(Went from Minnesota — the Golden Gophers — to South Dakota — the Jackrabbits).
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Golden gophers made a great contribution to 3 National Championships for OU football: bud wilkinson!!
from wiki:
as a guard and quarterback for head coach Bernie Bierman, Wilkinson helped lead the Golden Gophers to three consecutive national championships from 1934 to 1936. He also played ice hockey for the University of Minnesota. Following his graduation in 1937 with a degree in English, he led the College All-Stars to a 6–0 victory over the defending NFL champion Green Bay Packers in Chicago on August 31.
Rumor has it one day at practice he carried the ball and ran past the end zone full-speed into the brick wall at the end of the stadium.
He got up and asked, "Hey coach, who is the last guy who hit me? He hits pretty hard."