Gopher Football News
Articles from August 29 – 31, 2007:
Sad news regarding junior John Carlson, Carlson decides career is over. He had a promising football career but has had really bad luck when it comes to injuries. Here is a sample:
Carlson tore the lateral collateral ligament and the lateral meniscus in his left knee during a special-teams drill early in camp. He tore his ACL in the same knee during spring practice.
Carlson received a ligament from a cadaver in that surgery so that his rehabilitation time would be shorter and allow him to start fall camp on time.
Rejuvenated Giannini feels he has a kick coming, I hope so. Watching from the same end zone at Michigan Stadium that Jason Giannini kicked the winning field goal to in 2005 was a moment I will never forget. Unfortunately, there are other moments of missed field goals and PAT’s that I would like to forget:
So far, the 5-7, 185-pound Giannini has impressed the new coaching staff. He is listed as the No. 1 kicker on the depth chart for the Gophers' season opener against Bowling Green on Saturday at the Metrodome.
"I worked my butt off this offseason," Giannini said. "I feel confident. I am kicking the best I ever have."
I hope so.
A great story about a guy with character, Amir Pinnix is not all ball:
Amir Pinnix added a new tattoo to his left biceps this summer, a permanent reminder of the daily life he strives to lead. The body art features a man holding the world on his shoulders with this inscription: "Character not the circumstance makes the man."
Pinnix loves that saying. It's powerful, he says.
"No matter what you go through in life, it's not the circumstance, it's how you handle yourself as a man," he said. "That's how you're defined."
Gopher Inside Look With Ned Tavale, nice profile for Ned Tavale the often not heard of (in the way you never want to hear an OL’s name) sophomore Guard.
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