When I was growing up, I heard a story about how the legendary University of Minnesota football coach, Bernie Bierman, recruited big, strong players for his national championship teams.

Head coach Bernie Bierman, who previously played halfback at Minnesota, led the team to five national championships thanks to incredible rushing attack. In 1934, 90.7% of the Golden Gophers' yards ...

From there, the Hall of Fame winds forward through time, from the dominant Gopher football program under coach Bernie Bierman that earned five national championships in the years before World War ...

Williams (.786, 1900-21) and Bernie Bierman (.716, 1932-41, ‘45-50). Through his first five years at Minnesota, only Williams (55, 1900-04) had more wins than Fleck’s 35. In his 10th season ...