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Tonight the Gophers face their first road test on the conference schedule with a game at Penn State (5:30 PM, AM 1390 The Fan).

The Minnesota Gophers (8-5) ended their season last night with a 21-17 loss to the Syracuse Orange (7-6) in the Texas Bowl in Houston. The Gophers led late in the 4th quarter, before Syracuse scored the go-ahead touchdown with 1:14 remaining to secure the win.

The Gopher football team will play Syracuse Friday night in Houston for the Texas Bowl at 5pm, pregame on WJON at 4pm. The Gophers are 8-4 while Syracuse is 6-6.

Minnesota will host Nebraska-Omaha Friday night at Williams Arena before their final non-conference matchup with Texas A&M –CC on Saturday, December 28th.

The Gophers host the New Orleans Privateers on Saturday at Williams Arena.

The Minnesota Golden Gopher men's basketball team lost their second straight game Tuesday, suffering an 87-73 defeat against Arkansas in Maui. The Gophers are now 5-2 on the season.

The Minnesota Golden Gophers men's basketball team stuck with #8 Syracuse in Maui Monday but eventually fell 75-67. Minnesota is now 5-1 on the season. Minnesota trailed 39-36 at the half and cut the Orange lead to 67-65 with just over two minutes remaining in the second half, but Syracuse closed the game on a 8-2 run...

Paul Bunyan's Axe will stay in Madison for another year following #16 Wisconsin's (9-2) 20-7 win over the Minnesota Gophers (8-3) yesterday afternoon in Minneapolis. While Gopher coach Jerry Kill says there are no 'moral victories,' he does admit his pride in his young team's effort against the visiting Badgers.

The Minnesota Golden Gopher men’s basketball team topped Wofford 79-57 Thursday night at Williams Arena. Minnesota shot just over 50% from the floor and jumped out to a 24-2 lead to start the game. Elliot Eliason scored 11 points with 11 rebounds and seven blocked shots to pace the Minnesota victory...

I guess when you win four Big Ten games in a row (for the first time in as long as I can remember) you start getting some attention. Here's the story on ESPN.com. Big one this weekend at The Bank vs. the Badgers. Go Gophers!

The St. Cloud State Huskies ended their regular season yesterday with a convincing 64-27 win over MSU-Moorhead in St. Cloud, ending with a final record of 10-1. St. John's fell at home yesterday to #6 Bethel 28-7, wrapping up their regular season with a 7-3 record (5-3 in the MIAC).

The #21 SCSU Huskies (8-1) clobbered Bemidji State (2-7) 45-6 this afternoon in Bemidji. During the game, SCSU quarterback Phillip Klaphake became the all-time leading Husky passer. The Minnesota Gophers also collected a road win today, while Saint John's lost at Gustavus.