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This was Marshall Meeder’s first kick of the season

Post your pregame, in-game, and post game reactions here

Throw in some score predictions as well

I think Minnesota musters enough grit to come away with a win in a classic Big Ten grinder, 17-13 over the Badgers

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Curious to see the coaching turnover that’s about to transpire there

The Dons, Minnesota's next opponent, defeated Purdue Fort Wayne last night 76-60 to improve to 4-2 on the season

They also have wins against DePaul (70-54), St. Francis (Pa.) (84-52), and mighty Bethesda (128-59)

Losses include Boise State (63-58) and Grand Canyon (76-72)

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Maryland defeated Rutgers 42-24 to improve to 7-5 on the season

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Gophers suffer a blow to their 2024 recruiting class as longtime WR pledge Corey Smith has reopened his recruiting process.

During his senior season, Smith tallied 29 catches for 694 yards and seven scores for his Brownsburg (Ind.) team that finished 9-1 on the season.

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He never played here. Like not one snap. WTH! What happened?????

I’m excited about where we are to be honest. Fleck is paid well, supported by his AD and is not a hot commodity right now. He has no choice but to figure it out here at Minnesota.

Thankful to all those who are willing participants on this site. Hope you all have a great day with your families

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Recap and notes from the Gophers' 86-67 win over Arkansas Pine-Bluff

Minnesota with a comfortable lead at halftime, 51-36

Five Minnesota targets now featured in the updated Rivals150 rankings

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Gopher Wrestling has a busy weekend with three duals and the Daktronics Invitational on Sunday!!

We start with a dual tomorrow night at Bucknell University at 6 pm. Then on Saturday, we have duals against Morgan State at 12pm and against George Mason at 2pm. All three duals will be streamed live on ESPN+.

MN should win all three duals pretty easily, the toughest one being Bucknell, where I have us winning 25-9!!

I actually think we will win by more than that, but my predictions were conservative. We shall see!!

On Sunday, all Gophers not traveling to the duals will be at the Daktronics Open!


Here's the article on all of this weekend's action from Gophersports.com:

Busy Week Has Three Duals, Daktronics Open on Tap for Gopher Wrestling​

Gophersports.com
11/15/2023
Wrestling
MINNEAPOLIS -- After dominating the competition last week at the season-opening Bison Open, Minnesota wrestling hits the road for its first dual meets of the season.

Thursday the Gophers travel to Bucknell to take on the Bison at 6 p.m., while Saturday sees the team face Morgan State at 12:30 p.m. and host-George Mason at 2 p.m. All three dual meets will be streamed on ESPN+ with live results Thursday on FloArena.com and TrackWrestling.com Saturday.

It'll be the first-ever meeting for Minnesota against both Bucknell and George Mason, while the Gophers met the Bears of Morgan State once in 1994, winning 35-12 at the Virginia Duals.

MN vs Bucknell
My predictions:
125: Brandon Morvari wins over Owen Bell (MN 3 - BU 0)
133: #19 Jake Gliva loses to #17 Kurt Phipps (3-3)
141: #31 Vance VomBaur wins by major dec. over Braden Bower (7-3)
149: #18 Drew Roberts wins over #33 Dylan Chappell (10-3)
157: #8 Michael Blockhus wins by major dec. over Nick Delp (14-3)
165: No. 31 Noah Mulvaney (7-1) wins over Blaine Brenner (14-6)
174: Myles Takats (6-2) wins over Sam Skillings (14-9)
184: #6 Isaiah Salazar wins by major dec. over Mikey Bartush (18-9)
197: #19 Garrett Joles wins by major dec. over Logan Deacetis (22-9)
HWT: Ben Tabor wins over Dorian Crosby (25-9)
Final Team score MN 25 - BU 9

Gophers not traveling to the dual meets will take part in the Daktronics Open Sunday in Brookings, S.D. At the event last year, then-graduate senior Michial Foy won the 184-pound title, while current sixth-year senior Jake Gliva was a finalist at 133 pounds and redshirt sophomore Gabe Nagel claimed third place at 197.

Minnesota opened the 2023-24 season last weekend at the Bison Open in Fargo, N.D., winning seven of the 10 titles. Highlighted by returning All-American Michael Blockhus at 157 pounds, the Gophers saw Tyler Wells (133), Blaine Brenner (165), Sam Skillings (174), Max McEnelly (184), Garrett Joles (197) and Bennett Tabor (285) all earn titles in the first action of the season.

The Golden Gophers moved up one spot in the latest NWCA Coaches Preseason Poll from 15th to 14th.

Eight Gopher wrestlers are ranked in at least two of the major polls with Blockhus and Patrick McKee leading the way by appearing in all four: WIN, InterMat, Flo and OpenMat. McKee is slated 3rd by WIN, 7th by InterMat and OpenMat and 10th by Flo, while Blockhus is ranked 5th by WIN and 6th by the other publications. Full rankings can be found on Page 4 of the notes.

Minnesota is coming off of a 2022-23 campaign that saw it finish with a 12-3 dual record, including a 5-3 record in Big Ten action. The Golden Gophers placed sixth as a team at the Big Ten Championships and then finished 15th at the NCAA Championships with a pair of All-Americans.

Five starters return for the 2023-24 season, including Blockhus, who was an All-American a year ago. Other returning national qualifiers include sixth-year seniors Jake Gliva, Joles and McKee, as well as Salazar and senior Andrew Sparks.

In addition, the team brings back six wrestlers that started at least one dual meet last year.

A seven-person freshman class fills out the Minnesota roster. Max McEnelly was ranked No. 15 on MatScouts' 2023 Big Board, while Gavin Nelson was No. 20 and Ethan Riddle came in ranked 145th.