A meeting with TCU would be Minnesota's first against the Horned Frogs since a home-and-home series in 2014 and 2015. The Gophers are one of 12 Big Ten teams projected by McMurphy to make a bowl game.

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Fort De Soto Park Manager, Dave Harshbarger, first noticed the gopher tortoises on the beach. “We did have a gopher tortoise population in the park, but it was limited, 8 known burrows at that time.

New staple-size frog is one of the tiniest ever discovered “Astronomically small,” the newly discovered Malagasy amphibians have brains that could sit on a pin.

This gopher, which is still the official depiction of the mascot, maintained its buckteeth and maroon and gold sweater. “It realistically looks more like a chipmunk,” Wanvig said. “It’s not meant to ...