA playoffs, NFL Draft, MarQues Gray put on a show at the Gopher Spring Game but I'm not going to let you forget about Gopher baseball. The Gopher baseball team swept Purdue to inch back to within a 1/2 game of first place in the Big Ten. Ohio State...
Big Ten Matchups in the NCAA Tournament
There are a few basic rules when filling out your NCAA Tournament brackets. Always pick one 12 over a 5 seed, never pick all four number one seeds to make the Final Four and assume the Big Ten will fail. I think this year things are going to change. You should still pick a 12 over a 5 and...












