Minnesota Golden Gophers NCAA Football News

The champions of the Football Championship Subdivision calmed their fears of a late recruiting start by bolstering one of their few thin positions on signing day.

Most people remember Jeff Diamond as the vice president/general manager of the Vikings at the end of a 23-year career with the organization.

He took over a department -- two of them, actually -- engulfed in turmoil, divided by gender and rancor and reeling from the dishonor of NCAA scandal, and birthed a unified, relatively tranquil and sanction-free athletic program, with all 25 sports intact.

Today is National Signing Day! It is like Christmas for college football coaches.

Tim Brewster's second recruiting class with the Gophers football program, in 2008, was ranked among the 20 best in the nation.

The arm-twisting, the politicking, it all puts a lot of pressure on a teenage kid.

A Twitter-ese response to yesterday's recruiting news might look something like this: "Glen Mason << Tim Brewster <<<<< Jerry Kill" Remember how much of a priority Tim Brewster said closing up Minnesota's borders and keeping the states best players at home was? And we were ecstatic because it looked like he was doing it.

When Jerry Kill was hired as the University of Minnesota football coach, he said one of his early goals was to close the borders on in-state recruits.

Adam Rittenberg: Because Ohio State was elite from 2005-10, and Ohio State has recruited at a higher level than Michigan for most of that span.

Lost a bit amongst all the hoopla with the new jerseys was news that sophomore QB Tom Parish has decided to transfer .

The Golden Gophers want to get you hyped about their upcoming season, and the uniforms they will wear.

I'm not a fan of waking up on Saturday mornings and not having any college football to look forward to for the day, but at least on this Saturday morning we've got some things to talk about.

Q: There is a lot of speculation about Tim Tebow and his backup or replacement for next year.

Eight Gophers players smiled and joked while modeling the team's new look today on a stage in the middle of their at TCF Bank Stadium locker room.

The University of Minnesota on Friday introduced a new on-field look -- the first changes to its uniforms since 2008.

Philip Nelson has a souvenir photo from one of the more memorable days of his college recruitment, a memento that these days drips with more irony than reminiscence.

Jordan Hinojosa will start college and join the Gophers football team this week, several months ahead of other freshman-class teammates, and it's an achievement that required some sacrifice.