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Opinion: Time for Gophers to dump jug game

Wally Langfellow, editor of the Minnesota Score magazine and website, explains why it's time get rid of the trophy game between the Wolverines and the Gophers. In short: "Michigan is the winningest program in college football history. Minnesota is not."
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Wally Langfellow, editor of the Minnesota Score magazine and website, explains why it's time get rid of the trophy game between the Wolverines and the Gophers. In short: "Michigan is the winningest program in college football history. Minnesota is not."

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