The cartoon was not published in a newspaper when it was first introduced, ... Goldy Gopher started his career at the University of Minnesota in 1940. Fairchild the Gopher will turn 52 this year.

As it turns, out Minnesota was tabbed the "Gopher State" in 1857 in a political cartoon. There's no bigger fan cheering for the University of Minnesota to bring home the bacon this weekend than ...

Goldy Gopher was born a chipmunk. That’s because when George Grooms originally drafted the design in the 1940s that would become the University’s mascot, he lived in Iowa, ... At that time, many ...

Although this comparison makes Goldy’s mistaken identity seem obvious, other rodents have been mislabeled as gophers since before Minnesota became a state. The mischaracterization of the gopher began ...

Minnesota has Goldy Gopher. Ohio has Brutus Buckeye. ... A cartoon illustration of a Hoosier mascot from an unknown artist at The Walt Disney Company, created for the 1966 Rose Bowl.

On Thursday, he updated his Instagram account with Minnesota as his college choice and posted a cartoon image of Goldy Gopher's head. Cooley, 5-10 and 174 pounds, ...

When Minnesota takes the field Saturday against Middle Tennessee at TCF Bank Stadium, the Golden Gophers will be wearing some of the coolest headwear you’ll ever see on a college football team ...