Latest, directly from Gopherland:
It is a quarter to 9:00 a.m. CT as this is being posted.
The Gophers football team will hold a news conference at 9 a.m. Saturday at the Gibson Nagurski Football Complex to discuss their boycott, an official with the program told the Pioneer Press.
A source with direct knowledge said the Gophers will play in the Holiday Bowl versus Washington State in San Diego on Dec. 27.
But given how team meetings with the University of Minnesota’s Board of Regents and U leaders went on Friday, a second source very early Saturday morning said the prospects for a bowl game looked doubtful.
Gophers players met with members of the Board of Regents and then met with University of Minnesota President Eric Kaler and Athletics Director Mark Coyle on Friday evening. Both meetings weren’t very productive for the football team, the source said.
The team then met on its own until after 1 a.m. and again at 6 a.m. early Saturday morning to discuss options, the source said.
On Thursday, the whole Gophers football team started a boycott of all team activities after 10 teammates were indefinitely suspended “without due process,” they said. The suspensions are related to an alleged sexual assault on Sept. 2
Link:
http://www.twincities.com/2016/12/17/gophers-to-hold-saturday-morning-team-meeting-to-update-boyctt/
Previous reportings had referenced Saturday noon as the drop dead date for Minnesota to commit to playing the bowl game. Impliedly, a continuing player boycott past noon will be followed by Minnesota being uninvited.