The Big Ten Conference announced today the start time for four Minnesota football games for the 2023 season. The games announced were Minnesota's first home games against Nebraska, Eastern Michigan and Louisiana. The kick time for Minnesota's road game at North Carolina was also announced.

The Gophers will kick off the 2023 season against Nebraska at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 31 at Huntington Bank Stadium. The game will be broadcast by FOX and the network will also have a live on-site pregame show starting at 6:30 p.m. Minnesota leads the all-time series against Nebraska 36-25-2 and has won four straight games against the Cornhuskers.

The game against Nebraska will be Minnesota' Gold Out game and all Gopher fans are encouraged to wear Gold for the home opener.

Minnesota will host Eastern Michigan at 6:30 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 9 on Big Ten Network. This will be the first-ever meeting between the Gophers and the Eagles.

The Gophers welcome Louisiana to campus for Homecoming on Saturday, Sept. 30. Minnesota and the Ragin' Cajuns will kick at 11 a.m. and television broadcast information will be announced in the future. Minnesota leads the all-time series 3-0, as the teams played in 2001, 2002 and 2003.

The Homecoming game against Louisiana will be Minnesota's annual Stripe the Bank game and fans are encouraged to wear either Maroon or Gold to the game depending on their section.

The lone road game that was announced today is Minnesota's nonconference tilt at North Carolina on Saturday, Sept. 16. That game will start at 2:30 p.m. and will be broadcast on either ESPN or ESPN2. This will be the first-ever meeting between the Gophers and the Tar Heels.

This was pretty hard honestly. A lot of these guys will make immediate impacts this fall. No.7 through No.3 could probably be ranked in any numerous ways. What do you guys think?

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Gilmore breaks down why all five programs made his final cut...Minnesota included

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Will release a Top 3 later today, expect Minnesota to be in it. Of course, he has an OV set with the Gophers on June 16th

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Huge in-state target for the Gophers

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Rogers (Minn.) defensive end Wyatt Gilmore is clearly one of Minnesota's top priorities remaining in the 2024 class and on Sunday, the highly-touted, three-star prospect included the Gophers among his Top 5 schools along with Oklahoma, Miami, Oregon, and Kansas State.

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Gilmore is plenty familiar with Minnesota and their program, having been a frequent visitor to campus in recent months. Just this year, he visited the Gophers for their Junior Day back in January and recently returned in April as well.

The 6-foot-4, 250-pound prospect also visited Minnesota twice in the fall for the Colorado game in September and returning for a visit a day before the Penn State game.

Minnesota's offseason addition of defensive line assistant Winston DeLattiboudere has added a positive wrinkle in the Gophers' recruitment of the highly-touted defensive end.

"I love the culture, I love the coaching staff, it just seems like a great place to be," Gilmore recently told TGR. "I love Minneapolis, there is a lot of things to do there. It is in my home state, and that does add a lot. Overall I just think it's a great program. I think their development has been solid, but adding DeLattiboudere is going to change the way people see it."

"I love (P.J.) Fleck, his energy is just like DeLattiboudere, they're just high energy guys who know football and are good coaches."

It's clear Minnesota is currently in a great spot with Gilmore, who will embark on his official visits in June before making his college decision.

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Some new faces at key positions for the Gophers this upcoming season, one of the most critical will be at quarterback as Athan Kaliakmanis is expected to take the reigns after gaining some significant playing time and experience last season.

Kaliakmanis played in 11 games total, making five starts while compiling a 3-2 record in those starts. Total stats included 60-of-111 passing for 946 yards with three touchdowns and four interceptions. He also rushed for 140 yards on 34 carries with one touchdown.

Some highlights of his 2022 season include:

@ Penn State on October 22nd (first-career start)
STATS: 9/22 (40.9%) for 175 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT - 7 carries for 45 yards
RESULT: 45-17 Loss

@ Nebraska on November 5th (replaced Tanner Morgan at half down 10-0)
STATS: 6/12 (50%) for 137 yards - 3 carries for 27 yards
RESULT: 20-13 Win

vs. Northwestern on November 12th
STATS: 7/13 (53.8%) for 64 yards - 4 carries for 28 yards
RESULT: 31-3 Win

vs. Iowa on November 19th
STATS: 7/15 (46.7%) for 87 yards, 1 INT - 4 carries for 32 yards
RESULT: 13-10 Loss

@ Wisconsin on November 26th
STATS: 19/29 (65.5%) for 319 yards, 2 TD - 7 carries for 14 yards
RESULT: 23-16 Win

vs. Syracuse on December 29th (Bad Boy Mowers Pinstripe Bowl)
STATS: 7/9 (77.8%) for 80 yards - 2 carries for -11 yards (injured in 2nd quarter)
RESULT: 28-20 Win

Assuming Kaliakmanis completes the season healthy, what do you think his stats will be for 2023?

Fleck at #21

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Wildcats get their QB after all

For those interested, mentions Cal, Notre Dame, and Wisconsin as standouts

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Minnesota is the latest offer for Johnson, who is interested in visiting sometime this summer, but a lot will depend on his father's work schedule before he locks in visits.

Johnson said he had been communicating with Gophers senior defensive analyst Dennis Dottin-Carter before Winston DeLattiboudere extended an offer.

"I'm very interested in Minnesota," Johnson said. "I want to figure out if I can schedule a visit, it's just hard because of my Dad's schedule. I've been talking to Coach Dot for around two months and I recently spoke with the D-line coach yesterday."

At 6-foot-4, 210-pounds, Johnson has the physical tools that Minnesota is looking for in a defensive end.

"(He likes) my twitch and my first step from which Coach Dot came to see me."

Other schools in the mix for Johnson are Kansas, Oklahoma State, Cal, Boise State, and Houston.

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