ChrisD: Golden Gophers provide stiffest test to date for Bama

JessN · Nov 25, 2017

Golden Gophers provide stiffest test to date for Bama
by Chris DePew
TideFans Staff
November 25th, 2017 02:00 AM

Where to watch: No. 25 Alabama (5-0) vs. No. 14 Minnesota (6-0) – Today 4 p.m. Central, Barclays Center (New York), Stadium via Facebook Live (online only)

Who to watch: Collin Sexton. When the freshman guard hit his first rough patch in Friday’s win over BYU, his […]

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seebell · Nov 25, 2017

Love that name. "Golden Gophers".

The Gopher State

[FONT=&quot]According to Minnesota in Three Centuries, 1908, "Minnesota received its most widely know sobriquet, "The Gopher State," from the striped gopher, a common species throughout our prairie region."[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]It seems that there was some discussion in the middle of the 19th century, before Minnesota became a state, about whether to call Minnesota "The Gopher State" or "The Beaver State." Opponents of "The Gopher State" called the striped gopher an insignificant animal with a destructive nature. The striped gopher was too useless and undignified to represent the future great state of Minnesota. Opponents of "The Beaver State" argued that the beaver, while numerous in streams, was not abundant enough to represent to whole of Minnesota. A political cartoon, widely circulated throughout the territory, gave wider exposure to the gopher and "The Beaver State" faded into history.[/FONT]

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