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A week ago Jerry Kill said the Gophers were close to failing to meet the NCAA's APR standard. APR measures how successful teams are graduating players. Now Kill says they are close to being penalized, but moving in the right direction and "may not lose anything right now."
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A week ago Jerry Kill said the Gophers were close to failing to meet the NCAA's APR standard. APR measures how successful teams are graduating players. Now Kill says they are close to being penalized, but moving in the right direction and "may not lose anything right now."

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