P.J. Fleck is leading candidate for next Gopher football coach
Western Michigan head coach P.J. Fleck walks the sidelines during the second half of the Mid-American Conference championship NCAA college football game against Ohio Dec. 2, 2016, in Detroit.
Carlos Osorio | AP 2016
The big story over at the University of Minnesota is the fate of the Golden Gopher football team, which appears to be in the final stages of hiring a new head coach, after Tracy Claeys was fired earlier this week.
MPR's Phil Picardi spoke with Howard Sinker, a digital sports editor for the Star Tribune, about the future of the team.
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