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die hard gopher said:
+1 I'd even say Campbell isn't really that unproven as well. Played significant snaps in all games, even started 2 of them and had 42 tackles. And of course we have 3 of our starters back on the D-line and 3 of the 4 reserves coming back including an All conference guy so i'm not sure where furry is going with that as well. Botticelli and Amaefula will be 3 year starters. Just because Scott Ekpe is starting who has actually played a lot means our entire D-line is "unproven"?
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We just had a thread ranking our LBs 12th in the conference and many posters agreed that it was because we were unproven.

I'm not posting some great new line of thinking. If you have a LB core as young as we are, then you are unproven. It doesn't mean you are not going to be good. It just means you haven't had time to show your stuff. Our LBs were the weakest link of our defense last year with both Wilson and Campbell on the roster, so yes... They are unproven.

And when you lose Hageman, you lose a player that got double teamed on every snap. Your defensive line obviously has to prove that it can get to the quarterback if they don't have the benefit of one of their guys being double teamed and freeing up space for them.

But really, the only point I was trying to make is that more than just the QB and WR positions will have to exceed expectations in order for us to win the division. I don't think that's a stretch.
 

Unregistered User said:
Then I'm 99% sure you don't really know much about furry. He's always looking for a punch bowl to drop a turd into.
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Hey there unregistered potty mouth dude/dudette, which ever your case may be: it seems that YOU are the poster who introduces flying $h*t nasty clips around here. Come on mouth: you have to be joking.

You are the original "phantom $h*tter" on this site..., unregistered...user
 

imthewalrus said:
Hey there unrgstd potty mouth: it seems that YOU are the poster who introduces flying $h*t nasty clips around here. Come on mouth: you have to be joking.

You are the original "phantom $h*tter" on this site..., unregistered...user
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You are really obsessed with me, aren't you?

You also appear to be obsessed with bowel movements. The anal stage is the second stage in Sigmund Freud's theory of psychosexual development, lasting from age 18 months to three years. Those time periods are from birth...or will we have to let you outgrow this stage of your life?
 

e.bigelow said:
HAHAHAHA! Thanks for the laugh on this one UU! :clap: :cool:
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You sure come off like a bad case of the piles e.bigelow. You are a "pile-on" specialist. You never seem to have a thought of your own and seem to get some cowardly thrill of trying to reward people for taking cheap shots at the expense of someone else. Get a backbone, man.

IF you want to try to take a shot at somebody, at least find the stones to do It yourself. Don't hide behind some other poster's cheap-shot and pat that poster on the back. It's just too cowardly of you. Shame on you e. bigelow...
 


imthewalrus said:
You sure come off like a bad case of the piles e.bigelow. You are a "pile-on" specialist. You never seem to have a thought of your own and seem to get some cowardly thrill of trying to reward people for taking cheap shots at the expense of someone else. Get a backbone, man.

IF you want to try to take a shot at somebody, at least find the stones to do It yourself. Don't hide behind some other poster's cheap-shot and pat that poster on the back. It's just too cowardly of you. Shame on you e. bigelow...
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back to the original point of the thread------

Any outside media source looking at the Gopher QB situation is going to be skeptical. The Gophs are going into the season with a starter who has 1 season of experience as a backup and occasional starter. And behind him on the depth chart, there is no one who has ever taken a snap in a college game.

Look, I like Leidner as a leader, and I think he can be a very effective QB in Kill's system - but that is by no means proven. And if Leidner sustains any type of serious injury, then we're in the Twilight Zone - crossing our fingers and hoping that one of the inexperienced options somehow comes through. I want Leidner to do well, but I will be holding my breath every time he runs the ball this season, hoping that he gets up in one piece.

IF Leidner has a solid season, and IF one of the backups shows potential in whatever playing time they receive, then next year I would expect to see the Gophers QB rating improve.
 

bleedsmaroonandgold said:
I feel better about Mitch coming into this year than I did about Phil coming into last year. I agree that QB play is not our strength right now, but with what we are hoping our running game will be, we don't need to be world beaters. All that Mitch will need to do is show that he can consistently hit open guys on short routes, with the occasional downfield toss. We just need to pass well enough that the defense has to respect the possibility that we will complete a pass so as to open up our run game.[/QUOTE i]

+10 On more than one occasion Kill has said that Leidner is physically and mentally tough kid who is extremely competitive, and a very hard worker. Kill has also said that Leidner has shown the best leadership from the quarterback position that he's had at Minnesota. That's good enough for me. I have high expectations for Leidner during the next three years and I will be very surprised if he is not one of the best QB's in the Big 10 by the time he is a senior.
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Unregistered User said:
Not at all. I never complained about that list nor defended it.

You are the one that made the assumption that I though Mitch was too poorly rated by the writer. I have no complaints about where he placed the Gopher QB position as it sits today.

What irritates me is when people like this writer tell me that draft status and NFL careers ultimately tells me what college success is. I prefer to look at them as different phases.
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I wasn't sensing that from the writer really. You're making a strong assumption that he'd discredit Tebow or Harrington were poor because they were NFL busts. Where does he say anything like that?

The sentence you bolded basically says "this isn't a talent list, NFL teams will make one of those for us." He basically was saying "here is a list of how I think these college QBs will perform.
 



and now to turn this thread away from whatever piss match i just scrolled through... Over Under on moose' ranking at the end of the season? line at 75...?
 

Anybody know what our depth chart looks like at the QB position? This debate just makes another case, that hopefully we can get Seth Green in 2 years.
 





Like many teams, or QB is an enigma right now until he gets a full season under his belt.

Why the negativity? Did he steal your girlfriend in high school?
 




Breakin' The Plane said:
Can't really argue. Mitch was OK in the second half against Syracuse, but other than that, no one on the roster has shown a thing throwing the ball in a game.
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That about says it. Position with the most to prove...
 


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