Lining Up the Stars Versus Syracuse

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

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