Lining Up the Stars Versus Syracuse

by Buck Bravo on Sep 4, 2009 3:00 AM CDT in Gopher Football

Saturday marks the commencement of the showdown between the Gophers and Syracuse. How do the teams compare? As far as talent on the field is concerned, let's take a look using the Rivals.com stars ratings:

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Based solely upon the Rivals.com stars ratings of the players scheduled to start, Syracuse has a slight advantage over Minnesota. While there is plenty of uncertainty in high school rating predictions, as a whole the ratings system tends to be a fairly accurate prediction of performance. I'll avoid all commentary and personal predictions, and let the numbers speak for themselves.

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Exp on Def

I like all our Seniors on Defense.
And Weber vs. Paulus is huge.

"they're calling insane hogs???"

by CrowTrobot on Sep 4, 2009 7:25 AM CDT reply actions

Same thought

9 out of 11 seniors on D and 2 juniors. Bodes well.

by Texas Gopher on Sep 4, 2009 9:02 AM CDT reply actions

I don't know if I would still consider Paulus a 5-star recruit

Considering his 4-year football hiatus I would definitely knock him down to a 4 or even a 3-star. He may think it’s like riding a bike, but in his case going from H.S. to college with 4 years in between is like jumping from a bicycle straight to a crotch-rocket!

"If we got to we're going to crawl in this locker room. And on our back is going to be an axe..."

by buddylee853 on Sep 4, 2009 10:00 AM CDT via mobile reply actions