The Minnesota Gophers retained Paul Bunyan’s Axe for the fourth time in five years this past Saturday at Huntington Bank Stadium. Thor Nystrom and Ross Brendel give their HOTTEST TAKES on Minnesota Gophers football as we head into bowl season. Did the Minnesota Gophers overachieve in 2025 and is the Gopher football program a better program than the University of Wisconsin? Ross and Thor also look at Championship Saturday and look at the college football coaching carousel.

0:00 – Always fun to beat the Wisconsin Badgers!

4:05 – What a day for John Nestor on Saturday!

6:15 – Minnesota Gophers HOTTEST TAKES… Minnesota is a better program than Wisconsin and the Gophers overachieved in 2025.

14:35 – Is P.J. Fleck a victim of his own success at the University of Minnesota.

22:30 – How can Minnesota Gophers defense be better in 2026?

28:20 – College football coaching carousel.

41:50 – Championship weekend preview!

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