Gopher Gridiron Radio

Ryan is joined by Daniel House to review what they learned from spring football in 2026.

Luke and Ryan are joined by Mike Grimm to talk the spring game and enjoy and in-person conversation with the voice of Gopher Sports. Apologies for Luke's audio being a little louder than the others.

Luke is joined by Minnesota Deputy Athletic Director Mike Wierzbicki across a range of topics including but not limited to what the athletic department and fans can do to make the high profile sports like football, basketballs, volleyball and men's hockey more competitive. 

Luke and Ryan are joined by Eric Vegoe of Gopher Puck Live to talk about the state of the athletic department's finances for fiscal year 2025.

Luke and Ryan return to kick off the 2026 season by breaking down the schedule, the coaching changes and the portal changes.

Luke and Ryan discuss the ramifications of Koi Perich entering the the transfer portal. 

Derek returns to help Luke and Ryan break down the final game of 2025 and the ninth state bowl win for the Gophers.

Luke and Ryan preview the Gophers upcoming bowl game with New Mexico.

Luke and Ryan catch up and talk about the evolving realities of college football. 

Allen Trieu joins Ryan to help break down the Gophers 2025 recruiting class.

Derek helps Luke and Ryan break down the Gophers victory in a snow globe to retain the axe. 

Luke and Ryan preview the final regular season game as the Gopher battle the Badgers – for the axe.

Derek joins Luke and Ryan to break down the Gophers final road loss to close out a winless road campaign.

Luke and Ryan preview the Gopher trip to Wrigley Field to play football against Northwestern.

Luke and Ryan are joined by Derek to break down the Gophers loss to Oregon. Another guest makes a brief appearance to mix things ups. 

Luke and Ryan preview the Gophers first trip to Eugen as the visit the Ducks.

Luke and Ryan spend the bye talking about the season, spending and the evolving state of collegiate athletics – among other things.

Derek joins Luke and Ryan to break down the up and down victory at home against Michigan State.

Luke and Ryan return to preview the Gophers first game over November against Michigan State.

Derek joined Luke and Ryan to breakdown the Gophers loss, but Luke messed up the audio so some had to rerecorded. 

Luke and Ryan preview the battle for the Floyd as the Gopher take on Iowa.

Derek joins Luke and Ryan to help them break down the ranked win at home against Nebraska.

Luke and Ryan preview the Gophers Friday night tilt with Nebraska.

Derek joins Luke and Ryan to make sense of the Gophers come from behind win at home against Purdue.

Luke and Ryan return to preview the homecoming tilt with Purdue.

Derek join Luke and Ryan to help and make sense of the Gopher lopsided loss in Columbus. 

Luke and Ryan preview the Gophers prime time matchup with #1 Ohio State. 

Derek returns to help Ryan and Luke break down the Gophers first B1G victory of the season.

Luke and Ryan preview the first home game for that Gophers as they host the Scarlet Knights. 

Luke and Ryan return to talk about how the Gophers could improve based on what we've seen in non-conference season. 

Luke and Ryan return to break down the Gophers first loss of the season to Cal.

Luke and Ryan preview the Golden Gophers first road trip of the season as they travel to Berkeley to take on the Golden Bears.

Luke and Ryan break down the Gophers win over the Demons.

Luke and Ryan return to preview the second game of the season against the Demons of Northwestern State.

Luke and Ryan return to breakdown the Gopher opening win over Buffalo.

Luke and Ryan return to preview the Gophers season opener against Buffalo.

Luke is join by Chris Vokracka of Aramark Sports and Entertainment to pull back the curtain of the logistics of the food and beverage logistics of a gameday. 

Luke and Ryan are joined by 3 generative AI products to help predict the Gophers 2025 season record.

Luke and Ryan are joined by Daniel House for the annual B1G honors draft live at the Roseville VFW while enjoying Ville City Pizza. 

Luke and Ryan preview the defense and special teams going into the 2025 season.

Luke and Ryan return to preview the 2025 Gopher offense after the recent open practice.

Luke is joined by former regent chairs Dean Johnson and Rick Beeson to better understand the role of Regents and their opinions in the ever changing landscape of college athletics and their Gophers.

Luke and Ryan are joined by Eric Vegoe of Gopher Puck Live to discuss the most recent PJ Fleck extension and the UMN athletics department challenge as a whole. 

Luke and Ryan discuss the current state of recruiting as summer is here.

Luke and Ryan to review the defense and special teams following spring practice.

Luke and Ryan return to talk all things offense as spring ball has concluded and the summer month rapidly approach. 

Daniel House joins Ryan to discuss the offseason roster and coaching changes thus far in 2025.

Derek joins Luke and Ryan to help break down the final game of the 2024 season.

Luke and Ryan preview the Gophers bowl game against Virginia Tech.

Ryan is joined by Allen Trieu to break down the most recent class that signed in December of 2024.