Author: JD Holler

Mohamed Ibrahim rushed for 71 yards and a touchdown, while breaking Minnesota’s single season rushing record, which was previously set by David Cobb in 2014. In which would be his last game in a Gopher uniform. Along with quarterback Tanner Morgan, who came in for an injured Athan Kaliakmanis in the second quarter. Morgan performed well in his first game back since the Gophers Week 9 win against Nebraska, in Lincoln. Morgan also put his stamp on being Minnesota’s winningest quarterback in program history, by tossing a 20-yard touchdown pass to junior wideout Daniel Jackson, during his first drive…

After a somewhat disappointing football season to some Gopher fans, Minnesota has finally ended up in a bowl game. And unfortunately, it’s not the Rose Bowl. The Gophers were just one win and a Purdue loss away from clinching a spot in the Big Ten Championship, during the last week of the regular season. And if they proved the playoff committee enough in that game, they could’ve possibly bought themselves a chance to play in the Rose Bowl too. But instead, the Gophers fell to Iowa at home, but later went on to beat Wisconsin on the road. Which brings…

The FCS is the least understood, yet most impressive college football level in Division I — and Gridiron Heroics is going to tell you all about it, 12 months a year, conference by conference, beginning with this week’s FCS football preview series for 2022. Today we publish the FCS’ Pioneer Football League Preview for 2022. The college football programs are good, these programs produce NFL-level talent, they beat FBS teams every year (want evidence? stay tuned – we will publish this in the next week) and they still get overlooked. But Gridiron Heroics won’t be overlooking the FCS like everybody…

Culture is a huge factor in College Football. It can make a difference on having a losing season, a mediocre season, and lastly but most important, a winning season. When Fleck was hired by the Gophers in 2017, he had a pretty big gap to fill. The same gap that was seemingly getting bigger and bigger every season. Trouble was progressively following Minnesota every year, and their program was starting to go downhill. First starting with former head coach Jerry Kill’s ongoing health issues, forcing him to temporarily retire halfway through the 2015 season. Kill’s retirement from Minnesota opened the…

The NFL regular season is again just a few months away. With preseason starting in late August, and the real deal starting in September. It made me wonder what the Vikings final roster will look like going down the road. With a big change of scenery in the front office and coaching staff this year. So here is what I think, is the most realistic, but way-too-early, Vikings Final 53-man roster. QB’s Starter: Kirk Cousins Backup: Kellen Mond Overview: After Sean Mannion serving as the Vikings backup for some years, it’s officially time for him to move on to…