Saturday during Minnesota's dominant 48-23 win over Maryland in Minneapolis, the team's mascot, Goldy Gopher, had multiple ...

Although this comparison makes Goldy’s mistaken identity seem obvious ... to create the institution’s gopher mascot, according to a 1995 Minnesota Daily article. On his way to Minneapolis, Grooms ...

He approved the chipmunk design anyway, wrote Grooms’ grandson, Steve Kuhl, in the Minnesota Alumni Association ... college mascots in the 1940s and ’50s. The gopher mascot was not actually named ...

Most of us have come to know Goldy Gopher, the beloved mascot of the University of Minnesota Twin Cities, as a perpetually smiling character who never shies away from a photograph. But Goldy has a ...

MINNEAPOLIS — 2024 may have been the year of the dragon, but in Minnesota ... out but not making the Gopher hockey team, coach Doug Woog encouraged Bernstein to be Goldy.

Get ready for a “gopher” invasion next year at the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum as it embarks on a summer-long celebration of state pride and one beloved “maroon and ...

The University of Minnesota spirit squad continued its storied ... as Ohio State won the championship and Michigan came in third. Goldy Gopher finished fourth nationally in the mascot division, while ...

Minnesota became a viral sensation ... just behind Bowling Green (85.6). Goldy the Gopher finished in fourth place in the mascot category with an event score of 91.94, coming in behind Cincinnati ...

Minnesota mascot Goldy Gopher was the most popular skater in attendance, and intermissions were filled with choreographed dances to "YMCA" and "Macarena." The metro-area kids were treated to a 4-1 ...