Minnesota Golden Gophers Tickets

Minnesota Gophers football tickets reward fans with a live look at one of the best running backs in all of NCAA college football. Junior tailback Laurence Maroney rushed for more than 1,000 yards in each of his first two seasons, despite splitting time with Marian Barber III. With Barber cashing his ticket to the NFL, Maroney will have the Gophers’ backfield all to himself, and that has the Gopher faithful lining up to get their hands on University of Minnesota football tickets for the 2005 NCAA college football season.

A stocky 5-foot-10, 205-pound back, Maroney ran over some of the Big Ten’s top defenses in the 2004 NCAA college football season. He rushed more than 100 yards in eight of the Gophers’ 12 games, including a career performance against eventual Big Ten co-champion, the Iowa Hawkeyes.

More than 64,000 Big Ten fans purchased Minnesota Gophers football tickets to watch Maroney plow through the Hawkeyes’ vaunted defense for 152 yards and three touchdowns in last year’s regular-season finale. Despite his heroics, the Iowa prevailed 29-27. With revenge on their minds, Gopher fans will be looking for Iowa Hawkeyes football tickets for this November’s Big Ten match-up, which in all likelihood will have huge implications on the conference title.

To the delight of the Gophers fans who purchased Music City Bowl tickets in 2004, Maroney went off for another 100 yards, as the Gophers held off SEC power, the Alabama Crimson Tide, 20-16. Maroney finished the season with 1,348 yards and 12 touchdowns.

It won’t be easy to embellish on those numbers this season, as the Big Ten, as usual, boasts some of the best defensive teams in the nation. University of Minnesota football tickets will be hard to come by when the Purdue Boilermakers visit for the Gophers’ Big Ten opener on Sept. 24. Besides Iowa Hawkeyes tickets, Gopher fans interested in taking a road trip should keep their eyes and ears open for Penn State football tickets (Oct. 1) and Michigan Wolverines football tickets (Oct. 8). The Gophers battle with Big Ten favorite, the Ohio State Buckeyes, on Oct. 29, which is a sure bet to be hard ticket to come by.

With Maroney in the backfield and a schedule that features some of the nation’s elite teams, Minnesota Gopher football tickets are one of the better values in NCAA college football. Get your Minnesota Gophers football tickets now!