Gopher Gridiron Radio

Episode 207: Wisconsin Breakdown

20 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Derek joins Luke and Ryan to break down the Gopher final game of 2020. 

Episode 206: Wisconsin Preview

17 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Luke and Ryan preview the final game of the regular season with the neighbors to the east.

Episode 205: Nebraska Breakdown

13 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Derek returns to help Luke and Ryan break down the Gophers third win in the 2020 all B1G slate. 

Episode 204: Nebraska Preview

10 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Luke and Ryan return after the COVID hiatus to preview the Gophers final scheduled B1G West game with Nebraska. Ryan also breaks some COVID news. 

Episode 203: COVID Mailbag

26 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

COVID cancels the battle for that Axe, but Luke and Ryan are able to get mailbag question for this episode. 

Episode 202: Purdue Breakdown

23 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Derek joins Luke and Ryan to break down the Gopher's victory over Purdue.

Episode 201: Purdue Preview

19 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Luke & Ryan preview the Gophers tilt with Purdue under the Friday night lights. 

Episode 200: Iowa Breakdown

16 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Luke and Ryan are again joined by Derek to try and make sense of another Gophers loss to Iowa.

Episode 199: Iowa Preview

12 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Luke and Ryan preview the battle for the Floyd for Rosedale.

Episode 198: Illinois Breakdown

08 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Derek returns to help Luke and Ryan breakdown the Gophers 41-14 victory over Illinois. 

Episode 197: Illinois Preview

05 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Luke and Ryan preview the match up between the winless Gophers and the winless Illini. One will finally have a win after Saturday. 

Episode 196: Maryland Breakdown

01 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Luke and Ryan are joined by Derek to try and make sense of this 2020 Gophers football team.  Disclaimer: Ryan is still frustrated with special teams...

Episode 195: Maryland Preview

29 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Luke and Ryan Preview the Gophers Friday night lights tilt with Maryland.

Episode 194: Michigan Breakdown

26 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Derek returns for a cathartic conversation with Luke and Ryan about what went wrong for the Gophers against Michigan in the season opener. Disclaimer...

Episode 193: Michigan Preview

22 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Luke and Ryan preview the Gophers opening game against Michigan.

Episode 192: 2020 Schedule Preview

13 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Luke and Ryan preview the third iteration of the 2020 schedule. 

Episode 191: 2020 Defense Preview

05 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Luke and Ryan preview the 2020 defense as we near the kickoff to a pandemic shortened season. 

Episode 190: 2020 Offense Preview

29 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Luke and Ryan preview the Gophers 2020 offense ahead of a pandemic shortened season.

Episode 189: B1G Schedule Take 3 & Bateman

21 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Luke and Ryan discuss Bateman's desire to return to the team and the process that would make the possible. Additionally each of the 9 game schedule is...

Episode 188: B1G Season Back On

17 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Luke and Ryan discuss all the procedures that are in place to allow the 2020 B1G football season move forward starting in October. Ryan also highlight...

Episode 187: COVID Mailbag

24 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Luke and Ryan Burns field questions from the GopherIllustrated members. 

Episode 186: Recruiting & Pandemic Impacts on Football

30 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Luke and Ryan are joined by Eric Vegoe to talk the financial impact that COVID-19 is having on college athletics. Ryan also summarizes April recruitin...

Episode 185: Spring/COVID-19 2020 Defense Preview

29 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Luke and Ryan return to preview the defense and discuss how COVID-19 has impact the Gopher football team. 

Episode 184: Spring 2020 Offense Preview

26 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Luke and Ryan return to preview the Gophers offense going in to spring practice.

Episode 183: Recruiting 2020 & Coaching Turnover

19 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Ryan provides a quick recap not that the 2020 recruiting cycle is in the rear view mirror. Also, Luke and Ryan discuss all thing coaching turnover.

Episode 182: Outback Bowl Breakdown

03 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Derek joins Luke and Ryan to help breakdown the Gophers victory over Auburn in the Outback Bowl on New Years Day.

Episode 181: Outback Bowl Preview

29 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Luke and Ryan preview the Outback Bowl as well as discuss the recent departures from the coaching staff. 

Episode 180: 2019 Regular Season Wrap

12 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Luke, Ryan and Derek put a bow on the 2019 regular season and begin to look forward to post season and 2020. 

Episode 179: Wisconsin Breakdown

02 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Derek joins Luke and Ryan to breakdown the season finale loss to Wisconsin. 

Episode 178: Wisconsin Preview

27 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Luke and Ryan preview the biggest Gopher game in their lifetime. The Gophers battle Wisconsin not only for Paul Bunyan's Axe but also for the B1G West...

Episode 177: Northwestern Breakdown & Wisconsin Preview Part I

25 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Derek joins Luke and Ryan to breakdown the Gopher's 10th win of the season over Northwestern as well as start to preview the battle for Paul Bunyan's ...

Episode 176: Northwestern Preview

21 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Luke and Ryan preview the Gopher's match up with Northwestern. 

Episode 175: Iowa Breakdown

18 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Derek returns to join Luke and Ryan as they breakdown the Gopher first loss of the season.

Episode 174: Iowa Preview

14 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Luke and Ryan preview the Gopher upcoming tilt with Iowa.

Episode 173: Penn State Breakdown

10 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Luke and Ryan break down Gophers win against Penn State. 

Episode 172: Penn State Preview

05 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Luke and Ryan preview the biggest home game in the TCF Bank Stadium era of Gopher Football where the #13 Gophers will host the #5 Nittany Lions of Pen...

Episode 171: Bye Week Mailbag

01 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Luke and Ryan are joined by Derek to answer listener mailbag questions.

Episode 170: Maryland Breakdown

28 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Derek joins Luke and Ryan to break down the Gophers win over Maryland – the win moves the Gophers to 8-0 on the season.

Episode 169: Maryland Preview

24 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Luke and Ryan preview the Gophers game with Maryland. 

Episode 168: Rutgers Breakdown

21 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Derek joins Luke and Ryan to break down the Gophers 7th win of the season over Rutgers. The guys also spend some time looking forward to the remainder...

Episode 167: Rutgers Preview

17 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Luke and Ryan preview the upcoming trip to Rutgers where the Gophers will look to go 7-0. 

Episode 166: Nebraska Breakdown

14 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Derek joins Luke and Ryan to break down the Gopher third consecutive B1G victory of the season. 

Episode 165: Nebraska Preview

10 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Luke and Ryan preview the Gophers upcoming game where they will vie to reclaim the $5 Bits of Broken Chair Trophy from Nebraska.

Episode 164: Illinois Breakdown

07 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Derek joins Luke and Ryan to breakdown the homecoming win for the Gophers over Illinois. 

Episode 163: Illinois Preview

03 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Luke and Ryan breakdown the 2019 homecoming tilt with Illinois. 

Episode 162: Purdue Breakdown

30 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Derek returns to help Luke and Ryan break down the Gophers first B1G win against Purdue.

Episode 161: Purdue Preview

26 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Luke and Ryan preview the Gophers B1G opening tilt with Purdue. 

Episode 160: Bye Week Athletic Department Talk

24 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Luke and Ryan are joined by Eric Vegoe to discuss all the change the athletic department has experimented with in the non-conference season to boost a...

Episode 159: Georgia Southern Breakdown

16 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Luke and Ryan breakdown yet another 4th quarter come from behind non-conference victory for the Gophers.

Episode 158: Georgia Southern Preview

12 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Luke and Ryan preview the Gopher's final non-conference foe of the 2019 season, Georgia Southern. 

Episode 157: Fresno State Breakdown

08 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Relive highs and lows of the Gophers 38-35 victory with Ryan and Luke as they experienced it. 

Episode 156: Fresno State Preview

05 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Luke and Ryan preview the Gophers trip out west for a late night tilt with Fresno State. 

Episode 155: SDSU Breakdown

30 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

It wasn't pretty but Ryan and Luke do their best to break down Gophers opening win over the Jackrabbits.

Episode 154: SDSU Preivew

27 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Luke an Ryan preview the 2019 opener where the Gophers will host the Jackrabbits.

Episode 153: 2019 Season Predictions

22 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Luke and Ryan offer game-by-game predictions for the 2019 Gophers season.

Episode 152: Fall Camp Impressions

16 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Luke and Ryan break down what has been learned thus far in fall camp.

Episode 151: 2019 Defense and Specialist Preview

08 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Luke and Ryan preview the 2019 defense as well as briefly preview the specialists.

Episode 150: Live from Able Brewing

28 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Luke and Ryan are joined live at Able Brewing by Gerrit Chernoff, Clay Patterson and Rod Chance. Apologies for the hum present in the audio, we will b...

Episode 149: 2019 Offense Preview

13 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Luke and Ryan preview the Gopher offense leading into the 2019 season.

Episode 148: Looking Forward & Summer Splash

26 Jun 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Luke and Ryan are back to start looking forward to the 2020 recruiting class. Additionally, they discuss how to compare the Gophers with the rest of t...

Episode 147: Spring Thaw Defense

12 Apr 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Luke and Ryan discuss the defense, the spring game and some recruiting as spring practice come to a close.

Episode 146: Spring Thaw Offense

15 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

As the snow begins to melt, Luke and Ryan return to talk about some spring football -- specfically the offenseive side of the ball.

Episode 145: Winter Break Wrap

22 Jan 2019

Contributed by Lukas

With the spring semester starting, Luke and Ryan return to discuss some of the changes that took place during winter break.

Episode 144: 2018 Wrap

01 Jan 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Derek joins Luke and Ryan to break down the Gophers bowl game victory over Georgia Tech in addition to tying a bow on the 2018 season.

Episode 143: Quicklane Bowl Preivew

20 Dec 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Luke and Ryan preview the first bowl game in the PJ Fleck era.

Episode 142: Early Signing Day 2019

19 Dec 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Ryan breaks down the 2019 recruiting class. Luke butchers the pronunciations of some names.

Episode 141: Wisconsin Breakdown

26 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Derek joins to breakdown the return of Axe, as the Gopher rough up Wisconsin in Madison.

Episode 140: Wisconsin Preview

21 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Luke and Ryan preview the battle for the Axe with boarder rival Wisconsin.

Episode 139: Northwestern Breakdown

18 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Derek joins to break down the loss to B1G West Champs Northwestern on senior day.

Episode 138: Northwestern Preview

15 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Luke and Ryan preview the Gophers upcoming tilt with B1G West Champions Northwestern on Senior Day.

Episode 137: Purdue Breakdown

12 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Derek joins to breakdown the Gophers big upset win over a red hot Purdue team.

Episode 136: Purdue Preview

08 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Luke and Ryan discuss the change at defensive cordinator in addtion to previewing the tilt with Purdue.

Episode 135: Illinois Breakdown

05 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Derek joins to help breakdown the Gopher loss at Illinois.

Episode 134: Illinois Preview

01 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Luke and Ryan preview the Gopher game on the road at Illinois as the Gophers look secure back-to-back B1G wins.

Episode 133: Indiana Breakdown

29 Oct 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Derek joins to break down the first B1G victory of the 2018 season.

Episode 132: Indiana Preview

25 Oct 2018

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Luke and Ryan preview the Friday night tilt between the Gophers and Hoosiers.

Episode 131: Nebraska Breakdown

21 Oct 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Derek joins Luke and Ryan to try and make sense of the loss to Nebraska and the current state of the defense in B1G play.

Episode 130: Nebraska Preview

17 Oct 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Luke and Ryan preview the Gopher road tilt against Nebraska for the $5 Bits of Broken Chair trophy.

Episode 129: Ohio State Breakdown

15 Oct 2018

Contributed by Lukas

The Gophers move to 3-3. Luke and Ryan Break down the Gophers 30-14 loss to Ohio State.

Episode 128: Ohio State Preview

12 Oct 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Luke and Ryan preview the upcoming tilt with Ohio State in Columbus.

Episode 127: Iowa Breakdown

09 Oct 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Derek joins to Luke and Ryan to break down the Gopher homecoming loss to Iowa.

Episode 126: Iowa Preview

04 Oct 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Luke and Ryan preview the homecoming tilt with Iowa.

Episode 125: Maryland Breakdown

24 Sep 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Luke and Ryan welcome back Derek Burns to figure what went wrong in the Gopher’s first loss of the season as well as review what we’ve learned goi...

Episode 124: Maryland Preview

21 Sep 2018

Contributed by Lukas

In the episode Luke and Ryan remember Nick Connelly as well as preview the B1G opener against Maryland.

Episode 123: Miami Ohio Breakdown and Non-Conference Summary

18 Sep 2018

Contributed by Lukas

The Gophers move to 3-0 and Ryan and Luke break down the victory of Miami of Ohio as well as look back at what was learned during the non-conference s...

Episode 122: Miami Ohio Preview

13 Sep 2018

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Luke and Ryan preview the matchup between the Gophers and the Redhawks of Miami of Ohio.

Episode 121: Fresno State Breakdown

11 Sep 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Luke and Ryan break down the second win but likely the biggest loss of the Gophers 2018 season.

Episode 120: Fresno State Preview

06 Sep 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Luke and Ryan preview Gophers second game of the season against the Fresno State Bulldogs.

Episode 119: New Mexico State Breakdown

01 Sep 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Heading into the Labor Day weekend, the Gophers are 1-0 after a 48-10 victory over the Aggies of New Mexico State. Luke and Ryan break it all down in ...

Episode 118: New Mexico State Preview

28 Aug 2018

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Luke and Ryan preview the Gophers home opener of the 2018 campaign against New Mexico State.

Episode 117: QB1, 2 Deeps & Season Prediction

22 Aug 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Luke and Ryan cover a number of topics in Episode 117, from QB1 being named, the 2 deeps at each position group and prediction the outcome for the sea...

Episode 116: Special Team Overview

15 Aug 2018

Contributed by Lukas

In episode 116, Luke and Ryan discuss state of the special teams heading into the 2018 season.

Episode 115: Fall Camp Observations

09 Aug 2018

Contributed by Lukas

In episode 115, Ryan outlines his observations after seeing 1.5 practices -- that consisted of shorts, helmets and stretching.

Episode 114: 2018 Defense Overview

02 Aug 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Episode 114 is all about the defense and what you can expect going into the 2018 season.

Episode 113: 2018 Offense Overview

25 Jul 2018

Contributed by Lukas

After a long hiatus, Gopher Gridiron Radio return as football season is around the corner. Luke and Ryan discuss the news of President Kaler stepping ...

Episode 112: Spring Ball Wrap Up

18 Apr 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Luke and Ryan talk a little recruiting and a lot of spring game in this episode.

Episode 111: Spring Ball 2018

31 Mar 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Luke and Ryan return to discuss the new uniforms, additions to the coaching staff and spring ball.

Episode 110: 2018 Recruiting Class Overview

12 Jan 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Ryan provides the a brief overview of each member of the 2018 recruiting class.

Episode 109: State of Recruiting Prior to NSD

13 Dec 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Ryan does his best to break down the state recruiting a week prior to National Signing Day.

Episode 108: Wisconsin Breakdown & State of the Program

28 Nov 2017

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Luke and Ryan are joined by Derek to take brief look at the loss to Wisconsin. Additionally, after first season under P.J. Fleck, Der...