The Gophers football program will honor more than 20 players for Senior Day against Penn State at Huntington Bank Stadium on Saturday. Minnesota’s outgoing players are Aireontae Ersery, Jah Joyner, Daniel Jackson,

Edge rusher Dani Dennis-Sutton looked comfortable moving around in PSU’s 49-10 road win over Purdue last Saturday. He collected a couple of tackles for loss, one of them a sack on the Boilermakers’ first possession. Dennis-Sutton had been limited by a significant injury in PSU’s two prior games.

Selection day is quickly approaching for James Franklin and his Penn State program. As it stands, the Nittany Lions (9-1) are in firm contention to earn a College Football Playoff berth and host a first-round game.

The Gophers football team resembled its fan base in one respect this week. Current players sat down to watch as their predecessors put together highlight after highlight in Minnesota’s 31-26 upset of Penn State in 2019.