# The Daily Gopher Your best source for quality Minnesota Golden Gophers news, rumors, analysis, stats and scores from the fan perspective. Page: Feed: --- ## [Minnesota Football: The Gophers return both coordinators. But is that a good thing?](https://www.thedailygopher.com/minnesota-football/40680/minnesota-football-the-gophers-return-both-coordinators-but-is-that-a-good-thing) _2026-08-19 · Blake Ruane_ In an interview with the Big Ten Network’s Dave Revsine on Tuesday, head coach P.J. Fleck touted Minnesota as the only Big Ten team that returns its offensive coordinator, defensive coordinator, and starting quarterback from last season. There is certainly value in continuity, especially at the coordinator level. But I’m not so sure I share \[…\] ## [Gopher Football Preview: Upgrade or Downgrade at Defensive Tackle](https://www.thedailygopher.com/general/40563/gopher-football-preview-upgrade-or-downgrade-at-defensive-tackle) _2026-08-18 · gophernation_ The interior of the defensive line is the polar opposite of the guys on the edge. Basically everyone who played a meaningful amount of snaps is gone from the program. Starting tackles Deven Eastern and Jalen Logan-Redding are gone, as are Rushawn Lawrence and Nate Becker who saw the most action as backups. So the \[…\] ## [2026 Minnesota Golden Gophers in the NFL: Training Camp Edition](https://www.thedailygopher.com/nfl-training-camp/40666/2026-minnesota-golden-gophers-in-the-nfl-training-camp-edition) _2026-08-15 · Andy York_ Football is back! As the Gophers prepare for their season opener in less than three weeks, a bunch of former Gophers are trying to keep their NFL dreams alive in their teams various training camps. A total of 31 different Gopher alums started NFL training camp on a roster of one of the 32 NFL \[…\] ## [Minnesota Football: 5 impact transfer players for the Gophers](https://www.thedailygopher.com/minnesota-football/40657/minnesota-football-5-impact-transfer-players-for-the-gophers) _2026-08-13 · Blake Ruane_ The Minnesota Golden Gophers added 19 players through the transfer portal this offseason. Which of them are most likely to make an impact this fall? Hear are five I’ve got my eyes on: WR Noah Jennings The Gophers hit the reset button on the wide receiver room this offseason, with two graduating, five transferring out, \[…\] ## [Gopher Football Preview: Upgrade or Downgrade at Defensive End](https://www.thedailygopher.com/general/40561/gopher-football-preview-upgrade-or-downgrade-at-defensive-end) _2026-08-13 · gophernation_ Don’t you just love it when essentially an entire position group returns from one year to the next? The only defensive end not returning this fall is Lucas Finnessy who had 11 tackles last year, includine one sack against Wisconsin. The unit returns with some added talent and a year of development. This was one \[…\] ## [Minnesota Football: Treacherous waters await the Gophers in Big Ten play](https://www.thedailygopher.com/minnesota-football/40643/minnesota-football-treacherous-waters-await-the-gophers-in-big-ten-play) _2026-08-10 · Blake Ruane_ Minnesota head coach P.J. Fleck got a vote of confidence Monday from an unlikely source: Star Tribune columnist Patrick Reusse. If you’ve been a Star Tribune reader over the last decade, then you know Reusse has never been a member of the P.J. Fleck Fan Club. As recently as last December, he credited Fleck for \[…\] ## [Gopher Football Preview: Upgrade or Downgrade at Wide Receiver](https://www.thedailygopher.com/general/40559/gopher-football-preview-upgrade-or-downgrade-at-wide-receiver) _2026-08-06 · gophernation_ This position has the potential to be very fun in 2026. Not only do you have a returning starting quarterback, with an improved offensive line…but the Gophers are returning some talented receivers and some new additions to make this one of the most talented and deep wide receiver units in recent memory. A year ago, \[…\] ## [Gopher Football Preview: Upgrade or Downgrade at Tight End](https://www.thedailygopher.com/general/40557/gopher-football-preview-upgrade-or-downgrade-at-tight-end) _2026-08-04 · gophernation_ I have some bad news and I have some good news. The bad news is that the program is replacing it’s top three tight end contributors from last season. The good news is that this is the position group that is least utilized, probably on either side of the ball. In 2025, the Gopher tight \[…\] ## [Gophers predicted to finish 10th in Big Ten](https://www.thedailygopher.com/minnesota-football/40618/gophers-predicted-to-finish-10th-in-big-ten) _2026-08-03 · gophernation_ Last week was the Big Ten Media Days and as part of that annual gathering of Big Ten media, Cleveland.com published the results of its media poll, predicting the Big Ten standings. The bad news…the collective media predicted Minnesota would finish 10th in the league this fall. The good news…they have typically been wrong about \[…\] ## [Reach prospects with real signals (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/O0XkwO5DOYYb) _2026-08-03 · **Sponsored**_ Find prospects talking about your problem and get context-backed moments to engage ## [Gopher basketball lands 4-star forward Isaiah Santos](https://www.thedailygopher.com/minnesota-basketball-recruiting/40204/gopher-basketball-lands-4-star-forward-isaiah-santos) _2026-07-29 · gophernation_ Niko Medved and staff have secured a verbal commitment from one of the highest-rated recruits in Gopher history. Isaiah Santos, a 4-star forward from Texas, is currently ranked 77th nationally and was highly sought after by Butler, Texas Tech, Colorado, Houston, Illinois and Vandy. Santos is originally from Colorado but now lives in Katy, Texas, \[…\]