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Minnesota Golden Gophers News / Minnesota Sports Fan / April 24
PJ Fleck, Gophers Reel in Two More Elite Offensive Talents Out of Transfer Portal
PJ Fleck and Minnesota Gophers football coaches have kept plenty busy this offseason, both on the recruiting trail and in the transfer portal. And it’s paid off because the high-caliber commitments continue to roll in.
P.J. Fleck News / Athlon Sports Nation All Gophers / April 19
LSU transfer Jaxon Howard commits to Gophers
P.J. Fleck has added former four-star linebacker Jaxon Howard in the spring transfer window. Howard confirmed that he's coming home to Minnesota, leaving LSU after just one year as a redshirt freshman.
College Football News / Minnesota Sports Fan / April 16
Gophers Land Commitment from Top 2025 Local Wide Receiver, Cameron Begalle
P.J. Fleck and the Minnesota Gophers coaching staff have been on fire lately, really putting in the work and making the most of NIL opportunities. And they’ve been rewarded, landing multiple high-value commitments both in the portal and on the recruiting trail, in recent weeks (and even months).
College Football News / Athlon Sports Nation All Gophers / April 16
Gophers receive commitment from local wide receiver Cameron Begalle
It didn't take long for Andover's Cameron Begalle to say yes to P.J. Fleck. According to several recruiting insiders, Begalle, the No. 6 recruit in Minnesota according to 247Sports, committed almost immediately after receiving an offer from the Gophers. "Wow!
College Football News / Minnesota Sports Fan / April 15
PJ Fleck, Gophers Managing Portal Era Talent Better than Most Big Ten Teams
It’s 2024 and if you do not know how to successfully navigate the transfer portal as a division one college football head coach, your team will decay and you will eventually be fired.
P.J. Fleck News / Minnesota Sports Fan / April 8
PJ Fleck, Gophers Make Final-7 for Top In-State Recruit and it’s an Impressive List
Emmanuel Karmo, the top-ranked high school football player from Minnesota’s 2025 class and top-400 nationally (according to 247Sports composite ratings), is a 6’3” and 225 pound 4-star monster out of Robbinsdale Cooper.
Minnesota Golden Gophers News / Minnesota Sports Fan / March 29
Minnesota Gophers Land Coveted Four-Star QB Commit for 2025 Recruiting Class
P.J. Fleck and the Minnesota Gophers finished with a top-40 recruiting class in 2024, adding a ton of talent to their future offense with three- and four-star recruits at multiple spots.
Minnesota Golden Gophers News / Minnesota Sports Fan / March 29
PJ Fleck, Gophers Flip Monster DL Torin Pettaway Originally Committed to Wisconsin
The Minnesota Gophers have ended an incredibly busy day in Minnesota Sports with a bang, flipping massive 2025 3-star defensive lineman Torin Pettaway over the border.
Minnesota Golden Gophers News / Minnesota Sports Fan / March 23
PJ Fleck, Gophers Get First Commitment of 2025 Class in Ballhawking Georgia DB, Zachry Harden
Much of the 2024 Minnesota Gophers recruiting class is yet to enroll at the University, but that hasn’t stopped PJ Fleck and his coaching staff from shifting focus to the 2025 recruits.
Minnesota Golden Gophers News / Minnesota Sports Fan / March 21
Every Single Scholarship Gophers Football Player Has an NIL Deal, PJ Fleck Reveals
The Minnesota Gophers have stepped up their NIL game in recent years and months. Pretty much since the middle of the season when head coach PJ Fleck pleaded
P.J. Fleck stayed with Gophers for 'love' of Minnesota
PJ Fleck's "love" of Minnesota is what, he says, was the tipping point for him to remain the Gophers head coach when UCLA came calling earlier this year. "I just love being in Minnesota," Fleck said at the team's spring practice press conference Wednesday. "I don't know if there's much to say after that.
PJ Fleck to get escalating retention bonuses in latest Gophers contract amendment
Gophers football coach PJ Fleck is getting an amendment to his contract. It's certainly not as exciting as an extension but it's once again clear that the interest from the outside, this time UCLA, has caused the University of Minnesota to give Fleck more of what he wants.
Mark Coyle: UCLA interest in Gophers' PJ Fleck 'was real'
University of Minnesota athletics director Mark Coyle said UCLA's interest in PJ Fleck following the sudden departure of head coach Chip Kelly "was real." Speaking on the Golden Gophers Podcast Thursday Coyle was candid about the interest being showed to the Gophers football coach.
College Football News / Minnesota Sports Fan / February 20
PJ Fleck, UCLA Wanted Each Other but Shambled Program Could Not Afford Him
The Minnesota Gophers football program was nearly hit by a proverbial bus on Friday, February 9, 2024 around 1 PM. Not even a bus. More like a semi-truck filled to the ceiling with dried concrete (more on that momentarily).
College Football News / Athlon Sports Nation All Gophers / February 15
Odds favor Gophers struggling in Big Ten football next season
If P.J. Fleck and the Gophers are in search of bulletin board material, look no further than the over/under win totals for Big Ten football teams in 2024.
Minnesota Golden Gophers News / Athlon Sports Nation All Gophers / February 12
Report: Insider unsure why P.J. Fleck didn't end up at UCLA
Gophers football coach P.J. Fleck dispelled rumors that he was on his way to UCLA on Saturday, taking to X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, to
College Football News / LAFB Network / February 11
PJ Fleck Withdraws From Consideration For UCLA Football’s Top Job; Bruins AD Has 48 Hours Left.
Chip Kelly ran his most creative play yet last week, but it was a last-second end around out the door and to the east. 2200 miles to the east. UCLA’s athletic director put an expedited timeline on filling the still-warm chair, 96 hours.
College Football News / Athlon Sports Nation All Gophers / February 10
Minnesota's P.J. Fleck appears to squash UCLA speculation
It doesn't appear that P.J. Fleck has any interest in the head coaching job at UCLA. Fleck, who has been at the University of Minnesota for seven seasons,
College Football News / FanNation Bring Me The Sports / November 27
Brian Murphy: P.J. Fleck's tone-deafness is ear-splitting
A time-tested way to punch up a low-level college bowl game is leveraging outsized coaching egos and grievances. Beaten down fan bases and desperate television producers love grudge matches.
College Football News / FanNation Bring Me The Sports / November 26
Are we headed for a PJ Fleck vs. Jerry Kill bowl game?
Hollywood couldn't write a better script than a 2023 bowl game between P.J. Fleck's Minnesota Gophers and Jerry Kill's New Mexico State Aggies. It could happen, at least in the predictive eyes of 247Sports, which in its Sunday bowl projections has the Gophers facing the Aggies in the New Mexico Bowl, a game that is set to be played at 4:45 p.m.
College Football News / FanNation Bring Me The Sports / November 21
PJ Fleck compares Gophers' 'line of success' to the stock market
Being consistently good to great is not the expectation Gophers football fans should have, according to head coach P.J. Fleck, who on Monday – following a 37-3 drubbing at the hands of Ohio State on Saturday – compared the line of success for most college teams to the stock market. "The line of success...it is a jagged line.
College Football News / FanNation Bring Me The Sports / November 19
Minnesota AD Mark Coyle not jumping off PJ Fleck's boat
Struggles be darned, University of Minnesota athletics director Mark Coyle is not prepared to move on from football coach P.J. Fleck, instead remaining aboard Fleck's boat with oar in hand, ready to navigate rough waters. “I’m absolutely convinced P.J.
College Football News / Armchair Illini / November 4
Illinois Football Sinks PJ Fleck and the Gophers
Wow! Breath a sigh of relief, Illini fans. Illinois football finally finds a way to pull out a victory. Everyone’s heart is still racing and John Paddock has officially won himself a lifetime gift pass to Legends.
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