Big Ten primer: Minnesota's greatest football moment

Big Ten football media days are coming up. USC’s entry into the Big Ten will become that much more real. USC will not be part of Pac-12 media days. This is the Trojans’ new home. Let’s get to know our new neighbors, starting with the Minnesota Golden Gophers.

Minnesota has gone more than 60 years without an appearance in the Rose Bowl, the longest drought of any school which was in the Big Ten in the early 1960s. However, through the early 1960s, Minnesota was a top program. The Gophers were particularly great in their dynastic period from 1934 through 1941. They won five national championships and had four unbeaten seasons under legendary coach Bernie Bierman. Minnesota won three consecutive national championships from 1934 through 1936. Last season, Georgia was trying to become the first college football program since the 1930s Gophers to win three straight national crowns. Minnesota used to be the real deal in college football. If you didn’t know that about one of USC’s new Big Ten competitors, now you do.

Big Ten media days runs from Tuesday through Thursday, July 23-25, in Indianapolis.

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