
When Golden Gopher football players take the field against Missouri in the Citrus Bowl, three English majors will be among them, reveling in Minnesota's first New Year's Day bowl game in 50 years. Junior defensive back
Eric Murray is a starter who made the coaches' All-Big Ten Second Team. Sophomore wide receiver
Drew Wolitarsky played in seven games this fall. Offensive linebacker
Luke McAvoy (right) this year won the Gophers' Tony Dungy Character and Community Service Award and was Academic All-Big Ten. In the midst of finals week, we grabbed McAvoy, a senior, for a quick download on the life of a football-playing English major.
Read on.