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University of Minnesota Athletics
Gopher Road Trip: Chalk Talk Rolls Through Redwood Falls, Jackson
5/16/2013 12:00:00 AM | Football
May 16, 2013
The first-ever Gopher Road Trip: Chalk Talk began its southwest leg on Thursday, and included stops in Redwood Falls and Jackson, Minn. Several Gopher head coaches, including Richard Pitino, Jerry Kill and Pam Borton, spoke to the hundreds of Gopher fans who came out in those communtities.
Click above to see a photo gallery of Thursday's activities, and see some of the notable Tweets on the trip below! The Gopher Road Trip will stop in Mankato and New Ulm on Friday, before resuming on June 3-4.
And so it begins! Today and tomorrow.... Redwood Falls, Jackson, Mankato, and New Ulm. #SkiUMah #RoadTrip twitter.com/GoldenGopherAD...
- Norwood Teague (@GoldenGopherAD) May 16, 2013
How great is @mncoachpitino. He got off the #GopherRoadTrip bus to take one last photo with a fan. twitter.com/GopherSports/s...
- Minnesota Gophers (@GopherSports) May 17, 2013
Pitino "You are the nicest people I've ever met. They have the saying Minnesota Nice. I'm from Boston and they don't have that saying there"
- Minnesota Gophers (@GopherSports) May 16, 2013
Pitino: "We are going to shoot a lot of 3s. Because they are worth more than 2."
- Minnesota Gophers (@GopherSports) May 16, 2013
The entire 16-city schedule is below.
Gopher Road Trip Schedule:
| City | Date - Time | Event Location |
| Redwood Falls | May 16 - 11:30 a.m. | Redwood Community Center |
| Jackson | May 16 - 5:00 p.m. | MN West Comm & Tech College |
| Mankato | May 17 - 7:30 a.m. | Mankato City Center Hotel |
| New Ulm | May 17 - 11:30 a.m. | Turner Hall |
| Rochester | June 3 - 11:00 a.m. | Somerby Golf Community |
| Austin | June 3 - 5:00 p.m. | Hormel Historic Home |
| Owatonna | June 4 - 11:00 a.m. | Owatonna Country Club |
| Red Wing | June 4 - 4:00 p.m. | The St. James Hotel |
| Willmar | June 17 - 11:30 a.m. | American Legion Post #167 |
| Alexandria | June 17 - 4:30 p.m. | MN Lakes Maritime Museum |
| Moorhead | June 18 - 11:30 a.m. | Courtyard Marriott |
| St. Cloud | June 18 - 5:00 p.m. | Le St. Germain Suites Hotel |
| Duluth | June 19 - 11:30 a.m. | TBD |
| Hibbing | June 19 - 5:00 p.m. | Mesaba Country Club |
| Coleraine | June 20 - 10:30 a.m. | Eagle Ridge Golf Course |
| Walker | June 20 - 4:00 p.m. | BlueWater Lodge Resort |
