It was the fall of 2013, and as a video producer for the University of Minnesota athletic department, he was working late one night early in the football season when he came up with an idea that would ...

Forget waving your arms behind the goalposts: Minnesota has come up with the greatest way ever to distract opposing field goal kickers. [See also: PHOTOS: College football's hottest cheerleaders] ...

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The Minnesota Golden Gophers aren't accused of tampering with their footballs, but they do stand accused of attempting to deflate the skills of an opposing kicker by distracting him with a chipmunk.