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Like what I'm hearing about the Gophers and four-star TE Roman Voss. He's set to announce on Monday.

@Dylan Callaghan-Croley

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Apologies for a quiet last few days, first I was under the weather. Now the wife is under the weather. So had to go into overtime mode on dad/husband duties. But let's get into the notebook.

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Going to start an ongoing thread. Anytime you guys have questions about football, recruiting, basketball, etc. Let me know and I'll give you an answer!

Hell of a recruiting job by the Gophers here.

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Minnesota football gained a slew of commitments off of its “Summer Splash” recruiting event last weekend, including from 3-Star DB Jordan Lampkins.

“Gophers fans should expect tons of big plays from me in the near future.”

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Anyone up for a mid November roadtrip to Columbia?

Minnesota won’t be the pick. But hearing Kentucky is actually going to be the landing spot.

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The University of Minnesota men's basketball program and head coach Niko GOPHER MEN'S BASKETBALL: Minnesota Adds Guard Duo added guards Maximus Gizzi (New Palestine, Ind.) and Max Lorenson (Eden Prairie, Minn.) to the Golden Gopher program. Both will report this week to summer workouts.

Gizzi, a 6-foot, 1-inch graduate guard, played at Huntington University and Marian University. With Huntington University last year, Gizzi was the Crossroads League's Defender of the Year, an All-Defensive Team honoree and an honorable mention. Before his time at Huntington, Gizzi was with Marian University from 2020 to 2024, where he was an All-Crossroads League Second Team selection, All-Crossroads Defensive Team selection, and a three-time NAIA Scholar-Athlete. With Marian, he was the team's starting point guard in all 31 games during the 2023-24 season, averaging 32.5 minutes and 10.1 points. Playing prep basketball at New Palestine High School, Gizzi set the school record for points in a single season when he had 608 in his final season and was a four-time All-Hoosier Heritage conference selection.

Lorenson, a 6-foot, 2-inch freshman guard, played at Eden Prairie High School and Minnesota Select. Lorenson finished his high school career as the fourth all-time leading scorer in Eden Prairie HS history with 1,568 career points. He was a three-time all-conference selection, a two-year team captain and a four-year varsity letter winner. Lorenson averaged over 26 points per game as a senior with the Eagles, bettering his 17.2 points his junior year. He led the Eagles in scoring in his sophomore, junior, and senior seasons. He produced a career-best 44 points against Totino Grace and 41 against Washburn in that span. Lorenson also played football for EPHS.

Minnesota football has added its 18th commitment to its class of 2026 as S Jordan Lampkins pledged to the Gophers on Sunday after a three-day visit.

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I have four commitment prewrites written. I'm expecting at least 1-2 maybe today, and could see one or two later this week.

TE Roman Voss - Alabama
DT Freddie Wilson - Georgia Tech
CB Xavier Jackson - Michigan State
S Darion Jones - Nebraska
S Tristen Hill - NC State

FWIW, currently the Gophers lead their primary B1G competitors with 16 commits for the 2026 recruiting class, including two 4-stars (Johnson and Trout) and the rest 3 stars. Badgers have 11 commits, all 3-stars. Iowa has 10 commits, nine 3-stars, and one as yet unranked (Jezierski from Edina). Huskers have 5 commits; one 4-star, four 3-stars.

Last weekend Iowa had 4 recruits who had planned to visit, but all 4 committed to other programs first (including Aytch to Minnesota), in fact to other B1G programs (WI, WA, NW, MN) and cancelled their trips to Iowa. Early this week Iowa got a commitment from a MN DL from Edina MN, Sawyer Jezierski, who had 4 other offers - Army, Boston College, K State, and NDSU (although the Iowa Rivals site said that Iowa was his only offer).

Was told today that Minnesota wide receiver Hayden Moore will no longer be visiting Penn State this weekend.

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