Before ESPN, streaming internet, or even radio if you weren't at the game it was tough to enjoy the action. The 1915 Minnesota - Illinois game was the first Gopher game to be filmed. The whole 'college football on T thing, yeah Minnesota paved the way for that.
On October 30th, 1915 two unbeaten teams, Minnesota and Illinois faced off, likely to decide who would win the conference. Interest was high, and Gopher fans were probably nervous, Captain Bernie Bierman was injured and not playing. If you weren't traveling to the game the best you could hope for is reading about it in the next days newspaper.