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After feasting on FCS foe Indiana State, Mitch Leidner and the Gophers had extra rest for their final nonconference game against Colorado State. Under new offensive coordinator Jay Johnson, with a fully healthy left foot that hampered him for much of last season, Leidner has begun to look and feel like a fifth-year senior quarterback ought to. ''I'm on a really good page with the receivers as well as the running backs and everybody on the offensive side of the football,'' Leidner said. Continue to Article

September 23, 2016 4:34:pm EST

The Big Ten this week embarks on its first nine-game conference schedule, rekindling the debate whether all Power Five conferences should play the same number of league games in the era of the College Football Playoff. The Atlantic Coast Conference and Southeastern Conference have eight-game conference schedules. Conference games tend to be more attractive inventory for league television networks and partners, and they also help keep stadiums full, compared with matchups against lower-tier competition. Continue to Article

September 22, 2016 3:15:pm EST

Oregon State is back and ready for Idaho State after an early-season week off. The timing may not have been ideal, but coach Gary Andersen said the team embraced it, learning from its opening-game loss to Minnesota. The Beavers led 23-17 going into the fourth quarter, but the Gophers scored a pair touchdowns to win it 30-23. Continue to Article

September 16, 2016 4:20:pm EST