Meet Goldy Goldy has been the heart and soul of the University of Minnesota since 1940. The lovable Golden Gopher only wears UM apparel. You can find him anywhere around campus, including at all ...

Soon Goldy the Gopher was born — a furry, striped rodent with big ears, bucktooth grin and a Minnesota beanie atop its head. Trouble was, it was a case of rodent misidentification.

The history, and evolution, of Goldy Gopher 03:06. MINNEAPOLIS — He's a quiet guy with a big head and big teeth, and you see him every day at the University of Minnesota.. In this edition of ...

Goldy has won 19 cars thanks to golfing hole-in-one's, but has donated them all to the Showcase Showdown on the Price is Right. Goldy wears pants in public (unlike Bucky). Goldy obtained unobtainium.

Goldy, who in real life is a 19-year-old student, wasn't hurt -- but his mask was damaged. He contacted police and Dokken was cited for disorderly conduct.

Goldy Gopher apparently never saw it coming -- a sucker punch smack in the nose above his heartwarming bucktoothed grin. An annoyed fan -- a University of St. Thomas math professor and a devoted ...

I had no idea balloons went that high. Fun clip: A team of students from the University of Minnesota sent their mascot, Goldy the Gopher, up to nearly 100,000 feet on a high altitude balloon mission.

After trying out but not making the Gopher hockey team, coach Doug Woog encouraged Bernstein to be Goldy. "And I said, 'Great, I'll take it.' So, I became a large, smelly rodent," he said.